The NIH procurement wing known as NITAAC, may want to borrow Mark Twain's famous saying, reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. NASA has extended its famous SEWP five contract, and the General Services Administration pauses a procurement oversight tool. These are the latest goings on in the federal procurement area. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller is following all of these and joins me now.

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The Trump administration wants to change where agencies decide to locate federal buildings. Two long standing executive orders that told agencies to consider underdeveloped urban areas and historic locations. The Trump administration rescinded them earlier this month, but were they really hard and fast rules in the first place? Well, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me with more. 

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You don’t have to look far to see that public sector demand for artificial intelligence capabilities is on the rise. Generative AI has government organizations at all levels looking to IT services contractors for transformational change. During Google Cloud Next ’25, Federal News Network’s Tom Temin talks with Knexus CEO Adam Lurie about some of these initiatives.

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Critical infrastructure like extensive state road systems pose all sorts of safety, traffic flow and maintenance challenges. To understand how artificial intelligence helps make traffic safer and more efficient, Federal News Network’s Tom Temin chats with the authority’s chief information officer, Josh Klemm, at Google Cloud Next ’25.

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New York City is using artificial intelligence and commercial cloud services to improve services, reduce technical debt and unify disparate agencies — from a citizen point of view. At Google Cloud Next ’25, Federal News Network’s Tom Temin gets the details from the chief technology officer of New York’s Office of Technology and Innovation, Matthew Fraser.

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In science, you’ve got to show your work — the evidence of how you reached a hypothesis. Federal News Network’s Tom Temin gets the lowdown during Google Cloud Next ’25 about how artificial intelligence helps scientists do this better from Sophie Lebrecht, COO of Google partner Ai2.

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The South Florida Water Management District is home to rivers, lakes, watersheds and the Everglades themselves. The district’s work is crucial to conservation, flood control and drinking water. During Google Cloud Next ’25, Federal News Network’s Tom Temin discusses with CIO Akin Owosina how Google tools are helping the district’s scientists and engineers manage their missions.

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Few organizations use as wide a range of technology as the nation’s national laboratories. To learn about AI and cloud innovations at Lawrence Berkeley, Federal News Network’s Tom Temin talks with the lab’s science IT advisor and cloud manager, Jeff D’Ambrogia, during Google Cloud Next ’25.

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Virginia and particular the parts of Virginia closest to Washington D.C. have probably been hit the hardest by the Trump administration. Virginia is home to some 150 thousand federal employees and countless contractors. Joining me for an assessment, Virginia Senator Mark Warner.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

• Virginia Senator Mark Warner assesses the situation
• What to expect for federal health care coverage next year
• Maybe it is a good time to stick your head in the sand

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