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The Office of Management and Budget is giving agencies new ways to think about how they buy technology that includes artificial intelligence. In a 36 page memo issued yesterday, OMB outlined these considerations in three buckets. For more on those buckets, Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller joins me to discuss those new factors as agencies go deeper into the AI world. 

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When you look closely, there's not much difference between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump when it comes to military strategy and spending. That's according to my next guest, who's done a detailed comparison. Michael O'Hanlon is a former Defense Policy Board member, now a senior fellow at Brookings, and he joins me now.

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The Biden administration and automobile industry's push towards electric vehicles isn't going to go very far without the workers to make those batteries. In an effort to ensure a solid pipeline of talent there, the Battery Workforce Challenge Program is a new initiative from the Energy Department, looking to fill those jobs. It aims to build and train the next batch of battery and electric vehicle (EV) technicians, electricians, skilled workers, and engineers. To find out more, I got the chance to speak with Director of Energy Justice & Workforce Readiness for the Advanced Energy Technologies Directorate, within the Energy Department, Kristen Wahl.

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The Army says it met its recruiting goals for fiscal 2024 following years of missing them. Significant shortfalls though, over the last couple of years have prompted service leaders to plus up the recruiting workforce and expand its pre basic training course to get recruits in shape for basic training. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis has an update.

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This week, there's yet more signs that the military's deep difficulties recruiting new service members may have been just a temporary phenomenon. The Navy says it met its recruiting goal for fiscal 2024 bringing in just under 41,000 new active duty sailors. That follows news last week that the Army also met its goals, as we heard earlier in the show for both services. It's the first time in years, they've met their goals, and as Federal News Network's Jared Serbu reports, there's still work to do to make up for those deficits.

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It's time consuming and complicated. But if you need security clearance to do your job for the government or for a government contractors, you've got no choice but to go through what it takes to get cleared. One question that comes up a lot: Should I go to my clearance hearing. Here with some advice, attorney Ryan Nerney of Tully Rinckey.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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When the stock market moves up and down, analysts always find one reason or another. Presidential elections, though, seem to consistently exert influence over market behavior. In other words, Kamala and Donald are affecting 'your' Thrift Savings Plan. More now from financial advisor Thiago Glieger.

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The FBI and Defense Criminal Investigative Service searched Carahsoft Technology Corporation's headquarters last week. That move has sparked new questions about the long term viability of vendors selling in the federal marketplace, and concerns about dependable agency access to specific technologies. Former federal executives and industry experts said it might be time to rethink the value added reseller approach. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller joins me now with what he's found. 

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The National Museum of the American Latino established by Congress in 2020 doesn't have a building of its own yet. But it just unveiled something that helps establish its presence in the meantime. A new logo called The Iris. For more about the logo and the museum's progress generally, we turn to its director, Jorge Zamanillo.

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