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The House passed a bill last month that would speed up processing of veterans claims at the Veterans Affairs Department. Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), sponsor of the Wingman Act, provides details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
At NASA, no less than for other large organizations, operational technology systems such as rocket propulsion controls or air conditioning are becoming more automated. That means they're on the IT network, which could face potential new cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Laura Nicolosi, director of mission support at the NASA office of inspector general, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, officials tell Reuters that companies working with the Central Intelligence Agency are checking records trying to find where massive leak came from.
These are tough times for federal employees. Mallory Barg Bulman, vice president for research at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer some toughening-up advice for feds.
NASA has just awarded $17 million in contracts to eight companies that it thinks are on the verge of coming up with game-changing technologies for the future of commercial space flight. Stephen Jurczyk, the associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the agency targeted the contracts to firms with what it calls “tipping point” technologies — those that need a small funding boost to bring their systems to market.
A new study by the Information Technology Innovation Foundation found agencies are doing fairly well when it comes to security, but most agency websites are tough to use from mobile devices, many of them don’t comply with laws requiring them to be accessible to people with disabilities, and, in general they’re slow to load. Daniel Castro, vice president at ITIF, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that the websites’ sluggish behavior is partly because the White House has never set governmentwide benchmarks for speed.
Maybe President Trump should give his 30-day cybersecurity review a little more time now.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the White House picks a new Solicitor General along with other positions.
Another week of foment is underway on Capitol Hill with no signs of progress toward a regular budget for your agency either this year or next. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin a new political fracas developed over the weekend.
For many years, researchers at the Army Institute of Surgical Research have concentrated on what they call compensatory reserve. That is, how much blood loss can a person sustain and the body still compensate. Dr. Victor Convertino, senior scientist at the Institute, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the Army, in concert with the FDA, has developed a new device that can help prevent battlefield deaths.
The Homeland Security Department's aerial border surveillance needs a little management attention. The Government Accountability Office says Customs and Border Protection needs to better assess how effective these tools are. Rebecca Gambler, GAO's director of homeland security and justice issues, fills in the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, after getting through the House, a resolution to get rid of new stipulations for federal contractors narrowly passes the Senate.
Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite is on a mission to drive the U.S. Corps of Engineers toward more collaboration and opportunities by taking care of national security, energizing the economy, and reducing disaster risk.
On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Federal News Radio's Eric White checked in with Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, for some predictions about the effect of the White House's so-called skinny budget on contracting.