The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Agencies are likely to see an uptick in legal challenges to their regulations — especially those that impact the environment and health care.

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Hiring remains a “substantial challenge” for USCIS, but a couple early signs indicate that the agency could be turning a corner with its current workforce.

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Conflicts of interest in federal contracting can happen in a lot of ways. In one tangled case, an award winner's subcontractor turned out to have a conflict of interest. And it may have scuttled the deal. Haynes Boone Procurement Attorney Zach Prince joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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The federal government is among the biggest spenders on advertising. At about $1.3 billion a year, it's in the top 25 U.S. spenders. The Government Accountability Office has new analysis of which agencies spend the most on advertising, and the companies they spend it with. GAO's Director of Strategic Issues Jessica Lucas-Judy joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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The Department of Homeland Security last year completed a big project in Manhattan — Manhattan, Kansas, that is. Construction finished, the Science and Technology directorate cut the ribbon to the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility there. And it came in under budget, which has produced a sort of financial echo. For a review of what it is and why its important, National Bio and Agro Defense Facility Program Manager Tim Barr joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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

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The Department of Homeland Security’s improvements in the Best Places to Work rankings come, in part, thanks to one of the department’s bigger component agencies: The Transportation Security Administration. TSA’s recent pay increase and expanded bargaining rights are likely the reason for the more than 12-point score improvement the agency saw in 2023. Now TSA is looking for more long-term solutions to its historic workforce challenges. Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman got more from TSA chief human capital officer Jason Nelson.

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The cyber incident reporting for critical infrastructure act, known as CIRCIA is exactly what it sounds like. A mandate for reporting. There's a also a cyber reporting rule from the  Securities and Exchange Commission. Overkill? The Federal Drive got more from the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro.

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Imagine using young teenagers in a slaughterhouse to clean dangerous machinery. That's what a sanitation company was doing until discovered and stopped by a team from the labor department. The group is now a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. From the Wage and Hour Division, regional enforcement coordinator Shannon Rebolledo, and planning reporting coordinator Justin Uphold.

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For more than a decade, the Department of Homeland Security ranked dead last in the Partnership for Public Service’s Best Places to Work in the Federal government rankings. But this year D-H-S jumped up in the rankings, for 2023, it had the “most improved” engagement and satisfaction score of all large agencies. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday has been following DHS efforts to improve employee morale and he joined the Federal Drive earlier to discuss.

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