The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The military runs on software ... and many units have adopted the latest techniques for continuous delivery of secure code. One program for supporting so-called DevSecOps pipelines is known as Platform One. Platform one has launched an online marketplace at which vendors make 5-minute pitch videos. More now from Platform One's chief acquisition officer, Steven Groenheim.

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Well congress manage to take care of all the spending bills it needed to before heading out the door for August recess. Lots still on the agenda though when it returns though. Including a local matter concerning Reagan international airport. Plus some rare bipartisanship as members share in the one thing they can still always agree on, dressing down a Federal official. For more on this, Federal News Network executive producer Eric White spoke to WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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AI may not be just for automating mundane tasks. It turns out, it can do it's own mixing with beakers of chemicals to create new compounds and chemistries. These interactions can be used to make some interesting new technologies and materials. To learn more, Federal News Network executive producer Eric White spoke to Jen Sovada, President of Global Public Sector for SandboxAQ, one of the purveyors of these AI platforms - on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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The Interior Departments Business Center … the IBC … provides shared payroll and other services to multiple federal agencies. It also has its own human resources and H-R modernization to deal with. For an update, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to the center's associate director for human resource, Julie Bednar.

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DISA's PEO for transport, which is essentially the internet for the Defense Department, is looking for capabilities that have lifespan standards.

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Drew Mykelgard, the deputy federal chief information officer at OMB, said the updated FedRAMP policy pushes for more automation, reciprocity. 

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It sounds simple, but it's taken a while to get to the realization. For an agency to be effective, it needs the right amount of people and resources. The most recent example is the success the IRS has been seeing. As reported by Federal News Network, the agency recently announced it had collected $1 billion in overdue tax revenue, after launching a crackdown on millionaires not paying what they owe. Will it be enough evidence though to secure the IRS with the proper funding it needs going forward? For more on this, Federal News Network executive producer Eric White spoke to Bob Tobias, former professor in the Key Executive Leadership program at American University and a former federal union president.

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The recent Crowdstrike outage has shown everything that can go wrong when doing a simple update a system that has a role to play in many systems and critical infrastructures. Routine maintenance is obviously a requirement for these mega platforms, but how they can be done without causing major disruptions? To find out more, Federal News Network executive producer Eric White spoke to Michael Edenzon, co-founder and CEO for the software development firm Fianu.

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