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Tom Temin
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If you want to hire and retain great people, listen up. The Executive Resources Board is the Social Security Administration’s central hub for all things recruitment and retention. More than 80 percent of all SSA leaders and more than half of all Senior Executive Service members have come through this development program. Reggie Wells is Social Security’s chief human capital officer and deputy commissioner of the Office of Human Resources. He tells executive editor Jason Miller about how the board is helping SSA prepare its workforce for today and tomorrow. Miller shares that interview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 06, 2016 -
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Pundits say every action that comes out of Capitol Hill this year — bills, nominations or hearings — has ties to the 2016 elections.
January 06, 2016 -
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It doesn't seem like that distant a leap for the FBI's criminal background check system to go from 17 hours of operations a day to 24.
January 06, 2016 -
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Customs and Border Protection has been testing body-worn video cameras for its officers, and has passed along the lessons it's learned to other agencies.
January 05, 2016 -
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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee requests a briefing from Defense Secretary Ash Carter on his use of a personal email account for government matters.
January 05, 2016 -
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Another calendar year, another session of Congress. There's a big agenda ahead depending on your point of view, or a limited one. David Hawkings, senior editor of CQ Roll Call, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin a survey of the scene as the curtain opens
January 05, 2016 -
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One thing about federal procurement, there's always something new. Congressional tinkering and case law mean some fresh wrinkles to watch for in 2016. Looking ahead to 2016, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to attorney Wojceich Kornacki, who works procurement cases for Centre Law and Consulting, for some insight.
January 05, 2016 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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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
