Federal Drive with Tom Temin

The Inspector General community is taking a closer look at diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility trends in their own offices. The Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, CIGIE, created a DEIA working group in 2020. Many IGs have expressed interest. For what the working group is looking at to advance diversity. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman spoke with Education IG and working group chairwoman Sandra Bruce, and FDIC IG Jay Lerner, who's the groups' vice chairman. You'll hear Bruce first. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Contractors are nervous about the Continuing Resolution the government has been operating under since Saturday. Perhaps more troubling is the expiration of the research and development tax credit of 100%. Now it's back to 20% and that has big ramifications, according to Federal Drive host Tom Temin's guest for this interview: David Berteau, President and CEO of the Professional Services Council. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal employees on the front lines of national security and law enforcement sometimes need a bit more care and attention than others. This interview guest of Federal Drive host Tom Temin is Catherine Emerson, who has a had a long career in this branch of human resources. The former chief human capital officer of the Homeland Security Department is now deputy attorney general and chief human capital officer at the Justice Department. She and Tom discussed what it takes to provide good employee experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After several years of vacancy, the Merit Systems Protection Board has a full complement of three members who, after their Senate confirmations, faced a backlog of thousands of appeals to decisions that had been made by administrative law judges. What's it been like? To find out, Federal Drive host was joined in studio by MSPB member Tristan Leavitt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're at work today. That's the good news. It went down to the wire, but Congress managed to get that continuing resolution passed. It lasts until December 16. For what comes next, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Jack Fitzpatrick, Bloomberg Government Congress reporter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lots of people were unhappy, when, during the Trump administration, the Bureau of Land Management headquarters moved from Washington D.C. to Grand Junction, Colorado. The idea was to put management near the lands they oversee. At least one support group, the Public Lands Foundation, is happy BLM is moving back to D.C. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with the foundation's president, Mary Jo Rugwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mentor-protégé arrangements between large and small contractors have proven effective in helping primes -- and the government itself -- reach their annual small business goals. The yearly Nunn-Perry Awards honor Defense Department mentor-protégé setups that have been notably effective. One of this year's three awards went to the Naval Supply Systems Command. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with NAVSUP's director of small business, Chris Espenshade. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is rolling out a new service to help defend a wider range of agency systems from cyber attacks, and CISA is looking to potentially expand the tool beyond federal systems, according to an agency official leading the effort. CISA is rolling out a Protective Domain Name System (DNS) service to all federal agencies after spending the last year beta testing the tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) will see a significantly larger increase to their health premium costs in 2023, compared with the last few years. Federal employees and retirees, on average, will pay 8.7% more in health premiums, the Office of Personnel Management announced on Sept. 30. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Army is taking steps to put data analytics and artificial intelligence at the heart of decision-making. It’s already had success doing that with predictive maintenance of vehicles and in cyber operations. But the Army faces challenges getting get the right data to people on the battlefield. For an update, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke David Markowitz, the Army’s chief data officer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Army is taking steps to put data analytics and artificial intelligence at the heart of decision-making. It’s already had success doing that with predictive maintenance of vehicles and in cyber operations. But the Army faces challenges getting get the right data to people on the battlefield. For an update, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman spoke David Markowitz, the Army’s chief data officer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Homeland Security Department has issued new guidance to operators of the National Public Warning System, who are distributed throughout the U.S. The guidance is how to protect the system from electromagnetic pulses or EMP, whether caused by sunspots or a nuclear detonation. The guidance was a joint effort of several DHS components. For details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke to Brent Talbot, Science and Technology Directorate program manager Brent Talbot. They first discuss: Why EMP and why now? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The name Fat Leonard has become synonymous with corruption. Leonard Glenn Francis operated the biggest bribery scheme the Navy has ever experienced. Under house arrest for years awaiting final sentencing, Leonard slipped away last month after cutting off his ankle bracelet. Now -- caught in Venezuela -- what will happen to him now? For analysis, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with attorney Anthony Kuhn, managing partner of Tully Rinckey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The name Fat Leonard has become synonymous with corruption. Leonard Glenn Francis operated the biggest bribery scheme the Navy has ever experienced. Under house arrest for years awaiting final sentencing, Leonard slipped away last month after cutting off his ankle bracelet. Now -- caught in Venezuela -- what will happen to him now? For analysis, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with attorney Anthony Kuhn, managing partner of Tully Rinckey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Major regulatory changes and new rules -- which one agency or another deal with almost daily -- require that affected parties be notified. But a notice in the Federal Register is not enough, and agencies need to do more or they risk losing in court. That's according to a recently completed analysis done on behalf of the Administrative Conference of the United States. To find out the details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with study co-authors E. Donald Elliot, a professor at Yale Law School and Josh Galperin, a law professor at Pace University. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices