The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The White House is seeking a bigger budget to spur hiring efforts across government. Led by the Office of Personnel Management, the Biden administration is pushing for a focus on pooled hiring, early-career talent development, and even the HR workforce. The priorities aren’t necessarily new. But OPM is hoping some added funding can scale things up. Joining the Federal Drive with more, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman.

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The defense industrial base roster of companies keeps shrinking, and supply chain snags have become constant. Now at least some members of Congress have asked whether the Defense Department should step in more often when DIB companies merger or acquire one other. Among those asking, Democratic Congressman John Garamendi, ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness.

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For a decade, the nation's military leadership have talked about the need for innovative technology, and how to inject it faster into doctrine and operations. Published reports detail how little the Defense Department actually spends on new or start-up companies, even ones that have what the military says its looking for. For some insight, the Federal Drive turned to people with experience at the Pentagon and in startups. Lisa Hill is the director of investor relations and engagement at Shield Capital. Michael Brown is a partner at Shield Capital, and former director of the Defense Innovation unit.

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Transportation Security Officers have reached what their union calls a groundbreaking bargaining agreement with the TSA. It covers everything from uniforms to airport safety itself. We get more now from the president of Council 100 of the American Federation of Government Employees, Thomas Hydrick.

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The White House is seeking the smallest increase in spending on federal civilian IT since 2013. That year the technology budget actually dropped.

The $75 billion dollar request for fiscal 2025, however, isn’t pushing the same old, same old. It’s clear the Office of Management and Budget is telling agencies to make even more strategic investments in Biden administration priorities around artificial intelligence and customer experience.

For more on what the federal civilian IT budget request is trying to do, the Federal Drive turned to Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller who dug into the details.

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A multi-agency Electronic Health Record has reached a new milestone. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department have launched their new EHR at a jointly run health care facility in Chicago. This marks DoD’s final rollout its new EHR. But the VA is much further behind, but looking to get the project back on track. For an update, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman has more. 

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In today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin:

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Engagement scores for Transportation Security Officers have consistently ranked below the average for federal employees. Management at the Transportation Security Administration is aware of this. Its taken steps to help foster engagement. But the Government Accountability Office finds, TSA could do more. The Federal Drive got more now from the GAO's director of homeland security and justice, Tina Won Sherman.

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Ready or not, the Defense Department's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program is coming. The proposed rule has been out, and industry has been commenting on what contractors think will be an expensive burden. Attorney Bob Metzger of Rogers Joseph O'Donnell helped craft comments by the Coalition for Government Procurement. He joined the Federal Drive earlier in studio.

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Four non-profits recently banded together to come up wide ideas for better cloud computing security. Just about every federal agency uses cloud computing to some degree. Some no longer have their own data centers. Joining the Federal Drive with what the cloud safe task force came up with, from the MITRE Corporation, the director of strategic engagement and partnerships, Dave Powner. And the senior principal cybersecurity engineer, Mari Spina.

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