When ChatGPT first emerged on the federal scene, Venice Goodwine was not a fan. The Air Force chief information officer, in fact, issued a 'Thou shalt not use' policy. But Goodwine quickly shifted her perspective and launched an Air Force only version called NIPRGPT. Federal News Network's Jason Miller got the story from Goodwine. 

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The past year in National Cyber Security trends was defined by major intrusions into U.S. critical infrastructure from the China linked Salt Typhoon campaigns to continue ransomware attacks on the health care sector. Agencies had to scramble just to keep up. For more on another busy year in cyber security, and as we continue with our series of look backs, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday. 

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Federal retirees are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars a year into an annuity offering at the Thrift Savings Plan. What is it, and why is it so popular? We turn to certified financial planner Art Stein of Arthur Stein Financial.

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The DoD's big cybersecurity program advanced earlier this month. A big rule to carry if out became effective. For what the rule means and what comes next in the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program, we turn to the Deltek cybersecurity researcher Michael Greenman.

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After spending two decades in Afghanistan, the government has accumulated a lot of lessons learned. In fact, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, has published 13 chapters of lessons learned. The latest one concerns personnel practices in Afghanistan activities. Basically, everyone who ever worked there said personnel practices were terrible. We get more now from SIGAR's deputy director for lessons learned, David Young.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Federal contractors never expected Congress to get a full year appropriation done last week. So they're generally pleased about avoidance of a government shutdown. That gives the government 11 weeks or to deal with other lingering procurement issues. We check in with the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro.

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Hospitals treat the sick and injured. But they can be dangerous places. A unit of the Health and Human Services Department aims to reduce patient and healthcare workforce harm by 50%. So it's set up a dashboard that aggregates safety information. Joining me with the details, the director of the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Craig Unsheid.

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A unit of Health and Human Services recently made grants to four academic and industry teams to do miracles. Enabling the blind to see. The awardees will work on technologies to enable transplantation of the human eye. For details, from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, program manager Calvin Roberts.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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