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The transition from military to civilian life can be difficult. The Defense Department runs programs to help service members prepare. For those who risk loss of income or housing, DoD offers what it calls "warm handovers," a type of personalized, one-on-one help. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that thousands of services members slipped through the fingers of warm handovers. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with GAO's Director of Strategic Issues, Dawn Locke.

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Chronic kidney disease affects veterans in greater proportions than in the general population. So it is a serious and expensive issue for the Veterans Health Administration. Kidney disease and treatment are also the object of extensive research at VA. For an update on a topic that influences all public health, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with a leading researcher and the nephrology specialist at the VA medical center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dr. Mark Unruh.

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Spring has sprung, flowers are in bloom and federal employees at many agencies are feeling the effects of the return to the office bug.

From the Social Security Administration to the Interior Department to the Education Department, the return-to-the-office mandates are in full bloom.

Over the course of the last two-plus months, ever since White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients asked agency leaders on Jan. 19 to “double down” on their efforts to increase in-person work, the number of agencies pushing for more federal employees to return to the office by negotiating the new requirements with union representatives has accelerated.

The latest example is the Labor Department. Acting Secretary Julie Su told agencies employees in a Feb. 9 email that she expects to provide an update no later than this Friday. This update comes after Labor delayed its plans to have non-management or bargaining unit employees back in the office more regularly in January.

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Election years tend to dampen contracting. If an incumbent loses re-election, policy shifts and new people can put contracts on hold. For how contractors should prepare for whatever might happen this year, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.

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The Biden administration's 2025 budget request includes $1.6 billion for the Census Bureau and an increase of $218 million from what was just enacted for 2024. Good but not enough, according to The Census Project. For more on that, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with project co-director Howard Fienberg.

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The Defense Department's Cyber Crime Center (DC3) reached a remarkable milestone late last month. Its Vulnerability Disclosure Program processed report number 50,000. For more about the program and what it means, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with the Director of the Vulnerability Disclosure Program, Melissa Vice.

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Congress is out on recess now, so some might surmise that nothing too horrible can happen. But, still, they have got issues to deal with, including some "local" ones, like how to fund the a replacement bridge in Baltimore. And, there are some global issues, like aid to Ukraine. For a rundown on all things Congress, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan.

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