The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Federal employee engagement reached an all-time high this year. That’s according to the results of the 2024 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, or FEVS. Now, that 71% engagement score is a governmentwide average. Now, specific results, down to the individual agencies, are available. Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman joined the Federal Drive for some of those numbers.

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The newest Air Force squadron does all of its work on the ground, in one place. The Air Force recently activated the 316th Inpatient Squadron at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Joining me for what the squadron does, Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Erin Barger.

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The Trump administration will have to deal with vacancies in the ranks of inspectors general. The last time around the Trump White House had sort of a touchy relationship with some of them. Here with one view of what should happen next the director of the effective and accountable government program at the Project on Government Oversight, Faith Williams.

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Town halls, congressional debates, promises from incoming Trump people. They all point to a sharp cutback in telework. Not all members of Congress are in favor though. For what's actually brewing, we turn to WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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When it first entered the White House, the Biden administration had to grapple with the infamous solar winds cyber attack. That incident became a galvanizing force for federal cyber initiatives under the Biden White House. Well, now the hack known as Salt Typhoon, a big intrusion into U.S. telecommunications networks looks like the incoming Trump administration's first big cyber challenge, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me with the latest.

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Federal agencies have more buildings and office space than they need. Most everybody agrees on that. Successive administrations have seen the need to trim federal office space, and the COVID 19 pandemic added to that urgency. Now the incoming Trump administration is on a mission to bring efficiency and savings to the federal government, and they're looking at the work of a small independent agency that helps get rid of underutilized federal buildings. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has more. 

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The Office of Federal Procurement Policy launched its better contracting initiative more than a year ago. Leaders promised this time would be different when it came to developing enterprise wide software licenses, a long time bugaboo for federal agencies. Well, guess what? The General Services Administration is about to deliver on that promise. GSA says its IT vendor management office is close to finalizing a government wide deal with Microsoft. For details, Federal. Executive Editor Jason Miller, caught up with GSA Assistant Commissioner IT category, Laura Stanton.

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Members of Congress get, on average, three requests per day to help them with federal bureaucratic issues. A thousand requests a year. That means nearly half a million queries hitting federal agencies every year. My next guest got an assignment from the Administrative Conference of the United States. It wanted to explore ways to improve how agencies respond to congressional casework queries. With what he found, Boston University associate professor Sean Kealy.

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Have you ever wanted to take a career break? Its an attractive idea, but at some point you might want to come back into the government. A bill sponsored by Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton would establish what it calls a first-ever returnship program. Congresswoman Wexton joins me now with details.

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