As Tom Temin prepares to retire from "The Federal Drive," he sits down with Federal News Network's Executive Editor Jason Miller

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Staffing reductions, center closings, and database access issues at the Social Security Administration have been in the headlines lately. But my next guest argues that, while all of these may save some money around the edges, they don’t fundamentally address the serious funding challenges facing the Social Security program. Program Integrity Fellow at Arnold Ventures, Doug Criscitello, joins me now.

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US Cyber Command has come a long way in the past 15 years, and it's finally closing the gap between day to day operations and the strategic view of cyber. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis reports.

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The Navy has spent the last several years standing up technical solutions and designating them as intended for use across the fleet. Officials say the next step is extending that approach to the end point devices that sailors use every day, both ashore and afloat. For more on the unified endpoint initiative, Federal News Network's Jared Serbu talked with the Navy's Justin Finelli, Brandon Weller and Matthew Rambo.

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If air superiority is crucial to modern warfare, then the U.S. Air Force is not up to the task. That's the gist of a detailed look by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. Among the findings, the Air Force is short by, get this, two thousand pilots. The Air Force itself is what the report calls the oldest, smallest and least ready in history. More details now from Mitchell Senior Resident Fellow Heather Penney.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

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DoD has issued several directives regarding DEI, including eliminating identity months for one, and directing removal of DEI-related content from web pages and social media sites for another. Questions remain about where this information is going and how it might be brought back. Joining me to discuss the implications of these actions is the President of the Military Womens’ Memorial, Phyllis Wilson.

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Welcome to a special hour of the Federal Drive with me Tom Temin. We're changing up the programming this hour. It's my last as host, a chair I've occupied for more than 17 years. I'd like to take you behind the scenes of Federal News Network and hear from some of our team.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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Without a secure domain name system, the interview doesn't really have any security at all. Now the National Institute of Standards and Technology has revised its Secure DNS deployment guide, and seeks public comments. For more on the importance of the DNS and what's in special publication 800-81 revision 3, we turn to one of its principal authors, Cricket Liu.

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