The Space Development Agency is pushing back the launch of its first group of low Earth orbit satellites. Now this delay highlights the difficulties the agency has had in transitioning from using a few big satellites to a network of smaller and cheaper ones. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis joins us with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Pentagon is moving closer to kicking off its long awaited cyber security Maturity Model certification program. Small business advocates, though, are still worried about the high cost of CMMC compliance. Well, now there's a draft legislation coming from Capitol Hill to provide some smaller companies with a CMMC tax credit. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me with the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The stock market continues to defy logic, something it seems to do best. Now some 117 thousand federal employees and retirees have Thrift Savings Plan accounts worth more than a million dollars. There ought to be many more. At least, that's what federal retiree and financial advisor Abe Grungold says. He joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nobody's in favor of corruption, except maybe the corrupt. When corruption comes to light, it's often the Justice Department that take the lede. My next guest leads a non-profit that works anti-fraud at the front end by supporting whistleblowers. She's the president and CEO of the Anti-Fraud Coalition, Jacklyn DeMar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The first woman to direct the Transportation Department's Volpe Center recently retired. A 20-year federal employees, she worked an earlier 20 years for the Massachusetts Port Authority. Now she's among the new inductees to the National Academy of Public Administration. Joining me with a recap, Anne Aylward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin The Transportation Department says farewell to one of its most distinguished employees This group actually tries to stop what everyone else just complains about TSP millionaires are busting out all over Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Open season is in full swing. That's when federal employees and retirees review their health care insurance choices for 2025 this year, especially the Office of Personnel Management says you've got plenty of reasons to take advantage of Open Season. For one thing, premiums are up sharply, and companies are making lots of changes in their plans during our recent Open Season exchange, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman got more from OPM acting director Rob Shriver. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Integrated acquisition environment is facing an expanding customer base, while the name of the system screams acquisition, the General Services Administration officials realize a broader cross section of federal managers that work in grants, legal offices and agency specific programs. They also rely on the system and its data to make decisions. For more, Federal News Network's Executive Editor Jason Miller caught up with the Deputy Assistant Commissioner for GSA Integrated Award Environment Memi Whitehead, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Meet the federal Senior Executive of the Year The S-B-A doubles down on the rule of two The Army has a problem with water-borne transportation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
You might not think of the Army as having a big need for watercraft. But it does. Like when it has to move tanks from point A to point B. In fact, the demand for watercraft is rising, but the Army's fleet is shrinking. The Government Accountability Office has a few recommendations for what's becoming a critical problem. The GAO's director of defense capabilities and management issues, Diana Maurer, joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A long-standing rule concerning small business preference is about to get a major expansion. Courtesy of the Small Business Administration. The rule, which applied to open market competitions, will once the rule is finalized also apply to multiple award contract vehicles. That's a big change. More now from Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Each year the Senior Executives Association highlights some of the top members. This year, the senior executive of the year has been named. She's the assistant administration for domestic aviation operations at the Transportation Security Administration Michal Rottman who joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bad news for federal employees looking to apply for long term care insurance, you'll have to wait at least another couple of years. The Office of Personnel Management is barring new enrollments in its insurance program through at least 2026. That announcement comes after current program enrollees saw a sharp premium hike this year. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are serious about their plan for a so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Billionaire car building and space services mogul Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy are going to run this effort beyond that. Few details have emerged. This wouldn't be the first effort to go after government spending. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with what he's learned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
If you're working at the higher ranks of civil service, you probably have noticed. Political appointees are starting to depart just a few weeks after the election and two months before the change in administration. Joining with some highlights one who's been watching closely. Federal sales an marketing consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Some $31 million from the Chips Act just went to a group called the Midwest Microelectronics Consortium. The money is part of larger outlays under a Chips Act program, Known as the Microelectronic Commons overseen by the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Here to untangle what's going on, the chief technology officer of of the Midwest Microelectronics Consortium, Matt Casto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The poorer a nation, the less ability it has to anticipate and mitigate disasters. That's one reason the U.S. Agency for International Development concentrates many of its overseas efforts on helping nations with resilience and the ability to anticipate disasters. More now from USAID's deputy assistant administrator for the Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, Jacqueline Musiitwa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin How USAID helps Africa with climate resilience The Chips Act is pushing silicon valley inland The Biden appointees are already heading for the exit doors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Network defense these days is way more than about desktops, laptops and servers. User endpoints are growing fast, and one of the ways to make them manageable is to use secure by design principles in the Internet of Things ecosystem the government can push the market that way. Greg Touhill is a former Federal Chief Information Security Officer, now the director of the cert Division at the Software Engineering Institute. He spoke with Federal News Network's Jared Serbu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Homeland Security Department is out with new artificial intelligence guidance. It lays out responsibilities for using AI and critical infrastructure with the goal of taking advantage of the technology but avoiding safety and security pitfalls. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me with some of the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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