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Open Season for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program is fast approaching, but starting Sept. 1, for the first time in 10 years federal employees can enroll or increase their life insurance without a health exam, through the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program.
August 29, 2016 -
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The Air Force has been busily trimming its headquarters staff, but the Government Accountability Office says it's been doing so without enough information. Andrew Von Ah, GAO’s acting director for Defense Capabilities and Management, talked with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 29, 2016 -
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A rare enrollment period will open next month for the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program. You'll need to think about how much insurance you really need, and whether you want to keep it until retirement. Tammy Flanagan, senior benefits director for the National Institute of Transition Planning, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to sort it all out.
August 29, 2016 -
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Years after passage and enactment, the ACA is still a prism refracting people's fundamental view of what government should or should not do.
August 29, 2016 -
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A grantmaking program to solve a grand supercomputing challenge is underway from the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Several disciplines are coming together to eventually create low power, brain-like supercomputers that can enable advances in many fields, such as aircraft design, autonomy and climate modeling. Jared Serbu discussed the program with Mike Meador director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office, in the National Science and Technology Council, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 29, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, 33 are charged with abusing the postal system, most of which were former USPS employees.
August 29, 2016 -
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Ever wondered why people say they don't like government, yet keep reelecting the same people to Congress? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey asked the feds and got some interesting answers.
August 29, 2016 -
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Nearly three dozen free speech and civil liberties organizations penned an open letter to Customs and Border Protection this week, saying a new question on CBP’s visa waiver forms asking foreigners to supply their online identities would not only be intrusive, it would also be ineffective. Rita Cant, a free expression fellow at the Center for Democracy and Technology, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin she understands the government’s security concerns, but this proposal won’t solve them.
August 26, 2016 -
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In Omaha, Nebraska, private donors are ready and waiting to donate up to $80 million to help build a new veterans clinic that would serve as a pilot for community-based public-private partnerships with the Veterans Affairs Department. Trouble is, that’s illegal. Under current law, VA can’t accept private donations for construction projects. Rep. Brad Ashford (D-Neb.) ,the co-sponsor of legislation that would change that, talks with Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the partnership community leaders are envisioning in Omaha
August 26, 2016 -
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In today's Top Federal Headlines, the Defense Department is asking Congress for money to set up a screening facility at the Pentagon Metro stop, but some lawmakers aren't convinced.
August 26, 2016 -
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Diving in the Navy rarely involves clear, blue water, sunlight and admiring the skates. It's mostly in the dark, and in dangerous environments. To help divers see, do more work and work more safely, the Navy is developing special equipment placed inside a diver's helmet. Dennis Gallagher, program manager at the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Panama City Division, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the new gear.
August 25, 2016 -
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The Obama Administration has issued long-awaited final rules designed to keep companies who routinely violate labor laws from getting federal contracts. Vendors will have to report any violations of 14 different labor laws, and eventually state laws too, directly to the Labor Department. Eric Crusius, attorney at Miles & Stockbridge, joins Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about the rules.
August 25, 2016 -
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The Defense Department continues to be concerned about counterfeit parts making their way into weapons systems and virtually everything else it buys. The worries are that fake parts could cause mission critical systems to fail unexpectedly.
August 25, 2016 -
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Beth Angerman, the executive director of the Unified Shared Services Management (USSM) Office, said the modernization and migration management (M3) framework, a new six-step playbook and a shared services catalog are putting the pieces in place to help agencies succeed in moving back-office systems to shared services.
August 24, 2016
