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The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs have attracted billions in federal spending. Known as SBIR and SBTT, these signature Small Business Administration programs are also rife with fraud. For why and how to reduce it we turn to the director of forensic audits at the Government Accountability Office, Rebecca Shea.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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The Office of the National Cyber director is leading a hiring initiative to fill hundreds of federal cyber security positions this fall. It's called the Service for America campaign. It comes as the White House pushes for skills based hiring. For more, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday spoke with Deputy National Cyber director Harry Wingo.

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Three times the CIA awarded a contract for medical services to the same company. Three times the losing bidder protested. Finally a court said the protestor might be right. But it let the CIA go ahead with the original award anyway. Lessons learned from Haynes Boone procurement attorney Zach Prince.

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The Department of Health and Human Services is boosting its cybersecurity efforts to help combat an unrelenting tide of cyber attacks on hospitals and other health organizations. HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, or ASPR, recently established a new Cyber Security Division to help respond to major cyber incidents. For the latest on how HHS strategy is evolving. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday spoke with the Deputy Director of the Center for Preparedness at ASPR Brian Mazanec.

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Some of the Air Force's sweeping plans to reoptimize its force are well underway, with some of the initiatives still in the early stages. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says there's still enough institutional support for the overhaul to continue regardless of who the next president is. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis has details.

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A new proposed rule has come out from the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council for the Defense part of the FAR. It would give Defense Department contracting officers more discretion in dealing with services companies who do business in certain other countries. The change was part of the National Defense Authorization bill back in 2018. For details, Federal News Network's Tom Temin spoke to the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro.

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A Supreme Court decision earlier this year overturned the notion that courts should defer to federal agency regulatory authority when agencies make rules to carry out vaguely-written laws. It was known as the Chevron doctrine. The case that sparked the change is known as Loper. Loper is the fishing boat operator that didn't want to pay for a federal monitor it was forced to let aboard its boat. Now several parties are suing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration … the agency that made the rule that sparked the Loper case. My next guest has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals. He's the senior litigation counsel at the New Civil Liberties Alliance, John Vecchione.

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A bill in Congress would do something that sounds obscure but would affect every federal agency. It would raise the long-standing dollar threshold for micro purchases … goods or services agencies buy that cost less than ten thousand dollars. Such purchases come with fewer rules and are faster to get done. With why this matters, former General Services Administrator Emily Murphy.

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