The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Obesity among members of the military is not only expensive it's also a national security threat. That's according to the non-partisan American Security Project which says Americans can no longer ignore this crisis. For more, retired Marine Corps Brigadier General and President Emeritus of the project, Stephen Cheney.

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More than a half century has passed since the U.S. ended the military draft. The Selective Service System still requires males to register at 18, but that's about it. Given the state of the world, should the nation be better prepared to re-start conscription? My next guests say, well, yes. From the Center for a New American Security, research assistant Taren Sylvester and senior fellow Katherine Kuzminski.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Former administration officials are warning that a return of schedule F would not only hurt the career civil service, they say it would diminish national security. These officials and other self styled government leaders discuss the role of career feds and the potential impacts of Schedule F during a Senate committee hearing this week. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman brings us more.

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Can it be, the repeal of the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset will actually happen? The WEP and GPO that hold back Social Security benefits for certain federal and other government employees? We get the latest from a leading advocate for repeal. From the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton.

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The Army says its recent deployment of Ask Sage, a generative AI platform is already helping soldiers and civilian employees. Tasks like coding, legal review, contract management, even aviation safety. More use cases are emerging after officials issued guidance on integrating generative, artificial intelligence into cloud computing. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis spoke to Ask Sage CEO, Nic Chaillin, and Army Chief Information Officer Leonel Garciga.

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The Defense Department is getting ready to roll out the Cyber Security Maturity Model Certification program. You’ve heard that one, as soon as next year, but DoD officials first have to make sure they’ve identified the information that triggers CMMC requirements. Marking that data known as controlled unclassified information or CUI has been a vexing challenge all by itself for government and industry. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has the latest.

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Congress will have to do more than avert a government shut down by the end of the month to keep federal employees from a financial hit. Feds working overseas face a 22% pay cut if Congress doesn’t reauthorize the necessary money. A lapse in funding would impact employees at the State department and five other federal agencies, Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has more.

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The Small Business Administration has proposed two important rule changes for federal contractors. One has to do with popular mentor-protégé partnerships. It seems to step from the popularity of these arrangements. The government things they're 'too' successful. We get some analysis now from attorney Shane McCall, a partner at Koprince McCall Pottroff.

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For most Americans, retirement income is self-funded. And there's no shortage of people selling advice on managing 401Ks or IRA. Some advisors, though, have built-in conflicts of interest. Federal rules and regulations for this type of work, though, are spotty, according to the most recent study by the Government Accountability Office. Details now from the GAO's director of education, workforce and income security, Kris Nguyen.

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