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The Federal Headlines is a daily compilation of the stories you hear discussed on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. In today’s Top Federal Headlines, the Veterans Affairs Department creates a group to search for an…
The 21st Century Cures Act, with rare bipartisan support, was supposed to modernize the Food and Drug Administration. The hiring freeze changed things up. Seth Rothman, a partner at the law firm Hughes, Hubbard and Reed, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain what may be happening now.
Military officials say the 2017 continuing resolution could be the worst yet. The service chiefs of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps all told Congress this week that this year could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
Agencies are on a regulatory budget. They've got to pull two regulations for every new one issued. The Patent and Trademark Office has put together a regulatory review working group. Nicholas Oettinger, who leads the group, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
To make it easier to buy cybersecurity products, the General Services Administration has been making adjustments to contracts on its Multiple Awards Schedule 70. Bill Zielinski, deputy assistant commissioner for IT category management in GSA's Federal Acquisition Service, provides Federal Drive with Tom Temin with all the details.
The Veterans Affairs Department is only one of many major health care providers that use MUMPS. It could end up spending those billions to replace it with what it has already.
Seventeen senators introduced a bill to ensure federal employees get paid, even if Congress can't agree how to fund the government past April 28.
The Government Accountability Office recently hosted a panel discussion to talk about how organizations could foster collaboration to use analytics to tackle improper payments. Federal News Radio's Eric White spoke with Vijay D'Souza, director of GAO's Center for Enhanced Analytics, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a recap of the event and some of the topics covered.
Americans say they're more satisfied with at least one type of interaction they have with their government. Sheri Petras, CFI Group's chief executive officer, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin that people are more satisfied with federal websites.
In today's Federal Headlines, the amount of money the Defense Department dedicated towards contract spending rose last year.
Daniel Castro, vice president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation tells Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about why he thinks the government needs to adopt a “responsible disclosure” policy in line with what private-sector security researchers have done.
Health care legislation may be in shambles. There's no sign of a budget for 2017, much less 2018. But Congress is making progress with a bundle of bills aimed at improving procurement at the Homeland Security Department. Sam Skolnik, contracts reporter at Bloomberg BNA, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a roundup.
Chris Lu, former deputy Labor Secretary and now a senior fellow with the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, has come by a little skepticism of government re-orgs the hard way and offers his take on reorganization efforts by the new administration on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Military leaders converged this week on National Harbor, Maryland for Sea-Air-Space: The Navy League’s Global Maritime Exposition.