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The National Security Agency has been sounding the alarm about Chinese backed hacking groups infiltrating U.S. critical infrastructure. Well, now the National Security Agency's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center is deepening partnerships with the defense industry. For more on how the NSA works with the private sector. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday spoke with the director of the Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, Kristina Walter. 

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The Defense Department enters its fifth year of its Software Acquisition Pathway Strategy designed to speed up delivery. The policy has been slow to take hold, but Army officials are already thinking of creating a special pathway just for artificial intelligence. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis joins me with the details. 

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American University's School of Public Affairs launched during the Franklin Roosevelt administration. At 90, the school is still innovating with a program called the Key Undergraduate Leadership Program. Joining me in studio with the details, professor Russell Robinson.

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In the wake of Hurricane Milton, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has surged staff to Florida. FEMA also has 1000s of staff spread out across the southeast still, they're dealing with Hurricane Helene. FEMA's administrator insists the agency is ready to handle both disasters. For the latest Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday.

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The Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration has made 184 million dollars in grants to six local jurisdictions. They'll carry out plans to improve local economies. With how and why these six communities were chosen, we turn to the acting director of the Recompete Pilot Program, Rachael Sun.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Non citizen, US military service members are in limbo as the Biden administration continues to defend the Trump era policy that delays their quick path to citizenship. Now the American Civil Liberties Union has joined the fray, urging the court to uphold the ruling that struck down the policy back in 2020. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis joins me with the latest.

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No doubt you've heard. Big price hikes for health insurance for federal employees coming next year. Big ones. Open season coming soon, brings lots of questions. For retires, a smaller cost of living increase is likely. More from the vice president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton.

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Artificial intelligence brings a fresh set of procurement challenges. And it seems like every agency is buying it in one form or another. The White House last month issued guidance on what it calls responsible acquisition of AI. Joining me with the implications for intellectual property and who owns what, Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Ramish.

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The General Services Administration is trying to put emerging technologies on the radar, instead of having them fly by unseen. To do that, GSA Federal Acquisition Service has a new program to identify and research which technologies agencies need to prepare for in the next several years. For more about GSA, s tech radar, Federal News Network's Jason Miller, talked to the senior manager for technology Life Cycle Services, Michael Burt.

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