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Too often our conversations about how the military can best take advantage of the commercial sector revolve around what’s not working. The Georgetown Center for Security and Emerging Technology however looked at positive stories of how the Defense Department, commercial companies and war fighters came together to create something that delivers real value for soldiers on the front lines. For more, Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis spoke to Georgetown, CSE, senior fellow Emelia Probasco.

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After a long wait, the FAR Council has brought forth a proposed rule that will place requirements from the Defense Department's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program into the contracting process. As you can imagine, the folks that are going to have to abide by those rules have some thoughts on what they would mean going forward. To find out what those are, we welcome Stephanie Kostro, Executive Vice President for Policy with the Professional Services Council.

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Shrewd federal employees spend a lot of time ensuring they'll have enough money to retire … and maybe leave some behind. Too often, though, they don't spend enough effort on the legal documents needed to protect a modern estate. Here with a few important reminders, wealth advisor Thiago Glieger.

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With new technologies comes new ways that bad actors can get a hold of your software. It doesn't get more cutting edge than military space technology, so that means the security practices in place need to be top notch and updated just as frequently. To find out how it's going about that, we welcome to the program Lt. Col. Laila Barasha Material Leader at the evolved strategic sat com ground segment with the U.S. Space Force.

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The Navy Department's third attempt to modernize its contract writing system and electronic procurement system is in rough seas. The latest initiative is facing trouble similar to the ones that sunk earlier projects; poor planning, questionable technology choices and maybe overconfident leadership. In a month's long investigation, Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller reveals why the Navy's called EPS program still has a choppy path to safe harbors. Jason joins me now.

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Each year agencies see more than 22 million federal job applications and make 350,000 new hires. With that much work, well no wonder the federal hiring process gets complicated. A new White House call to action tells agencies to reduce the burdens on both hiring managers and job applicants alike. Here with more Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman.

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The big picture is the 2025 budget, and Congress will have to deal with that when it returns. But legislation on federal telework, hiring and other issues are on the docket. And members are alarmed about a financial system update that's got the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in a tornado. An update now from Bloomberg Government congressional reporter Jack Fitzpatrick.

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The nation was glad to see the recent exchange of prisoners with Russia. But it wasn't an equal exchange. For a traveler and a newspaper reporter, the U.S. returned a ruthless murderer and a gaggle of malicious cyber hackers. My next guest has studied the exchange and its implications closely. The vice president of global cyber risk at Optiv, James Turgal, joins me now.

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