Tom Temin
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Those with delicate privacy sensibilities or who thought Apple was a cultural phenomenon rather than a shrewd manufacturer, well, sorry if you're disappointed.
March 29, 2016 -
Michael Roark, assistant Defense Inspector General for contractor management, talks Performance Assessment Reports, why they matter, and how they're used.
March 28, 2016 -
Federal employee engagement has been studied extensively through the Office of Personnel Management's annual viewpoint study. Julie Osowski, senior research psychologist at Merit Systems Protection Board, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about MSPB's effort to look beyond the external factors that affect employee engagement.
March 28, 2016 -
The Army is expanding its use wireless WiFi networks, both indoors and outdoors. By getting rid of heavy cabling that takes hours to install, the Army is hoping to make command posts and tactical units more mobile and agile. Lt. Col. Mark Henderson, product manager for WIN-T Increment One, shares details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 28, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office took a fresh look at the Defense Department's Real Property Assets Database and discovered missing and inaccurate information. Brian Lepore, GAO's director of defense capabilities and management issues, talked about the findings on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 28, 2016 -
Rep. Seth Moulton’s (D-Mass.) Faster Care for Veterans Act would create a system in which the Veterans Affairs Department uses commercial software for veterans to self-schedule appointments.
March 28, 2016 -
Some weeks just seem weirder than usual. Last week was one of them. Federal Drive host Tom Temin has some nominations for strange and shocking stories.
March 28, 2016 -
The Defense Department inspector general took a look at 48 performance assessment reports prepared by the Air Force and found some weaknesses. Michael Roark, assistant Defense IG for contractor management, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin why Performance Assessment Reports are important and how they're being used.
March 25, 2016 -
A new report from the Disaster Accountability Project found very few communities have plans to deal with evacuation outside the current 10-mile radius of a nuclear plant. About 100 million Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear plant. Ben Smilowitz, the advocacy group’s executive director, talked to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the report’s findings.
March 25, 2016 -
Dakota Wood, senior research fellow for Defense Programs at the Heritage Foundation, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how the Defense Department defines modernization and how that differs from what it calls "new capabilities".
March 25, 2016 -
The House Budget Committee wants to cut non-Defense spending over the next 10 years even lower than what's called for under sequestration. It's calling for a 10 percent reduction in the civilian workforce through attrition.
March 25, 2016 -
Congress has given the Social Security Administration so many duties over the decades, many Americans aren't even aware of the benefits available to them. Doug Walker, the deputy commissioner of SSA joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss how Social Security communicates with citizens.
March 24, 2016 -
It's an old rule: A small business can't front for a large business just to get a set-aside contract. But that doesn't keep people from trying. One recent case went two rounds of protest only to prove large and small companies can't exchange a few people and get away with it. Federal Drive with Tom Temin discussed this case with procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo.
March 24, 2016 -
The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee approved its spending bill for fiscal 2017 which said no funding can go towards performance awards for executives at the VA.
March 24, 2016 -
This week's Pentagon Solutions looks at sleep-deprivation among Army soldiers and defective contract at six Navy and Coast Guard shipbuilding programs.
March 23, 2016