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The Navy isn’t the only military service that struggles with big shipbuilding programs. Two of the Coast Guard’s biggest programs – the Offshore Patrol Cutter and the Polar Security Cutter – are years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says those cost and schedule increases are signs of broader management and oversight problems. For more on this, Federal News Networks Host of On DoD, Jared Serbu talked with Shelby Oakley, GAO's Director for Contracting and National Security Issues.

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The Army relies on its civilian workforce for a myriad of crucial tasks to support readiness and operations. Now it has launched a first-ever campaign to recruit civilians into the Army. For more on the Find Your Next Level program, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with the Army's chief marketing officer, Brig. Gen. Antoinette Gant.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs would receive additional pay flexibilities for its health care workforce, if a sweeping legislative makes it through Congress.

Top lawmakers on the House and Senate committees introduced the Sen. Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act on Tuesday.

In addition to pay and workforce provisions, the legislative package would set new requirements for the VA to meet before it resumes the rollout of a new Electronic Health Record, which remains on hold as the department addresses issues at sites already using the new system.

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It is budget season on Capitol Hill and agency leaders are busy defending their 2025 spending plans in front of the appropriations committees. And it’s possible the House could finish its appropriations bills this summer. But it’s still very unlikely we’ll have a full budget passed before the end of the fiscal year. For more on where things stand, Federal News Network's Deputy Editor Jared Serbu spoke with longtime budget watcher Larry Allen. He’s president of Allen Federal Business Partners.

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The federal government has a new strategy to prevent suicide. It is the first time the strategy has been updated in a decade, and the agencies leading the effort say it will be a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach. And, for the first time, the new strategy comes with a detailed action plan that lays out exactly what federal agencies will do – including some agencies you might not necessarily think of when it comes to suicide prevention. Brandon Johnson is Chief of the Suicide Prevention Branch in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. He’s spoke with Federal News Network's Jared Serbu.

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Every military service member needs medical attention at some point in his or her career. A medical non-profit named for the legendary senator Henry M. Jackson, each year recognizes distinguished military medicine practitioners. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the foundation's senior vice president Cynthia Gilman.

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You probably can't expect regular order when it comes to 2025 appropriations. Yet oddly, one half of the House is working to wrap up work on federal government funding early, before the end of the fiscal year. For details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.

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