The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Come next year, the General Services Administration will likely have a new administrator. Long time federal sales expert Larry Allen has a few suggestions for G-S-A reform. He joins me now.

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The Veterans Affairs Department has a system for detecting errors and fraud in payments made for health care delivered outside of the V-A system. But V-A suspended operation the Program Integrity Tool nearly two years ago. That means tens of billions of dollars in payments have occurred without sufficient oversight. Details now from the director for community care audits in the Office of the Inspector General, Jennifer McDonald.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Coast Guard officials express confidence they'll meet their recruiting goals, but even if they do, it'll take some time to replenish the ranks.

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The Defense Information Systems Agency is gearing up for the Olympus pilot phase in September. We get an update from Federal News Network reporter Anastasia Obis.

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Schedule F. The Trump administration gambit to make policy-connected career federal employees easier to let go and replace. No one knows whether it will return. But my next guest thinks schedule F would have a negative impact on rural America. The policy counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, Joe Spielberger.

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Technology moves fast, and sometimes agencies have to reorganize just to keep up. That's the case at Health and Human Services, which last month reorganized to, quote, streamline and bolster technology, cybersecurity, data, and artificial and policy functions. Here with what that actually means, the assistant secretary for technology policy, Micky Tripathi.

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The Biden administration is nearly halfway to its goal of adding 500 AI experts into government, and agencies are tapping chief AI officers to implement.

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In new guidance, OPM said a thoughtful and intentional approach to federal remote work programs can significantly benefit employees who fit the bill.

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