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Some powerful members of Congress have wondered aloud whether more federal agencies should be moved out of Washington. House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) says that would put them closer to the people they regulate. Bob Tobias, professor in the key executive leadership program at American University, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that's not such a good idea.
January 30, 2017 -
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The new Trump administration has thrown off policies on immigration, border control, trade, federal employment, the environment and oil and gas transport. But we've seen nothing on information technology, on which the government spends more than $80 billion a year. Dave Wennergren, executive vice president for operations and technology at the Professional Services Council, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 30, 2017 -
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It's only been orbiting the earth since about Thanksgiving, but the new GOES-16 satellite, operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is proving its worth in the data and imagery it produces. Joseph Pica, director of the office of observations at the National Weather Service, gives Federal Drive with Tom Temin a progress report.
January 30, 2017 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, President Donald Trump revises the attendance at the National Security and Homeland Security Councils.
January 30, 2017 -
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Amy Schafer, a research associate at the Center for a New American Security, says the Budget Control Act is putting Marine Corps aviators' lives in danger. They've experienced a spike in training accidents. Schafer tells Federal News Radio's Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin how budget constraints affect Marine pilots.
January 27, 2017 -
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As the saying goes, elections matter. That's proving true once again on the nation's border with Mexico. Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, the union representing agents of Customs and Border Protection, shares the latest on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 27, 2017 -
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Between last Labor Day and New Year's eve alone, 60 people were caught crossing the Mexican border — every hour.
January 27, 2017 -
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If money is the oxygen of federal programs, then the incoming Trump administration will have to unblock some of the tubing. Data analysis by Govini shows hundreds of billions of dollars in expiring contracts. But billions more are already obligated. Matt Hummer, Govini's director of analytics, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the question of what the new administration can accomplish might depend of how much funding it can get reprogrammed.
January 27, 2017 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, a group of 55 members of Congress plead with President Trump to exempt the Veterans Affairs Department from his ordered hiring freeze.
January 27, 2017 -
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Established in 1975, the Blacks in Government organization has helped African Americans in federal service reach their professional potential and to collaborate on workplace issues such as discrimination. BIG recently elected Doris Sartor as it's 14th president. She works at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in the Civilian Associate Degree program. Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko spoke to Sartor on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the priorities she plans to focus on as BIG's president.
January 26, 2017 -
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Health care providers recently won a big lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services. The providers contended HHS was failing to meet deadlines for settling administrative appeals to Medicare. Now HHS has a big homework assignment from the court. Attorney Scot Hasselman, a partner at Reed Smith, offers insight on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 26, 2017 -
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The Office of Federal Procurement Policy recently sent a mythbuster memo to contracting officers, encouraging them to up their debriefing game. Terry O'Connor, a partner at the law firm Berenzweig Leonard, shares some tips on giving and receiving good information in debriefs on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 26, 2017 -
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Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) warns the Trump administration not to repeal the law against banned interrogation techniques.
January 26, 2017 -
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The Defense Department has been trying to get a clear sense from the White House about what it wants and does not want in the overseas contingency operations budget. But the last administration's budget office left those decisions for the new administration. So now what? For more, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to John Pendleton, director of defense capabilities at the Government Accountability Office.
January 25, 2017
