Federal Drive with Tom Temin

Can the Defense Department help itself to commercial intellectual property, even stuff not developed with federal dollars? Yes it can, as a matter of fact. At least judging from a recent case before the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. It's a warning to contractors. For the details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with Haynes Boone partner Dan Ramish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the General Services Administration (GSA) is at the heart of much of federal procurement, Federal Drive host Tom Temin's guest for this interview is at the center of the GSA. Jeffrey Koses is GSA's Senior Procurement Executive and Chairman of the U.S. AbilityOne Commission. Most recently, Koses was recognized with a Presidential Rank Award. This interview is part of this week's series of Rank Award winners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The federal unemployment insurance program has been rife with fraud for decades. But Labor Department programs created for pandemic relief spawned so much fraud, the department is opening a hundred new investigative cases a week. For the details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked to Seto Bagdoyan, the Director of the Forensic Audits and Investigative Service at the Government Accountability Office. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Social Security Administration is getting $23.3 million from the Technology Modernization Fund to implement multifactor authentication across its internal systems, part of a trio of recent TMF awards focused on cybersecurity and reliability. The TMF announced three new investments today for SSA, the Treasury Department and the U.S. Agency for Global Media. “With these new cybersecurity investments, TMF funding will increase the security of some of the nation’s most critical systems and sensitive data,” TMF Executive Director Raylene Yung said in a prepared statement. “The TMF is helping these agencies protect lives and livelihoods, safeguard intelligence and information integrity, and keep the programs the federal workforce relies on to serve the American public up and running.” The SSA award will accelerate the adoption of MFA to reduce the risk of employee credentials being stolen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The next nine months will prove crucial ones for federal contractors. Lots of acquisition regulations cooking … expansion of buy American .. and more White House emphasis on small *disadvantaged* business. For where it's all headed, the Federal Drive turned to federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The Transportation Department maps out its next five years of research. This presidential rank award winner helps keep a lot of things running smoothly for the Air Force. Why contractors need to focus on the brass tacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Department of Homeland Security is inching closer to make awards under its much-anticipated FirstSource III small business IT products and software contract. While the timeline is still a bit fluid, the goal is to finally get this almost two-year effort completed in 2023. Paul Courtney, the chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security, said there are several reasons why awards under FirstSource III have taken so long, including the more than 600 proposals his office received and is reviewing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She's done about everything you can do as a civilian working for the Air Force: Installations, energy, housing, safety and health. Now she's the Director of Staff at Air Force HQ and oversees. A full plate. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Jennifer Miller, a recent recipient of a Presidential Rank Award. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has a lot of goals for its latest five-year R &D and technology plan, including a transportation system that is safer, greener and more resilient than the one we have now. For highlights, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked to Dr. Robert Hampshire, DOT's Deputy Assistant Secretary and Chief Science Officer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Department of Homeland Security scientists think certain facial recognition systems can efficiently verify the identities of small groups of travelers while preserving the privacy of those who opt-out, as the Transportation Security Administration considers how technology could speed up security lines at airports. The results from the DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s “2022 Biometric Technology Rally" unveiled this week could inform the way forward for TSA and other government agencies as they increasingly adopt facial recognition systems, despite concerns from some lawmakers and civil liberties groups. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The latest legislative attempt to get a better Social Security deal for certain. The government's secrets apparatus could collapse under its own weight. Congress returns to work as the White House prepares to release the 2024 budget Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The continuous showdown continues on Capitol Hill this week. Congress returns to session, just days before the expected White House release of its 2024 budget request. For the outlook, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked to WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former President Donald Trump, former vice president Mike Pence, and President Joe Biden don't have much in common. But all three got caught with classified documents that they took home. The incidents show a lot of things, including how cumbersome the classification system is. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with someone who spends a lot explaining this challenging issue: Yale law professor Oona Hathaway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two Social Security provisions have long rankled federal employees and others in public service. One is called the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). The other is the Government Pension Offset (GPO). They were established decades ago on the idea that for a portion of their careers, people with certain jobs were not covered by Social Security. Now a bipartisan House bill would revoke WEP and GPO. For details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), one of the bill's co-sponsors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs fell short of its small disadvantaged business (SDB) goals in fiscal 2022, it made a decision to aggressively reach out to potential companies. With the numbers in for the first half of 2023, the agency said it still has some work to do. “We missed the small disadvantaged business goal by a little over 1% [in fiscal 2022]. The Department of the Navy had a goal of 8.3%. And I believe we came in about 7%, a little over 7%. We missed the goal just slightly in bringing in 8(a) firms," said Arveice Washington, deputy director of the Navy’s Office of Small Business Programs in an interview with Federal News Network after she spoke at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Expeditionary Warfare Conference on Feb. 23. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices