Tom Temin
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Customs and Border Protection, the nation's largest law enforcement agency, has been testing body worn video cameras for its officers, putting it ahead of other agencies mired in camera rule making. CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikoswke gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin an update.
January 05, 2016 -
What a difficult situation for law enforcement: how to minimize violence and potential deaths while doing its duty to enforce the law and the sovereignty of the courts.
January 04, 2016 -
In Monday's Federal Headlines, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority says the increase will raise the pre-tax and tax-free commuter benefit making it more affordable to use public transportation.
January 04, 2016 -
The Air Force’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron spends its summer and fall flying into hurricanes. In the winter season, it flies around blizzards to measure wind speed and trajectory. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione caught up with the squadron’s Chief Meteorologist Lt. Col. Jon Talbot to find how just how they do it and shared that report on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 04, 2016 -
In 2016, the government will accelerate its move into the digital era. That's according to Mark Forman, who runs the public sector business for Unisys. He was the e-government director for the George W. Bush White House, back when online transactions with the public were just coming into the government. For our Federal Drive series, Looking ahead to 2016, Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked Forman, hasn't the government already transformed into something digital?
January 04, 2016 -
Behind the 435 members of the House and 100 members of the Senate, you'll find a small army of Capitol Hill staff employees. They do everything from walk members' dogs during holidays to detailed analyses of complex programs. For a couple of centuries these denizens of the Hill got few of the legal workplace protections received by their executive branch counterparts. That changed 20 years ago when Congress established the Office of Compliance. Barbara Camens, chairman of the board of directors of the Office of Compliance, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a retrospective and look ahead.
January 04, 2016 -
The Director of National Intelligence will soon ask agencies to use other sources when they review existing security clearance holders. Legislation slipped into the 2016 omnibus requires that agencies create an enhanced personnel security program. Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about what she found and what else is hiding in the 2016 omnibus
January 04, 2016 -
In Friday's Federal Headlines, more information emerges about a car crash involving four Secret Service agents and the Energy Department hopes to ride a wave to clean energy.
January 01, 2016 -
Lists are like New Year's resolutions. They're a mental attempt to make order out of an inherently messy world.
December 31, 2015 -
In Thursday's Federal Headlines, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) has asked the director of National Intelligence and the head of the National Security Agency to come to Capitol Hill next week to brief lawmakers on the matter.
December 31, 2015 -
Cheating and lying companies — at least in IT, professional services and the like — represent the rare birds, says Federal Drive host Tom Temin.
December 30, 2015 -
I don't understand the repeated concern about harvesting social media for clues to possible security breaches. The whole social media scene resembles nothing so much as a platform for self-revelation.
December 29, 2015 -
The LCS variants all float upright and go from Point A to Point B. But how dangerous are they to the enemy? And protective of their crews?
December 28, 2015 -
In Friday's federal headlines, House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz says DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson needs to be investigated.
December 25, 2015 -
If there's anxiety from war, self pity, or cynicism, you don't see it in these faces.
December 24, 2015