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The Army has kicked off a pilot program to separate recruiters from processing teams. The idea is to let recruiters focus on the real task, namely, pitching military service to young adults. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis joins me with the latest.

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My next guest has worked as a federal inspector general for more than five years. He was also the chairman of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, CIGIE. And until Friday, he was the IG for the Interior Department. He's one of more than a dozen IG's the Trump administration let go on Friday. But that's not the end of the story. Mark Lee Greenblatt joins me in studio.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Among the scores of executive orders coming from the Trump administration is a 90-day pause in foreign development assistance. Another freezes regulatory action. Still another imposes a hiring freeze. See the pattern? It's all causing a pause in contracting, even cancellations. More now from the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro.

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Federal executives are nervous about what comes next. President Donald Trump has taken a new and unprecedented approach to not just the senior executive service but to all of federal management. What about inspectors general? Trump had a contentious relationship with them the first time around. My next guest has experience here. She's a former State Department acting inspector general who witnessed the firing of her boss. She now a partner at the law firm Wiley Rein, Diana Shaw joins me now.

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A slew of regulations for federal contractors issued during the Biden administration just got buried under the heavy, black Trump signature. From pay equity to artificial intelligence, lots has changed. Highlights now from Washington procurement attorney Eric Crusius.

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Continuing our coverage of telework, the Homeland Security Department was one of the first

cabinet level agencies to act on President Donald Trump's return to the office mandate. The DHS memo came out on January 20, practically before Trump set foot in the Oval Office. It calls out several components of DHS for, quote, unacceptable remote work practices, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has more on this.

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Agencies have received those orders to revise their telework policies and begin bringing

federal employees back to the office to work full time. A memo from the Office of Personnel Management last week details who should be going back to work in person and who might still be exempt. OPM guidance comes after President Trump issued that return to Office directive on his first day in office. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman brings us the latest.

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Veterans Affairs suicide risk screeners often don't follow the department's own standards. The Veterans Health Administration has yet to establish consistent training or performance standards for screeners. Those are among the findings of a review by the VA office of inspector general. We get details now associate regional director, Amber Singh.

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