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The wrong parasite in your gut can do more harm than you might realize — like cause metal retardation, blindness and death. One of the worst is called toxoplasma gondii and we now know how the parasite gets transmitted. Jitinder Dubey, a microbiologist at the Agriculture Research Service and a finalist in the 2017 Service to America Medals program, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss his research on the topic.
June 30, 2017 -
Imagine cheating taxpayers out of millions and millions of dollars, and at the same time, deliberately misdiagnosing hundreds of patients just for the purpose of stealing. Unfortunately such people are out there. But there's one less now, thanks to the efforts of Bryan Drake. Drake is a special agent on the FBI Doctor Fata investigative team and a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss his process.
June 23, 2017 -
Ethical people don't need a code of ethics, while crooks and cheaters don't care whether you have one.
June 20, 2017 -
Service to America Modals program finalist Timothy Camus, also deputy inspector general for investigations at the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss his work to help end the phone scam.
June 16, 2017 -
Low-income housing shouldn't force people to live in squalor. Yet the dwindling supply of low-income housing in the United States has been deteriorating because of aging and neglect. Thomas Davis, director of the Office of Recapitalization at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, has marshaled billions in private money to rehab tens of thousands of affordable housing units. And now he's a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program.
June 09, 2017 -
The 9/11 attacks wrecked a big chunk of New York City infrastructure. Hurricane Sandy washed away parts of New Jersey and New York. For decades, waterways feeding East Coast ports were too shallow. Joseph Seebode, deputy district engineer and the chief of programs and project management at the Army Corps of Engineers, is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. He tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how he's going to fix all those problems.
May 26, 2017 -
After facing death threats and decades of institutional corruption, Jon Smibert has worked steadily on behalf of the Justice Department to help revise the laws and judicial practices of the former communist Albania. Smibert, a finalist in the 2017 Service to America Medals program in the national security and international affairs category, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about his work.
May 19, 2017 -
Cabinet secretaries, many of whom are newcomers to government, say they're impressed by the dedication and hard work they've seen from colleagues at the career levels of their agencies within the first 100 days of the Trump administration. They offered their congratulations to the 26 finalists of the Partnership for Public Service's prestigious Service to America Medals.
May 09, 2017 -
One of the highlights of Public Service Recognition Week is meeting the Service to America medal finalists. Max Stier, president and chief executive at the Partnership for Public Service, gave Federal News Radio’s Lauren Larson on Federal Drive with Tom Temin a look at some of the finalists and why Public Service Recognition week is so important.
May 09, 2017 -
Envisioning a significant change or program outcome in a federal bureaucracy might be easy, but getting it done can seem impossible. But not to the Sammies people.
September 21, 2016 -
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
September 20, 2016 -
The Partnership for Public Service presented the 2016 Service to America Medals at a gala ceremony Tuesday night.
September 20, 2016 -
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Strategic National Stockpile of drugs and medical supplies is often the provider of last resort in case of an emergency That it responds on a dime is thanks to the work of its director, William Greg Burel, a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals.
September 19, 2016 -
Kirk Yeager, chief explosive scientist at the FBI, is the go-to guy for law enforcement in the U.S. and many foreign allies when it comes to combating terrorism. For his work in national security and counter-terrorism, he's also a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program.
September 16, 2016 -
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