Tom Temin Commentary
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As new leadership arrives at the State and Commerce Departments, and the intelligence community, let’s hope they give real attention to weird and disturbing threats to certain career employees.
December 18, 2020 -
Census had to dance around pandemic, but it will have gotten the job done.
December 15, 2020 -
Love him or hate him, or whatever you think of him, Trump has been an exquisitely attractive football to kick around.
December 11, 2020 -
The Anti Deficiency Act has become more of a legal fig leaf than any real coverage for the government to avoid paying people during a shutdown.
December 04, 2020 -
An old, old danger still rears up, especially at this time of year
December 02, 2020 -
Giving thanks doesn't have to be confined to one day a year.
November 27, 2020 -
Argue the facts and the reasoning, not the character of the person who made a decision.
November 24, 2020 -
In one sense the big carrier relies on its nuclear power plant. But it's the sailors that really make it go.
November 20, 2020 -
Navy gives reporters a tour of latest carrier, still in a long tune-up stage for deployment.
November 19, 2020 -
Yeah, things will change, but you'll still work in the same old bureaucracy.
November 13, 2020 -
No, people who are about to leave government should not be "canceled."
November 11, 2020 -
The Labor Department's OFCCP could bring new approaches to how a Biden administration would deal with contractors
November 10, 2020 -
The election fiasco you can't fix, so its best to concentrate on the day-to-day work of the people
November 06, 2020 -
Federal involvement in election processing has steadily grown deeper.
November 03, 2020 -
Politics are ugly these days but Federal Drive anchor Tom Temin thinks on the whole, the public are better than our politicians.
October 30, 2020