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In today's Federal Newscast, a Virginia congressman demands to know if the Homeland Security Inspector General is under investigation. And the IRS is looking to expand its use of video conferences in appeals cases.
Sometimes working along can be downright pleasant. Sometimes you're all by yourself pursuing injustice.
Robert Beuerlein, a recently retired Army information warfare officer and now-principal consultant at Frost and Sullivan, told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the trends he's seen in his research.
Yolanda López is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program and she joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin in studio.
Federal agencies’ electronic medical records are about to get a lot more interoperable with private sector health providers. Agencies like the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs are already members of eHealth Exchange, the country’s biggest health information exchange network.
Also in today's Federal Newscast, GAO recommends the military services clear up their tattoo policies.
Back in January, the union that represents immigration judges ceased to exist, at least for contract bargaining purposes. The Federal Labor Relations Authority, then dominated by a majority of Trump appointees, determined the judges are actually management employees, and not eligible for union representation. But the board’s leadership has turned over since then. The National Association of Immigration Judges is now trying to get re-recognized as a federal union.
Back in the mid ‘90s, when the Education Department first started its current Direct Loan program for college students, the program was expected to turn a profit for the U.S. Treasury. The initial estimates were that it would bring in $114 billion over the next quarter century. Now that were here, that estimate turns out to be wrong...way wrong.
The Economic Development Administration, part of the Commerce Department, awarded the grants under a program called the good jobs challenge.
Also in today's Federal Newscast, Congress is going after sexual misconduct in Junior ROTC programs.
The new director of the lab's Naval Center for Space Technology, Steven Meier, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin in studio to talk more.
Everybody’s heard the term “space junk.” You’re probably aware there’s a bunch of it and that it’s a risk to satellites. The Space Force tracks tens of thousands of pieces of debris every day, but that’s only the big stuff. There are an estimated 100 million pieces of smaller bits — ten centimeters or less — that we can’t see from Earth with current technology.
Usually, when people make something creative — a book, a photograph, a website — the person who made it owns the copyright, and anyone who wants to use that work needs to negotiate the rights to use it. That’s the general rule. But general rules don’t apply all the time, which is why we have lawyers.
Also in today's Federal Newscast, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is criticized for its lack of transparency, and the Pentagon releases its first-ever social-media policy for official accounts.