Tom Temin Commentary
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The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the EPA to set standards for drinking water. It's safe to say, what was coming out of the taps in Flint doesn't qualify.
January 18, 2016 -
For the second year in a row, NASA's safety panel points out a "growth over time in the maximum acceptable Loss of Crew probabilities."
January 15, 2016 -
Of the 1,000 or 1,200 political positions, very few appointees actually do apply to burrow in. In fact, most depart early for the misty shores of think tanks, consultancies, and corporate USA.
January 14, 2016 -
Organizations have had, in the strict definition of the words, "development operations." They didn't always function very well.
January 12, 2016 -
Green shoots of renewal have helped former basket cases like Cleveland, Youngstown, Pittsburgh, Wheeling, and Detroit. The federal government has had a role in many instances.
January 12, 2016 -
Do emerging nuclear powers have the systems, know-how, resources and political stability to safeguard these weapons over the long term?
January 08, 2016 -
Fast-selling drones exemplify not so much new technology as the combination of existing products in such a way as to make new markets.
January 07, 2016 -
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 -
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 -
Lists are like New Year's resolutions. They're a mental attempt to make order out of an inherently messy world.
December 31, 2015 -
Cheating and lying companies — at least in IT, professional services and the like — represent the rare birds, says Federal Drive host Tom Temin.
December 30, 2015 -
I don't understand the repeated concern about harvesting social media for clues to possible security breaches. The whole social media scene resembles nothing so much as a platform for self-revelation.
December 29, 2015 -
The LCS variants all float upright and go from Point A to Point B. But how dangerous are they to the enemy? And protective of their crews?
December 28, 2015 -
If there's anxiety from war, self pity, or cynicism, you don't see it in these faces.
December 24, 2015 -
Companies like Boeing must deal with a regulatory environment, the compliance to which is a major corporate function in itself.
December 23, 2015