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Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald wants to take senior managers out of Title V and put them into Title 38, a category created for medical professionals. Federal employment attorney Debra D'Agostino, founding partner of the Federal Practice Group, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what this means.
Alphabet chairman Eric Schmidt will be serve along with 11 other people yet to be named. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he hopes the board will enhance the Department's ability to adopt new technology faster and generally become more agile.
Ari Schwartz, managing director for cybersecurity services at Venable law firm, and former senior director for cybersecurity at the White House, explains why this late in the cyber game so many federal systems still don't have all of the needed controls in place.
D.C. attorney and former federal prosecutor Steve Ryan of McDermott, Will & Emery discusses the future of the dispute between the Justice Department and Apple.
The Professional Services Council, which represents hundreds of companies that do business with the federal government, named David Berteau as its next CEO.
The federal government spends considerable resources tracking rare diseases. Dr. Christopher Austin is director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. Austin explained how rarity was defined and how many rare diseases exist.
The GAO, the administrations who preside over improper payments, the chief financial officers — it's not fair to say they're nonchalant about it. More like inured, numb to the magnitude of it.
Transportation Security Administration chief Peter Neffenger tells the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee the agency is moving in the right direction.
CQ Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the latest topics on Capitol Hill, from the so-called Apple back door to the Zika virus and whether more money ought to be appropriated and for what agencies and whether the military should start requiring women to register for the draft.
The U.S. Mint is soliciting designs for a coin to commemorate the veterans of the World War I. April Stafford, the chief of design development at the Mint, shared details about the competition on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Pentagon itself does little to predict future spending on its biggest ticket items, according to a landmark study by the Government Accountability Office. Tim DiNapoli, GAO's director of acquisition and sourcing management issues, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin all the details.
The House is sending legislation to the President's desk which would make it easier for federal agencies to share information about job candidates.
Kelley Sayler, associate fellow at the Center for a New American Security, tells Pentagon Solutions drones work better in groups.
John Palguta of the Partnership for Public Service has a command of the technical and legal complexities of federal employment. But he also has a feel for the human realities of being a public servant.