The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

When you hit that convenience store for a pack of smokes, you might notice the warning sign. That's thanks to my next guest. She produced a settlement in a long running dispute with the tobacco industry about retail signage. For her tenacity and skill, she's a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. The assistant director of the consumer protection branch of the Justice Department, Lisa Hsiao, joined the Federal Drive to discuss further.

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The reality in America is that millions don't speak English, or English is not their first language. The Health and Human Services Department studied its own efforts to make information and services available to non-English speakers, as part of compliance with the Biden Administration's Executive Order 13-985 on racial equity. With what it found, the director of HHS's Office for Civil Rights, Melanie Fontes Rainer.

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With higher salaries on the horizon, attrition is way down at the Transportation Security Administration. But TSA’s top official says a House funding bill would force the agency to reverse forthcoming pay increases for non-screening employees like air marshals and canine handlers. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joins me with the latest. 

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85% of the federal workforce operates outside the nation’s capital. That’s why the government has Federal Executive Boards – or FEBs. The decades-old program helps coordinate and communicate among agency headquarters and field offices, for things like snow days and other emergencies. But the 28 Boards across the country also manage mentoring and training programs – and much more for the federal workforce. Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman got the latest from Anita Spinner, the director of FEB's at the Office of Personnel Management.

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The Federal Acquisition Regulation Council earlier this month issued something the procurement community had been expecting. An interim rule that bans the Tik-Tok app from certain contractor devices. Joining the Federal Drive to explain the implications, Haynes and Boone partner Zach Prince.

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The baby boomers used LSD to hallucinate. Nowadays people use generative artificial intelligence to hallucinate, to create misinformation that seems credible. Now the Government Accountability Office has published a detailed study of generative AI and its implications. The Federal Drive got more now from the GAO's director of science and technology assessment, Brian Bothwell.

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Virginia officials under Republican Governor Glen Youngkin have launched a reform of the state's regulatory system. The new Office of Regulatory Management covers all agencies. It requires them to do detailed economic reviews of proposed regulations. Joining the Federal Drive with the details, the deputy director of the new office, Reeve Bull.

https://www.theregreview.org/2023/02/20/bull-virginia-charts-a-path-forward-on-regulatory-modernization/

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The Labor Department has more than 500 business applications. All that software needs constant care. And Mangala Kuppa, the director of business application services in the CIO’s office, leads the caretaker effort. Kuppa, who was a finalist for the 2023 leadership award from Women in Technology, tells Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller about consolidation and rising use of shared services.

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