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The idea of election day being tomorrow seems almost quaint given that tens of millions of ballots have already been cast. Many were put in the mail. Congress including Senators not up for re-election has been watching performance of the Postal Service. More now from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.

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The Technology Modernization Fund Board just added two new permanent members and one new alternative member. Technology leaders from the Postal Service, the Federal Reserve Board and the National Park Service join at a critical time for the TMF. For more Federal News Network's executive editor, Jason Miller, spoke with TMF executive director Larry Bafundo. 

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Stop us if you've heard this one before. Many agencies are still struggling with workforce recruitment and retention, but the bigger problem is those struggles get harder and more complicated the further you get from agency headquarters in Hawaii, Alaska, U.S. territories. The Government Accountability Office found that agencies are having an especially difficult time getting job seekers to apply and getting people they hire to stay. Federal News Network's drew Friedman got more from GAO, director of strategic issues Dawn Locke.

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One down four to go. The number of open chief information officer positions in the Department of Health and Human Services dropped by one when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hired Patrick Newbold. The hiring of Newbold away from NASA is another chapter in the ongoing challenge HHS is having in filling and keeping technology leaders. Federal News Network's executive editor, Jason Miller joins me with an update. 

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Thinking ahead planning for what might happen. Now it has a fancy name. Strategic foresight. A group of people who do strategic foresight has formed an alliance to urge the government to form a strategic foresight agency. My next guest says this might not be a bad idea. Former leadership processor and federal union president Bob Tobias joins me now.

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Whether there's a fiscal year budget or a continuing resolution the government never stops spending. So contractors can never stop selling. It's helpful to know the most promising hunting grounds, though. We get some startling facts now from Deltek senior research manager Ashley Sanderson.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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A defense contractor this month agreed to pay nearly a billion dollars to settle criminal fraud and other federal charges. Not some fly-by-night, but rather the legacy contractor Raytheon. The company is under Justice Department investigations for defective pricing, foreign bribery and violations of the Arms Export Control Act. My next guest says these problems aren't isolated to Raytheon. Greg Williams, from the Project on Government Oversight, joins me now.

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One thing that's not secret in the intelligence community, it's looking to use more artificial intelligence and automation. A big challenge for the IC is that patchwork of data across 18 intelligence components. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is about to move on a new framework to help solve that problem. We get more now from Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday.

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