The General Services Administration says the federal government owns more office space than it needs, and it's on a mission to downsize its national portfolio. The plan takes inventories of federal buildings in need of upgrades and which properties it ought to sell. Decisions often come down to vacancy rates or the cost to fix up a building for mor…

In the final days of his administration, President Joe Biden has signed a new cybersecurity executive order. If it sticks around, the directive, would set new requirements for federal agencies and contractors. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me with a look. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Every administration tries to align federal agency budgets with its policy goals. That's not easy in a government with two million employees and countless departments, agencies, bureaus and offices. My next guest has been working this very challenge for the last four years. Until Monday, at least, she's the deputy director for budget at the Office …

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On Capitol Hill, tensions continue to rise over the use of federal telework. Lawmakers on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee raised questions just yesterday about how telework impacts productivity, customer service, Workforce Recruitment and many more things. This all comes just days ahead of President Elect Donald Trump's inaugura…

The Defense Department struggles to test buy and field emerging technology quickly, nothing new there. New would be contractors often find defense procurement complex and opaque. Well, now members of the Defense Innovation Board say the Pentagon needs to expand the Defense Innovation Unit if it's to solve these problems. We get the latest from Fede…

A grant program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aims to help resilience of coastal cities and towns. It will hand more than 54 million dollars to four of what it calls accelerators. The accelerators will in turn make grants to small businesses developing technologies for things like renewable energy and hazard mitigation. Joi…

The DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency has vowed to help the Trump administration reduce the federal headcount. My next guest says the DOGE might be overlooking another source of savings. Government contractors, who outnumber federal employees. Danielle Brian is executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, and she joins me now.…

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin A NOAA grant program aims at coastal resiliency There's one big population the Department of Government Efficiency might be overlooking What a time to be alive with a hundred new executive orders coming Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Federal employees, and to some extent all public servants, are wondering precisely what the next few days an months will bring. Lots of questions of a practical nature, like when will new Social Security benefits flow under repeal of old limitations. And, what happens Monday when Donald Trump re-enters the oval office. We get some informed speculat…

The coming Trump administration has promised to institute all sorts of efficiencies in the government. Now a bill from Senator Roger Wicker, Republican of Mississippi, would do just that. The Forged Act focuses on Defense procurement. For analysis of what's in it, we turn to the president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.…

During her three plus years as administrator of the General Services Administration, Robin Carnahan kept one idea front and center. Government is a service provider. There's no better place to lead that effort than the GSA. As Carnahan's time at GSA comes to an end on Monday, she says the agency is in a better place than it was four years ago. Fede…

Does anyone ever really have a contract with the government? A customer that can terminate for convenience, as the legal phrase goes? One sole practitioner pushed back and found that even termination for convenience has procedures and rules. My next guest says you should know your rights as a contractor. Haynes Boone procurement attorney Zach Princ…

Lots of industries are switching their hopes for the future to the incoming Trump Two administration. The technology sector thinks about maintaining U.S. leadership in domains like artificial intelligence. One group is calling on the new administration and Congress to create the necessary tax and regulatory environment. More now from the president …

The U.S. border chaos is mirrored to some extent in the court system that deals with immigration. A congressional audit has found that the Justice Department which operates immigration courts lacks data on whether non-citizens have shown up for their mandatory hearings. The case management system of the Executive Office for Immigration Review doesn…

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin What the tech industry wants from the new administration and Congress Immigration courts miss a crucial metric for tracking immigrants When termination for convenience becomes inconvenient Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesAv Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Inside the DHS Science and Technology Directorate's search for better wireless communications The V-22, a Marine Corps aircraft that keeps on killing marines The so-called budget is only the start of a lot of hard work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Wireless cellular communications keep growing as an imperative for emergency responders. The Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate has an ongoing research program for development of cellular for details, I spoke with the technology manager for the Science and Technology communications and networking technology center, Sr…

The latest government wide section 508 assessments show agencies still struggling to meet digital accessibility standards. The annual evaluation lists numerous persistent issues that make both external websites and internal ones less than fully accessible for people with disabilities. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins us with more on th…

Agencies have been beckoning private sector tech workers hit by layoffs, consider public service. Getting them to apply is one thing, but agencies are now looking at how to retain them. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is trying by launching its own digital service model after the White House's US digital service for details. Federal …

The Marine Corps has been operating the V-22 transport aircraft for more than 30 years. And for more than 30 years, the Marines have been dealing with crashes. Sometimes deadly ones. The vertical lift machine has killed 60 people. The cycle of accident, groundings, and returns to flight continues to this day. My next guest did detailed analysis of …

President Joe Biden is expected this week to sign the second cyber security executive order of his term. Agencies will get new requirements for how to improve software security. The Office of Management and Budget gets the job of rewriting circular a 130 and the cyber security and infrastructure security agency gets new authorities to conduct threa…

It seems like only yesterday, the Defense Department finally got its long awaited enterprise cloud computing contract off the ground, but DoD is already planning for the successor to the multi billion dollar joint war fighter cloud computing program. One objective will be extending cloud services into tactical environments. Now the department has s…

With just a week until inauguration, three forces are converging. They'll all impact the federal workplace. The Trump Administration is promising a stack of one hundred executive orders. The external Department of Government Efficiency will start to dig in. And after breakfast pleasantries, a chaotic Congress will join the battle. The outlook now f…

The armed forces are about to get a new commander in chief. The collective that brings together a critical segment of the defense industrial base also has a new leader. The National Armaments Consortium has named a decorated Army combat veteran and long-serving civilian executive as its new executive director. Ben Harris joins me now. Learn more ab…