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Although recent conflicts haven't required the Marines Corps' storied amphibious capability. It remains an important asset. Dan Goure, vice president of the Lexington Institute, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss whether the Navy is buying enough amphibious ships to fully support the Marine Corps.
WMATA, like every transit authority, has always been something of a multi-headed octopus with murky accountability.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Pentagon's Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office establishes a new way for it to examine large DoD programs.
Although Congress failed to set any productivity records this year, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it may OK three big-ticket items for federal workers.
The new holy grail for federal agencies is great customer experience. Taking their clues from the private sector, agencies are figuring out how digital and actual offerings can work together to produce satisfied citizens. Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how the Veterans Affairs Department efforts in improving customer experience.
Good records management is not only required by law for federal agencies it's also a great way to cut costs and improve performance. Even in the electronic era, agencies still generate a lot of paper. Someone who spans both eras is Jim Williams, long-time federal IT and acquisition executive and now a consultant with Shambach and Williams. Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked him why records management sometimes seems mired in the 1980s.
Lisa Blumerman, the associate Census director for Decennial programs, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that because of budget uncertainty, the Census Bureau rearranged plans for testing operations and systems in 2017 as it gets closer to the big show in 2020.
@WhiteHouse has put out more than 27,000 tweets to 12.1 million followers. Soon that account will get a restart.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Office of Personnel Management now has guidance for incoming officials with transition responsibilities.
The election is thrown into turmoil, and members of Congress are calling for the FBI director's scalp. But other things are going on atop Capitol Hill. Like a threatened veto of the crucial National Defense Authorization Bill. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
For the Homeland Security Department, three objectives will be top priorities in the coming year: Modernizing, keeping its missions relevant and somehow doing everything more cost-effectively. That's according to a comprehensive analysis by Govini. Matt Hummer, director of analytics at Govini, fills in the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Patent and Trademark Office's Patents for Humanity program has made awards for work in medicine, nutrition, sanitation, energy and living standards. Program director Edward Elliott joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more about Patents for Humanity and this year's winners.
In today's Top Federal Headlines, a report for USA Today says the agency gave bonuses out to hundreds of thousands of workers, including some senior executives who would be fired later.
A digital services approach won't come from GSA or the White House or any external group. It has to start with program managers and their ability to imagine how digital services could improve what they deliver to their constituents.