The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Been a hectic week on the political side of government. The 2024 election is in full swing as one party hosts its convention, and with an attempt on a candidate's life, you know members of Congress are going have questions for the agencies in charge of protection. Meanwhile, there's other legislation that could have an impact on other federal activities. To help break it all down, we welcome Deputy News Director Loren Duggan.

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The DoD’s IG wrapped up its audit of the department's digital modernization strategy. 41% of the strategy elements didn't comply with OMB requirements.

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If the U.S. military winds up in a war that does damage to its equipment, by and large, the repairs would have to be done back in the continental U.S. Not only does the round trip take a long time, many of those stateside shipyards and depots are overtaxed even in peacetime. That’s one reason DoD wants to move more of its sustainment operations overseas. It’s part of what officials are calling the Regional Sustainment Framework. Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu has more.

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The Defense Information Systems Agency's transport office essentially provides the internet to the Defense Department. An like any other provider, people take it for granted until something goes wrong. For what the office has been up to, Federal News Network’s Anastasia Obis checked in with director Chris Paczkowski.

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One measure of a career is the financial remuneration and whether your money and health needs are taken care of. My next guest, a federal retiree, analyzed the question of whether he was right to switch from the private sector to federal. Joining the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the details, Abe Grungold, owner of A-G Financial Services.

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The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service recently had its first in-person national conference since before the pandemic. Which got us thinking … what is it like on the ground in the world of labor relations in the United States. For an update, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke to the FMCS deputy director Javier Ramirez.

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Interstate 95 is a lifeline along the eastern end of the United States. When a bad truck accident knocked out a bridge near Philadelphia in 2023, a team from the Transportation Department orchestrated an effort that got it replaced in a week and a half. For their work, Tony Mento, Hari Kalla and Camille Otto of the Federal Highway Administration are finalists in this year's Service to America Medals program. Ms. Otto is deputy administrator of the Pennsylvania division and she joined the Federal Drive to talk about their achievement.

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On today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin:

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Modernizing how the government conducts human resources, that's the subject of a lot of modernization effort. A case in point: The Human Resources Quality Services Management Office recently launched at the Office of Personnel Management. My next guest says OPM and the QSMO have become an information hub for the several agencies trying to modernize their HR processes. Steve Krauss is senior Advisor to OPM's HR Quality Services Management Office, and he joined the Federal Drive earlier to discuss.

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The IRS says it's recovered a billion dollars in overdue taxes. The agency says more's coming from from wealthy individuals later this year. Commissioner Danny Werfel says staffing increases and investments in artificial intelligence are helping the agency retrieve taxes owed from high-income individuals. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman joined the Federal Drive with more. 

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