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When the National Institutes of Health comes across an idea that seems too big, or too risky, for traditional modes of scientific investigation, the agency turns to its Common Fund program.
September 06, 2016 -
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You can find some amazing things for sale if you know how to navigate the deep web. How about hacking tools taken from the National Security Agency? Bloomberg first reported a group called the Shadow Brokers, possibly Russian, somehow got their hands on NSA software and is auctioning it off online. For analysis of what might be going on, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Paul Vixie, chairman and CEO of Farsight Security.
September 06, 2016 -
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The election season this year is producing a collective national eye roll. Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump is the candidate of the Klu Klux Klan. Trump calls his opponent "crooked Hillary," and charges her with leaking national secrets. That's on a good day. Many people wonder when selection of political leadership was more genteel. In truth, it probably never was. Joining Federal Drive with Tom Temin with a look back is author and political historian Kathryn Smith.
September 06, 2016 -
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Between budget uncertainty and a slew of new rules, it's not easy selling to the federal government at the moment. That's often the case in election years, but to Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, this year seems more complicated than most.
September 06, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, a new report shows that while some agencies are improving, the federal government still ranks among the worst for customer experience.
September 06, 2016 -
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Objectively speaking not one soul will be any the worse for not shelling out for a new iPhone.
September 06, 2016 -
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Scott Airforce Base in Illinois is home to the Global Operations Command of the Defense Information Systems Agency, 164,000 square feet devoted to cybersecurity.
September 05, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Internal Revenue Service issues a notice to provide definitions for terms used related to marriage for federal tax purposes.
September 05, 2016 -
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Just a few short years ago, using challenge grants, crowdsourcing and citizen science to solve problems seemed revolutionary to federal managers. Federal Drive with Tom Temin guest Jenn Gustetic, the small business innovation research program executive at NASA, was one person behind the sea change. She started her federal career barely two years ago at the office of Science and Technology Policy. For her work on new approaches, she's also a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program.
September 02, 2016 -
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Even a shrinking Army needs to recruit tens of thousands of new soldiers every year. To that end, Army brass are worried they've got a branding problem. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what the Army’s doing to fix what it views as widespread misperceptions that might hurt recruiting.
September 02, 2016 -
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The Secret Service has a special weapon in the form of special agent Tate Jarrow. Working in an interagency fashion, he's become a leading federal cybercrime investigator. Not only has his work led to some big-time indictments, it's landed him a spot as a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. Jarrow joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the honor.
September 02, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, Senate minority leader Harry Reid says while they don't support a stopgap measure to fund the government until 2017, he'd be in favor of one that funds it at least until after the November elections.
September 02, 2016 -
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Scott Air Force Base in Illinois is home to a brand new building with 164,000 square feet devoted to cybersecurity. It's the Global Operations Command of the Defense Information Systems Agency. Col. Paul Craft, the commander, described the new center in an interview with Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
September 01, 2016 -
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After a half-dozen years of deliberation and public comment, the White House Council on Environmental Quality issued final guidance last month on how federal agencies should treat greenhouse gas emissions, adding those considerations to a laundry list of other considerations they take into account whenever public land is concerned. Attorney Daron Threet, a partner at Holland and Knight, talked with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu about the new guidance on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
September 01, 2016
