Tom Temin
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The Defense Department’s top tech official said his top worry is the retention and recruitment of talented employees as pay and benefits make it more enticing to work for private companies.
March 23, 2016 -
People like Andy Grove, brilliant at business though they are, also are driven by a desire to change the world by developing new things or totally disrupting existing things.
March 23, 2016 -
Federal Drive with Tom Temin discusses the annual Employee Viewpoint Survey and its implications with Mallory Barg Bulman, reseach director for the Partnership for Public Servic
March 23, 2016 -
Two researchers found the data used to gauge how much corruption takes place in the United States relies on data they describe as sparse and of dubious quality. Professors Adriana Cordis of Winthrop University and Jeffrey Milyo of the University of Missouri argue better data will lead to better understanding of the scope of corruption and how to deal with it. Milyo provides Federal Drive with Tom Temin more about the research.
March 23, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter pleads with Congress to avoid the across-the-board budget cuts of sequestration again. He told the House Armed Services Committee the Defense Department's greatest risk is losing the stability that this year's budget deal gave the department.
March 23, 2016 -
When it comes to good software, you've got lots of ways to skin the cat. The big debate these days is between traditional, waterfall development and the agile method that's coming into fashion. Bob Tobias, management professor at American University, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the same thinking applies to organizational change.
March 22, 2016 -
Judge Marilyn Zahm was recently elected the first woman president of the Association of Administrative Law Judges. She joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss some of the issues administrative law judges who decide Social Security disability claims are facing, such as ensuring due process when the agency is pushing to expedite cases and maintaining their independence.
March 22, 2016 -
Now that Congress has funded the Coast Guard's largest acquisition budget ever, Adm. Paul Zukunft, the Coast Guard commandant, said the barometer is rising and the storms have abated.
March 22, 2016 -
The Navy gives its commands 60 days to implement better document retention procedures, saying they’re necessary if the service is ever going to pass a financial audit.
March 22, 2016 -
Seeing the Cubans waiting for glimpses of the Obamas, you can see the informality of the country and its apparent love of color.
March 21, 2016 -
The next president, whoever it is, could help forge a more enterprise-like government with a strong focus on management. The Partnership for Public service and the IBM Center for the Business of Government hosted roundtable discussions on this topic. Dan Chenok, executive director at the IBM Center, provides all the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 21, 2016 -
Contractors can take solace in the fact that more agencies are getting more money next year. Larry Allen of Allen Federal Business Partners joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain how contractors can capitalize on it.
March 21, 2016 -
Office of Personnel Management acting Director Beth Cobert has a Senate supporter in her bid to get the permanent job. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) is calling for Cobert's confirmation.
March 21, 2016 -
Because cybersecurity is an operational, intellectual property and safety concern, program managers should look at cybersecurity the same way they consider engine readiness or whether oxygen lines leak.
March 18, 2016 -
One professor argues that part of the problem with outmoded technology is outmoded thinking. Kevin DeSouza, associate dean for research at the College of Public Service at Arizona State University, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on his latest Tech Tank article.
March 18, 2016