Tom Temin

  • Public policy creation and implementation will be the chief tasks of next year's new administration. Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Leadeship program at American University, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss some ways on how to make it happen effectively,

    May 19, 2016
  • For a variety of reasons, a large number of people seem to be leaving government for the private sector. Greg Kushto, a former cyber official at the Department of Agriculture and now the director of the Security Practice at Force 3, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin this could mean a brain drain in crucial cybersecurity skills.

    May 19, 2016
  • Defense Secretary Ash Carter has aired his grievances over certain provisions in the House and Senate defense authorization bills.

    May 19, 2016
  • Is bias or deliberate discrimination the sole cause of women professionals being paid less? It would be glib and easy to say so, but likely incorrect.

    May 19, 2016
  • The federal government has enough trouble hiring people, especially young people. It's hard to get millennials in the door, but once you do, how do you keep them? Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, shares a few ideas on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    May 18, 2016
  • The Navy is trying to “revolutionize” the meals it feeds its sailors, both ashore and while they’re underway. To do that, they turned to sailors themselves, and to academia, using the “design thinking process” to help shape the future of the Navy's chow. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Lt. Cmdr. Keith Capper, director of the Navy Food Service, and Jennifer Person-Whippo, a dietician in the Navy Supply Systems Command, talked with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu at the Sea Air Space expo at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in National Harbor, Maryland.

    May 18, 2016
  • The Defense Department plans to have 133 cyber mission teams at full operational capability by the end of 2018. Of those, 40 are in the Navy. But the Navy says achieving that milestone would take a team effort. It’s not just a mission for the 10th Fleet, its cyber command. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Vice Adm. Jan Tighe, commander of the 10th fleet, spoke with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu at the Sea Air Space expo at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in National Harbor, Maryland.

    May 18, 2016
  • From fighters to carriers to submarines, the Navy wants to network its weapons systems so their warfighting capability is greater than the sum of its parts. That task falls to Rear Adm. Michael Manazir, who was appointed just last week as the deputy chief of naval operations for warfare systems. Before that, he was director of the Navy’s Air Warfare Division. Manazir spoke on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu at the Sea Air Space expo at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in National Harbor, Maryland.

    May 18, 2016
  • A recent audit by the Homeland Security Department's Office of Inspector General showed employees are getting better at recognizing phishing attempts.

    May 18, 2016
  • If you've got a king-sized bed to cover, a double-sized blanket won't cover it. But the Navy won't get an embroidered, quilted, king-sized blanket in the foreseeable future.

    May 18, 2016
  • The Homeland Security Department's National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center analyzes information to help give other federal, state and local officials a clearer picture of real and potential threats.

    May 17, 2016
  • The Coast Guard is midway through its biggest capital overhaul in a half century. But it will need the right people to man the new ships and carry out its 21st century missions. Adm. Paul Zukunft, Commandant of the Coast Guard, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin at the Sea Air Space expo at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in National Harbor, Maryland, to discuss the new Coast Guard human capital plan.

    May 17, 2016
  • It's the Navy's job to protect American interests anywhere on the globe. That job is quite a bit different than it was in the Cold War, when the nation had different strategic and budget priorities. Adm. John Richardson is seven months into his post as Chief of Naval Operations. Richardson joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin at the Sea Air Space expo at the Gaylord National Convention Center, in National Harbor, Maryland.

    May 17, 2016
  • With leadership transition looming, you might be thinking of making a leap to the private sector. Former Environmental Protection Agency attorney David Edelstein, an associate at Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how he made the switch successfully.

    May 17, 2016