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Our hunger for more guidance from the Trump administration stems from what we’re used to from the last 24 years of administrations.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, newly appointed Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David Shulkin names a new Chief of Staff and Deputy Secretary.
The Transportation Department established an advisory committee of industry executives during the Obama administration to create policy for autonomous vehicles. One participant was Chris Spear, and he joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to shine light on the possibilities of driverless technologies and what that will mean.
The Obama administration was the source for a large number of new rules for federal contractors. One rule for defense, by executive order, requires special handling of controlled, but unclassified, information (CUI). Mark Tanner, president of security consulting company Arixmar, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain the rule in depth.
One of the missions for the U.S. Marshals Service is called the Interdiction for the Protection of Children. The program deals with human trafficking and child sex offenders. Dr. Michael Bourke, chief psychologist of the U.S. Marshals spoke about the program with Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein says the Air Force has "serious challenges" when it comes to readiness.
The Trump administration's regulatory budget promotes fewer regulations and less growth in cost to agencies, leaving room for better decision making.
How do agency executives sort out public-spirited whistleblowers from mean-spirited leakers? And what rights do whistleblowers in the ultra-sensitive intelligence community have? To provide answers, Debra D'Agostino, founding partner of the Federal Practice Group, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
For more than 20 years we've had administrations keeping the pressure on moving government into the online age.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, a bipartisan group of Senators want the Office of Personnel Management to work with the Defense Department to clarify what positions are exempt from the hiring freeze.
Several revisions to the Freedom of Information Act were passed in June 2016 that may have been shadowed by the election season. Melanie Pustay, director of the information policy office at the Justice Department, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin what those changes mean for FOIA officers and anyone working with federal records.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly gives his orders on how his agency will operationalize President Trumps executive order on immigration.
Presidents Day kicked off a week-long recess for Congress. Not that they don't have much to do. There's the possible repeal-and-replace of the Affordable Care Act and related issues affecting Health and Human Services and particularly its massive Medicaid program. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, offers a look ahead on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
While most of Congress seems mired in the partisan minutiae of a new administration, at least two members are looking towards the stars. Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) have introduced a bill that would require NASA to develop a specific plan to put an astronaut on Mars. Culberson discusses the Manifest for Human Spaceflight Act on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.