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Last year, the Air Force hit its lowest point for recruiting since 1999. Recruitment now though, seems to be taking a turn for the better. The Air Force said it met its recruiting goals for 2024 for the active duty Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis has more.

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The Defense Department is only as strong as the defense industrial base (DIB), the population of companies that make what's needed to carry out military and national security tasks. For a look into what sort of investments the defense department is making in the DIB, we turn to the senior vice president for public affairs at Govini, Jeb Nadaner.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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It never caught on with the Pepsi generation, maybe it will this time; federal co-working spaces. In a test program the General Services Administration has had underway for more than a year, people are using it, but the GSA in the opinion of the Government Accountability Office needs more data to fully assess the program. More now from the GAO's acting director of physical infrastructure, David Marroni.

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Satisfaction of Thrift Savings Plan account holders has rebounded a bit. It's now at 84% according to the latest survey by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, more respondents are saying they're extremely satisfied, and not just satisfied with the TSP's offerings. Here with details, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman. 

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U.S. military requirements keep expanding, but the Defense industrial base keeps declining. In the words of my next guest, it's shrinking, concentrated, and less diverse than ever. Bloomberg Government analysis Paul Murphy joins me with more.

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The military's transition to a new multi billion dollar contract to move service members' personal belongings from place to place was delayed for years by bid protests and information technology problems. Well now it looks like it's finally full steam ahead. The first long distance moves under the new global household goods contract are now underway, and DoD thinks it's going to be able to fully implement the contract for domestic moves by next summer. An update now from Federal News Network's Jared Serbu.

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Federal authorities raided the office of one of the government's biggest software vendors. Agents from the FBI and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service arrived at the Reston, Virginia headquarters of Carahsoft technology yesterday, Federal News Network's Jason Miller has the details.

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