The Defense Logistics Agency’s five-year IT modernization journey reached an important milestone earlier this summer. DLA moved its catalog system off a 35-year-old COBOL based system and onto a new modern platform. For more on the agency’s latest IT modernization achievement, Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller caught up with Adarryl Roberts, DLA’s chief information officer.

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A new Pentagon pilot program will give some active-duty service members a way to preserve their fertility before deployments, hazardous assignments or long periods away from their families. Starting September 14, eligible troops can be reimbursed up to $10,000 a year for egg freezing, or $500 for sperm freezing, under a three-year program created by Congress. The Defense Health Agency will use the pilot to assess participation, costs, administrative burdens and whether fertility preservation has an impact on military readiness and retention. Federal News Network's Rachel Cohen joins me with more.

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Congress may be out of session, but the clock is still running on fiscal 2027 funding. As lawmakers look toward spending deadlines and a crowded legislative agenda, this year's primary elections are also offering clues about who may wield influence in the next Congress. Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan is here with a look ahead.

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Federal retirement is full of choices involving pensions, health benefits, Social Security and the Thrift Savings Plan. Many employees don't discover the consequences of those decisions until after they've made them. retirement expert Tammy Flanagan joins me now with some perspective on how to prepare.

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The State Department moved hundreds of employees and family members out of the Middle East earlier this year. As those evacuations approach a key deadline, many families are still waiting to learn where they'll serve next and how to plan the months ahead. John Dinkelman, president of the American Foreign Service Association, joins me now to discuss the impacts of this on the workforce and the State Department.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

• Foreign Service families are used to uncertainty. But months after evacuations from parts of the Middle East, many are still waiting for answers that affect jobs, schools, and where they'll be living next
• The biggest retirement mistakes usually happen when people make important decisions without fully understanding the consequences, and often before an employee leaves government
• Congress may be on recess, but the campaign for governing power is still underway

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The Defense Department is asking Congress for broad new authority to directly sell military real estate, lease it back when it needs to and reinvest the cash from these sales into a number of defense priorities. Federal News Network’s Anastasia Obis has more.

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The intelligence community just launched a shared classified jobs portal. ICJobs is just like USAJobs, but for those with top-secret security clearances. The goal is to help the intelligence community put the right talent in the right work roles. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joins me.

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The Commerce Department recently announced plans to take minority equity stakes in companies receiving federal support. It's a sign of how government is taking a more direct role in developing strategic technologies. Joining me now to discuss the opportunities and risks is Joel Fetter, managing director at Clark Street.

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Technology doesn't stop at national borders, and increasingly neither can regulation. A new U.S.-U.K. effort to coordinate oversight of tokenized finance highlights the challenge of creating rules for markets that are still taking shape. Joining me to discuss it is John Kearney, director of product management at MyComplianceOffice.

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