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Agencies have been beckoning private sector tech workers hit by layoffs, consider public service. Getting them to apply is one thing, but agencies are now looking at how to retain them. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is trying by launching its own digital service model after the White House's US digital service for details. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman spoke with the open source lead for CMS Remy DeCausemaker.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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The latest government wide section 508 assessments show agencies still struggling to meet digital accessibility standards. The annual evaluation lists numerous persistent issues that make both external websites and internal ones less than fully accessible for people with disabilities. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins us with more on this latest assessment.

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The Marine Corps has been operating the V-22 transport aircraft for more than 30 years. And for more than 30 years, the Marines have been dealing with crashes. Sometimes deadly ones. The vertical lift machine has killed 60 people. The cycle of accident, groundings, and returns to flight continues to this day. My next guest did detailed analysis of the data connected to the V-22. Brad Dress, a reporter for The Hill newspaper, joins me now.

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Wireless cellular communications keep growing as an imperative for emergency responders.

The Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate has an ongoing research program for development of cellular for details, I spoke with the technology manager for the Science and Technology communications and networking technology center, Sridhar Kowdley, Here's an excerpt.

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Stopping human trafficking is a year-round mission for the Homeland Security Department. Last week DHS marked its annual blue campaign, a public awareness effort. For how DHS organizes around this challenge, we turn to Brandi Bynum of the center for countering human trafficking.

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President Joe Biden is expected this week to sign the second cyber security executive

order of his term. Agencies will get new requirements for how to improve software security. The Office of Management and Budget gets the job of rewriting circular a 130 and the cyber security and infrastructure security agency gets new authorities to conduct threat hunting inside agency networks. That section has caused some concern. Federal News Network's Jason Miller got a

hold of the draft.

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With just a week until inauguration, three forces are converging. They'll all impact the federal workplace. The Trump Administration is promising a stack of one hundred executive orders. The external Department of Government Efficiency will start to dig in. And after breakfast pleasantries, a chaotic Congress will join the battle. The outlook now from WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller.

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The armed forces are about to get a new commander in chief. The collective that brings together a critical segment of the defense industrial base also has a new leader. The National Armaments Consortium has named a decorated Army combat veteran and long-serving civilian executive as its new executive director. Ben Harris joins me now.

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