The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The Social Security Administration is getting $23.3 million from the Technology Modernization Fund to implement multifactor authentication across its internal systems, part of a trio of recent TMF awards focused on cybersecurity and reliability. The TMF announced three new investments today for SSA, the Treasury Department and the U.S. Agency for Global Media. “With these new cybersecurity investments, TMF funding will increase the security of some of the nation’s most critical systems and sensitive data,” TMF Executive Director Raylene Yung said in a prepared statement. “The TMF is helping these agencies protect lives and livelihoods, safeguard intelligence and information integrity, and keep the programs the federal workforce relies on to serve the American public up and running.” The SSA award will accelerate the adoption of MFA to reduce the risk of employee credentials being stolen.

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The next nine months will prove crucial ones for federal contractors. Lots of acquisition regulations cooking … expansion of buy American .. and more White House emphasis on small *disadvantaged* business. For where it's all headed, the Federal Drive turned to federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.

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The Department of Homeland Security is inching closer to make awards under its much-anticipated FirstSource III small business IT products and software contract. While the timeline is still a bit fluid, the goal is to finally get this almost two-year effort completed in 2023. Paul Courtney, the chief procurement officer at the Department of Homeland Security, said there are several reasons why awards under FirstSource III have taken so long, including the more than 600 proposals his office received and is reviewing.

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She's done about everything you can do as a civilian working for the Air Force: Installations, energy, housing, safety and health. Now she's the Director of Staff at Air Force HQ and oversees. A full plate. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Jennifer Miller, a recent recipient of a Presidential Rank Award.

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The Department of Transportation (DOT) has a lot of goals for its latest five-year R &D and technology plan, including a transportation system that is safer, greener and more resilient than the one we have now. For highlights, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked to Dr. Robert Hampshire, DOT's Deputy Assistant Secretary and Chief Science Officer.

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Department of Homeland Security scientists think certain facial recognition systems can efficiently verify the identities of small groups of travelers while preserving the privacy of those who opt-out, as the Transportation Security Administration considers how technology could speed up security lines at airports. The results from the DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s “2022 Biometric Technology Rally" unveiled this week could inform the way forward for TSA and other government agencies as they increasingly adopt facial recognition systems, despite concerns from some lawmakers and civil liberties groups.

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The continuous showdown continues on Capitol Hill this week. Congress returns to session, just days before the expected White House release of its 2024 budget request. For the outlook, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked to WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.

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Former President Donald Trump, former vice president Mike Pence, and President Joe Biden don't have much in common. But all three got caught with classified documents that they took home. The incidents show a lot of things, including how cumbersome the classification system is. Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with someone who spends a lot explaining this challenging issue: Yale law professor Oona Hathaway.

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