Federal courts are hampering the Trump administration's plans to shrink the federal workforce and reshape agencies, but it would have a lot more authority to proceed with these plans under a Senate committee's proposal, changes under consideration by members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee would allow the administration to move forward with reorganizations with minimal interference from Congress or the courts. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has more and joins me now. 

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The Trump administration is pumping the brakes on government wide software security requirements instead, President Donald Trump's new cybersecurity executive order calls for an industry consortium to study implementation of secure software development practices for more on these changes, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me.

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It can take over 10 years to bring a new ground system to life, at a time when our adversaries' development cycle is 18 months or less. A new report from GAO suggest best practices the Army could apply now to dramatically shorten its development cycle for these critical weapons. Here with more on the recommendations in a new report from GAO is Director of the Contracting and National Security Acquisitions team, Mona Sehgal.

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The latest edition of the Congressional Innovation Scorecard (Edition 2), grades every member of Congress on how strongly they champion American inventors, creators, and the innovation economy. It's created by the Council for Innovation Promotion, or C4IP. For the results, we welcome one of the contributors. David Kappos is a David Kappos is a partner at Cravath, Swaine, & Moore and Co-Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property practice.

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Every presidential transition introduces uncertainty in investment markets. This time, the volatility generated by policy changes and DOGE has been even more dramatic. Here with insight into what those changes mean for the industries that work most closely with government is the managing director in the Defense and Government Group at Raymond James, Sam Maness.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

• Important investment trends in the defense and government sector
• A gauge of how well members of congress are creating a good environment for innovation
• Applying best practices to speed Army fielding of new artillery and missile systems

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Republican Senate committee leaders are still eyeing big changes for the civil service. New committee language that's been teed up for the GOP reconciliation bill would give all new federal employees a choice pay more into the government's Retirement System or lose your job protections. Here with more is Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.

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When federal judges issue orders, they do try to make them clear. But in several recent cases, attorneys suing the government have had to go back to court to enforce those orders, often with the government and the plaintiffs at odds about what the orders actually say. That was the case with the State Department's plan to lay off about 15% of its domestic workforce. Things are hopefully a bit clearer now, as Federal News Network's Jared Serbu writes in this week's Federal Report, Jared is here now to talk more about it

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Rural communities voted in large numbers for President Trump in hopes his administration could boost their fortunes. However, his first major piece of legislation not only doesn't help these communities--it actively harms them. Here with more insight into the unspoken impacts of many of the bill's provisions is the Chief Economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Dr. Gbenga Ajilore.

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Being an agency deputy secretary is a tough job. As the chief operating officer, this person is the essential link in the agency performance chain. But they also face unique dynamics that can make operational effectiveness a real challenge. A new paper from McKinsey offers some suggestions, and two of the authors are here to discuss their recommendations. I'm joined by Scott Blackburn, a senior partner in McKinsey's Washington DC office and Jesse Salazar, an advisor for McKinsey.

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