The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

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The Air Force Research Laboratory and NASA are collaborating with eight American universities for the second year under a program called Mission Concept. The program assists university students gain skills in early satellite mission design, with mentorship and guidance from people in the space business. For details, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke with Seth Sisneros, systems engineer with Air Force Research Lab's space vehicle directorate, and Emi Colman, deputy program manager for the lab's University Nanosatellite Program.

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NASA has a history of firsts. Now it has a new first: a first chief artificial intelligence officer. Joining the Federal Drive with Tom Temin  is that chief AI officer, Dave Salvaginni.

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Discussion of the issues, if you can call it that, has sort of paused while the political class talks about the future of President Joe Biden. Others wonder what effect something called Project 2025 from the conservative Heritage Foundation might have on a potential Trump presidency. Here with some musings on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin is the staff vice president at the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, John Hatton.

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Just as important as obtaining contracts with companies to help fulfill an agency's mission, is the ability to end them properly. That's the part the National Institutes of Health is apparently having some trouble with. The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General recently analyzed a handful of NIH contracts and found many of them were not properly closed out. To learn more about the review, Federal News Network's Eric White welcomed Amee Wentz, Assistant Regional Inspector General for the Office of Audit Services with HHS OIG.

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Some of the issues in Haiti spill over into the United States. Hatian businessmen and former government officials with visas to be here were supporting the gang violence in Haiti. Our next guest worked from the State Department to get a U.N. resolution freezing their assets, renewing an arms embargo and other measures. She's an economic and commercial officer stationed in Haiti ... and a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. Sammie Tafoya joined Federal Drive host Tom Temin earlier to discuss her work.

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The Department of Homeland Security was once the perennial “worst place to work” in the federal government. But DHS is no longer at the bottom of the Partnership for Public Service’s annual rankings. How did DHS spark those improvements, and where does it go from here? To answer those questions, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman and Justin Doubleday, sat down with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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A modern-day retirement can last a long time, almost as long as a working career for those who make it into their 90s. That means retirement planning has to follow a few basics by what our next guest calls a bucketed approach to investments. Thiago Glieger is a principal with RMG Advisors of Rockville, Maryland, and he joined Tom Temin earlier to talk more about those basics.

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