The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
جزئیات کانال
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton provides expert insights on current events in the federal community. Read more interviews to keep up with daily news and analysis that affect the federal workforce. The Federal Drive is found at FederalNewsNetwork.com and 1500 AM in the Washington D...
قسمتهای اخیر
1629 قسمت
Air Force scrambling after employees experience computer lock-out
The Air Force is scrambling to get its employees back online after scores of people were locked out of their computers last week. Computers across the...
Trump admin reshaping federal employee discipline, firing rules
The rules governing discipline and removal procedures for federal employees are on track for a major overhaul. A slew of proposed regulations and exec...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com...
The federal government is going beyond funding research
For decades, government largely funded discovery and let the market handle commercialization. NSF is now building new pathways to move promising techn...
The government's role in innovation may be changing from customer to investor
If agencies are no longer willing to wait for markets alone to deliver critical technologies, what comes next? Some are moving upstream, investing in...
TZA's more active government role in innovation asks how to move faster with accountability
As agencies experiment with new approaches to technology, finance, and acquisition, the rules that govern grants and contracts are changing too. The c...
DoD class deviation leaves contractors with more questions than answers
The Defense Department is providing little guidance on how firms are expected to comply with a series of restrictions aimed at severing ties with comp...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Monday, July 13, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com...
The VA is reporting record-high rates for suicide risk screening and follow-up
After an Inspector General review identified gaps in suicide risk screening and follow-up, the VA moved to strengthen those processes across its syste...
Congress has a lot on its agenda, the harder question is whether everyone agrees on what belongs at the top of the list
Congress has a full plate before lawmakers leave town for August. The problem isn't a lack of important work. It's that competing priorities from the...
Tens of billions of dollars of federal dollars are spent on university research every year, but taxpayers don't know how
Every year, the federal government spends billions supporting research at universities across the country. That investment helps drive scientific adva...
CDC must ‘make hard decisions’ triaging work after elevating Ebola response
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking to rebuild its workforce after cutting more than a quarter of its employees last year, accor...
GSA praised for initial changes to AI draft regs, but more work needed
In the three weeks since the General Services Administration updated its proposed regulations for the basic safeguarding of data within large language...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Friday, July 10, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com...
Military mission success depends on understanding what people can do
Getting the right person into the right role has long been one of the military's toughest workforce challenges. The Pentagon is testing new ways to id...
For pregnant Medicaid patients, finding care depends on information that's supposed to point them in the right direction
Access to care starts with knowing where care actually exists. New findings from the HHS Inspector General show that the provider information Medicaid...
A new OPM rule will expand how federal agencies make workforce decisions
Hiring someone is only the beginning of the government's relationship with an employee. A newly finalized OPM rule expands the agency's authority to p...
DoD watchdog urges more transparency in daycare abuse cases
A new Defense Department inspector general report finds that the military services have policies for reviewing allegations of abuse at on-base child d...
OPM finalizes performance review overhaul for federal employees
An overhaul to the federal workforce’s performance management system is now set in stone. A final rule from the Office of Personnel Management removes...
VHA is modernizing, but the real test is whether veterans and providers get a better experience
For years, VA modernization conversations have focused on systems and software. John Bartrum says the more important question is what veterans and cli...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Thursday, July 9, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.co...
Federal agencies are being asked to move faster, but speed starts with something more basic: a good business forecast.
When agencies define requirements clearly, industry can respond with better solutions and fewer surprises. When they don't, costs rise and timelines s...
Pentagon consistently failed to analyze the impacts of civilian workforce reductions
The Defense Department significantly reduced the size of its civilian workforce in 2025. The department however, started shedding its employees prior...
DHS IG investigating reassignments of senior staff under Noem
Last year, hundreds of Department of Homeland Security employees were reassigned to different jobs. Some were shifted over to Immigration and Customs...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Today on "The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton"
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.c...
NIST's National Vulnerability Database has largely been a helpful resource, but needs some help to continue that
A list of potential cyber vulnerabilities, rightfully called the National Vulnerability Database, is one of the many ways the National Institute of St...
Many point to the policy issues with the proposed NDAs for federal employees, but what about the constitutional factors?
The Office of Personnel Management's proposal to institute a standardized NDA that federal workers could be required to sign as a condition of employm...
Some federal careers are built to end early, and that changes everything about how you plan the rest of your life
For law enforcement officers and others, retirement can come in the late 40s or 50s with decades still ahead to fund and plan. That shift changes how...
USDA expects ‘significant number’ of staff facing relocation to leave their jobs
Federal unions and nonprofit groups are asking a federal court to temporarily bar USDA from carrying out a reorganization that that will move thousand...
OPM seeks to decentralize, revise governmentwide federal employee survey
The Office of Personnel Management plans to take a more hands-off approach to the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. A new proposal would make agencie...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Today on The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com...
For military families with special‑needs children, the Exceptional Family Member Program is essential, but not simple
For families who rely on it, the Exceptional Family Member Program can shape everything from assignments to access to care. Jessica Hulter knows that...
When an agency shuts down, the story usually focuses on policy and program impacts; this one looks at the people
A new study is taking a close look at what happened to the workforce after the closure of the U.S. Agency for International Development, tracking the...
The practice of project management isn’t static and neither is the exam
The latest version of the PMP exam reflects a shift toward how project work actually gets done today. It puts more weight on real‑world judgment and l...
DoD issues guidance as ban on Chinese companies takes effect
Defense contractors face a new restriction. A new law now prohibits the Pentagon from contracting with companies that retain consultants lobbying for...
Three proposed changes to the process to remove federal employees
The Office of Personnel Management wants to make easier to remove federal employees for performance or misconduct reasons. In a new 81-page proposed r...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - Monday, July 6, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/...
If AI starts doing the work, can people trust the outcome?
Agentic AI systems promise faster, cheaper execution for federal agencies, but they also raise new questions about governance, accountability and trus...
The administration’s new AI framework includes something the government hasn’t had before
A new executive order sets up a pathway for companies to share advanced artificial intelligence models with federal officials ahead of public release,...
Congress returns from recess with a lot of its plate
Congress was sort of stuck in a wait and see mode once the president demanded more attention was directed at passing his election security legislation...