The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The National Treasury Employees Union says CBP’s staffing model shows it’s already short 5,850 officers, even before the retirement wave hits.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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Other transaction authorities have become popular. The Defense Department spends 10 billion dollars a year using O-T-A. Such procurement avoid the federal acquisition regulation and the defense supplement. But follow-on orders are not protest proof. Why one contractor recently lost a protest case over an O-T-A follow-on, though, didn't really concern the merits. We learn more from Haynes Boone procurement attorney Zach Prince.

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When the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board rolled out a new system for managing the T-S-P back in 2022...it didn't go well. Account holders encountered a web site that barely functioned and long wait times for help. Now the Government Accountability Office has released findings on what went wrong even as most … but not all … of the problems are fixed. The director of information technology and cybersecurity at the G-A-O, Jennifer Franks, joins me in studio.

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Almost no one trusts the federal government. Yet nearly all Americans want an effective government and a politically independent civil service. That's the gist of a national opinion poll conducted recently by the Partnership for Public Service. We get details now from the Partnership C-E-O Max Stier.

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Robin Carnahan, the administrator of GSA, explains why the agency’s mission has remained the same over the last 75 years, but how it goes about has changed.

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The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council is taking on popular mentor-protégé programs. It cites a quote, perception that they win too many contracts. It proposes the joint ventures from bidding for slots on multiple award contracts. The Small Business Administration slipped the rule changes in to other changes having to do with HUBZone eligibility. Did it try to bury this proposal, which could prove controversial? We get one view from the president and C-E-O of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.

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States and many counties and municipalities are trying to become more resilient in the face of weather and climate events. Now the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and I-C-F International have teamed up on a grant program and … to use the modern parlance … playbook. Here with how the partnership works … I-C-F senior consultant Adam Parris and NOAA program manager Ned Gardiner.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin

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