The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

After years of acting directors and several Congressional investigations, the Voice of America installed a new permanent director earlier this summer. The long time newspaper editor and more recently president of Freedom House, Michael Abramowitz joins me now.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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House and Senate appropriators remain far from reaching a government spending agreement for fiscal 2025. On the other hand, a big fat 2% federal pay raise seems more likely, but in the last several months of the 118th Congress, you’ll find some other bills to bring big changes for the federal workforce. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman has more.

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The Army is expanding its approach to network modernization. It plans to make investments at higher echelons at the division level. Over the past 18 months Army leaders saw how a lack of focus there has created haves and have nots throughout the service. For more, Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller spoke to the program executive officer for the Army's PEO for Command Control and Communications Tactical.

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To young service members, the idea of building wealth might seem like a pipe dream. They don't earn much and often have high borrowing and housing costs. But it's never too early to start. For some pointers, we turn to the president of the Navy Mutual Aid Association, retired Navy admiral. Brian Luther.

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More and more of the nation's drinking water systems are becoming automated. That means software. And software means cybersecurity attacks. Cybersecurity attacks mean anything could come out people's faucets. The Environmental Protection Agency is the federal lead on cyber. And the Government Accountability Office recommends it do a few things. More now from the E-P-A's director of information technology and cybersecurity, Dave Hinchman.

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The Transportation Security Administration is constantly tweaking the airport screening process. Something that speeds up screening even by a few seconds can have a profound effect on wait times and airport crowding. One of the T-S-A's most successful innovations … PreCheck. PreCheck recently hit the milestone of 20 million enrollees. Joining me with an update, T-S-A assistant administrator Neal Latta.

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Congress has been pushing for over a year now to get more data on teleworking federal employees. Now lawmakers finally have some answers from the Office of Management and Budget. OMB‘s new report on telework details just how many feds have actually returned to the office and a lot more than that. Here with some of the details, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.

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Medicare and Medicaid services headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland has been closed since early June. The nearby Social Security Administration headquarters building has closed off about 20 water fountains and taps since July. Well both CMS and SSA are dealing with legionella bacteria in their water supply. In this week's, Federal Report executive editor Jason Miller writes about why the finding of legionella sounds scarier than it really is. Jason joins me now.

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