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Immigration and citizenship laws are complicated, but advocates are upset about how long it takes USCIS to process unlawful presence waivers. So much so, the American Immigration Council recently filed suit against the Biden administration. For details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Kate Goettel, the Council's Legal Director of Litigation.

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The Biden administration's national cyber strategy, which came out last week, puts a lot of responsibility on industry. It has a hefty rule-making and legislative agenda to support that. For an early reaction from federal contractors, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with David Berteau, President & CEO of the Professional Services Council.

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Federal employees continue to express frustration with the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) website, the portal through which millions access their accounts. At its recent monthly meeting, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) revisited its IT modernization project, which deployed in May of last year. For an update, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Kim Weaver, the FRTIB's Director of External Affairs.

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The National Archives and Records Administration plans to eliminate by December a backlog of military service records requests that has delayed many veterans in accessing federal benefits. In a new plan issued Feb. 24, NARA laid out its projected timeline for eliminating the pandemic-era backlog, as well as its strategy to avoid similar scenarios in the future. The plan was required under the Access for Veterans to Records Act, passed as part of the Fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.

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Call it a coming-of-age moment for U.S. Cyber Command. After 13 years in business, it is ready to expand its intelligence gathering capabilities to an independent center to collect and disseminate international cyber intelligence. The center will involve a joint effort between Cyber Command, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. While there are still a number of ambiguities over how the center will ultimately look, it took a step forward in February as it moved out of the sphere of DIA.

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A really busy and contentious time for Congress kicks off this week when the Biden Administration releases its 2024 budget request. But that's not all. To get the lastest on what is happening on Capitol Hill, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan.

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It's been one year since the three-member Merit Systems Protection Board had a quorum, after several years without one. A big challenge for the board was clearing a five-year backlog of appeals cases. Now it looks like the pace of that clearance is accelerating. For an update, Federal Drive host Tom Temin was joined in-studio by Acting Chairman Cathy Harris.

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After a major update for the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), officials from Accenture Federal Services (AFS) cited significant progress and pledged more improvements coming soon for participants. Officials from AFS, the federal contractor that runs TSP’s new recordkeeping system, said many of the initially tumultuous problems during the transition last summer have subsided.

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