The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

It seems like only yesterday, the Defense Department finally got its long awaited

enterprise cloud computing contract off the ground, but DoD is already planning

for the successor to the multi billion dollar joint war fighter cloud computing

program. One objective will be extending cloud services into tactical

environments. Now the department has seen some early success in doing just that

under the current iteration of JWCC. Details now from Federal News Network's Jared Serbu.

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President Biden opted for a 2% pay raise for civilian federal employees in 2025 that's on

average, some employees at the higher levels of the general schedule will get a smaller pay adjustment. That's because of a phenomenon known as pay compression. It's a long time problem in the federal pay system that reduces raises for people at the top of the pay scales Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me now with what to expect in the coming year.

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The outgoing White House National Cyber director Harry Coker has teed up the big

cyber security issues for the incoming Trump administration. That includes recommendations on how to harmonize a growing chorus of cyber security regulations. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has more.

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Even a shrunken government would need to collect taxes to carry out functions it has left. My next guest says that fact seems to be lost on those rascals from the Department of Government Efficiency. The IRS is a case in point. Retired public administration professor Bob Tobias joins me now.

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The Energy Department maintains lots of data on the cost of various energy sources used in a variety of purposes. One group pushing for everything to go electric has found, some of that data needs a little tweaking. Wael Kanj does research for Rewiring America and he joins me now

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Federal and industrial quantum computing pioneers have explored something really specific but really important. Namely, quantum sensors in biomedicine. They've done so under the auspices of a non-profit called Quantum Economic Development Consortium. For why this research is important, we turn to the executive director of the consortium, Celia Merzbacher.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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The Office of Personnel Management is digging into its treasure trove of data about federal employees. Its goal is to create a modernized database that can better support decision-making. For more on how OPM is starting to put its data to better use, Federal News Network executive editor caught up with OPM's new chief data officer, Taka Ariga.

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In both the fiscal 2024 and 2025 budget requests, the Biden administration expressed concerns about how pay compression is impacting the federal workforce. The concerns never led to a legislative fix, a disappointment for federal employees. Still, the Office of Management and Budget deputy director, Jason Miller, had some successes to point out when he spoke with Federal News Network's Jason Miller. 

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The shine has dulled for CDs certificates of deposit that looked like great investment vehicles when interest rates were higher. Just rolling them over may be such a great wealth-building strategy. Here with some tips for dealing with CDs, wealth advisor Thiago Glieger.

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