Government involvement in the market economy didn't start with the new deal. It's always been there. In today's complex world, government and industry interact in a highly complex ballet often expressed in the norms of administrative procedure. Now the Trump administration has asked agencies to eliminate 10 regulations for every new one they propose. Here with analysis, Wake Forest University law professor Sid Shapiro.

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Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have found a new element in critical infrastructure protection. They've discovered how the algorithms that rank pages in internet searches also can help planners better understand how to prevent cascading failures in electrical or water systems. Here with how it all works, PNNL mathematician Bill Kay.

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Independent agencies are often small, but can have a large impact on regulations in many fields from finance, trade, to communications. Recently, many of them were the first ones subjects to budget and staffing cuts by the White House and its Department of Government Efficiency. How do the voters feel though about a president exerting controls over agencies that are supposed to be, well independent? Federal News Network's Eric White recently spoke with Steven Kull, who is the director of the University of Maryland's Program for Public Consultation. They did a recent poll of voters from across the political spectrum about this very topic.

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The Defense Department continues to try and shrink its civilian workforce. This week, it reopened the deferred resignation program to nearly all civilians. As usual, employees have a short window of time to decide if they want to leave federal service. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis reports.

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Housing and Urban Development has kept up pressure on the New York City Housing Authority. The latest study by HUD's Office of Inspector General urges New York to have a more comprehensive anti-fraud program. This follows the bribery and corruption charges against 70 city housing officials last year. For more, we turn deputy IG Stephen Begg.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Federal agencies have more office space than they need, and under DOGE their accelerating plans to get rid of it. It might be easy to forget those efforts actually first got momentum under the Obama administration, it established policies to freeze and then reduce the so called Federal Real Estate footprint. It's one of the significant moments the Federal News Network is looking back on as we mark our 25th anniversary. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has more.

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The stock market you may have heard has had a terrible month. While it's never a good idea to try and time the market, it might be a good time to reconsider your mix of funds. Long-time TSP multimillionaire Abe Grungold has more.

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Many federal employees are seeing a familiar email land in their inboxes. A number of agencies have revived the fork in the road offers. They're telling employees they can choose to quit now in exchange for a few months of pay. The renewed offer comes as many agencies are beginning to conduct reductions in force. Here with more Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.

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When it comes to shared services, the Navy isn't taking a build it and they will come approach to enterprise services. The goal instead is to find an office that will lead the effort to build something so good that not only do other offices want to use it, but the shared services become boring and invisible to the mission. For more on how the Department of the Navy is developing and expanding its suite of Enterprise Services. Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller caught up with Justin Finelli, the Department of the Navy's Chief Technology Officer.

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