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Suicide, a persistent problem for the armed forced and among veterans. Prevention attracts some of the best minds in medicine and academia. Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, USU have been at the forefront by developing an online game designed to help clinicians who deal with service members at risk of suicide. Joining me to explain, professor and director of the Center for Deployment Psychology at the USU, David Riggs.

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The Defense Department crossed a major milestone in its long path toward auditability this year as we've reported. The Marine Corps became the first DoD service to earn a clean opinion, but the audit itself was long time. It took two years, and that process is simply not sustainable. If DoD wants to earn clean opinions repeatedly it'll need to implement internal controls that auditors can trust. Coralis Rodriguez and Troy Robertson are two of co-authors of a new DoD Inspector General report on understanding that audit. They spoke with Federal News Network's Jared Serbu.

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A bill to repeal two long time provisions of the Social Security system appears closer than ever to passage. A discharge position for the Social Security Fairness Act continues to gain signatures in the House. If it reaches the required number of John Hancocks the bill would be forced to a floor vote. Here with the latest Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.

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It's hard to tell how Congress will put together a funding bill for even a continuing resolution … with less than two weeks left in the fiscal year. So contractors are doing what they feel that have to. Prepare for a lapse in appropriations. More now from the president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.

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The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has been long in gestation. But this baby is going to be a big one. That's what happens when the Defense Department wants all of its contractors to do something. We get a round up now from attorney Eric Crusius, a partner at Holland and Knight.

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Artificial intelligence has penetrated deeply into the world of medical devices. The DA has approved nearly a thousand AI-enabled medical gadgets. Given that nature of AI, the question must be asked: How to keep these devices working properly overtime. That's a question the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health seeks to answer. For details, we turn to ARPA-H program manager Berkman Sahiner.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Indecision mixed with turmoil and partisan politics. That's the familiar brew on Capitol Hill this week. With precisely two weeks until the fiscal year ends, there's no clear path to any budget deal at the moment. So it's a busy week … as hear from Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau relies on data as much as any regulatory agency. Recently it added a chief officer or CDO. The CDO works alongside the chief information officer, and they both report to the chief operating officer for how the bureau handles its data mission Federal News Network Jory Heckman spoke with CIO Chris Chilbert.

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