The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

For various reasons, defense contractors have quite a bit of Defense Department property in their possession. But DOD can only guesstimate how much it's all worth. That figure isn't small. Like, $220 billion worth. The Government Accountability Office finds, Defense officials don't have a good plan for figuring it out. For more, the Federal Drive turned to the director of GAO's financial management and assurance team, Kristen Kociolek.

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From software vulnerabilities to counterfeit electronics, agencies are grappling with risks throughout their supply chains. Now the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is setting up a new program to help feds and others put supply chain security policies into practice. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joins me with the latest. 

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A bill that would return much of the federal workforce to the office heads for a House floor vote this week. The Stopping Home Office Work’s Unproductive Problems — or SHOW UP — Act would return federal employees to pre-pandemic working conditions. The Republican-led bill has a low chance of being enacted, but it’s drawing concerns from Democrats. Joining the Federal Drive with details, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman.

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Few people heard of the FAA's NOTAM system until it crashed and brought aviation to a standstill earlier this month. The FAA blamed a contractor for accidentally deleting files, such that the system failed to synchronize. The Federal Drive's next guest says the incident speaks to all contractors about the need to supervise their people. Federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen joins me now.

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The Automated Commercial Environment is an old system operated by Customs and Border Protection. It supports the movement and fees collection of ship cargo moving in and out of the United States. It might be old, but CBP has updated this system several times over the decades. Now, using a chunk of money from the Technology Modernization Fund, CBP has overhauled a crucial module in the Automated Commercial Environment. The Federal Drive got some of the details from the executive director of CBP's trade transformation office, James Byram.

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The latest benefit signed into law for veterans aims to help those exposed to the poisonous fumes of burn pits and other sources. VA officials say they were ready for the Pact Act. For an update, the deputy under secretary for the office of policy and oversight, Ronald Burke.

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The role of the agency chief information officer is undergoing yet another evolutionary step. The National Science Foundation is joining a small, but growing number of agencies remaking their CIO’s office. In his weekly feature, the Reporter's Notebook, executive editor Jason Miller writes about how NSF is rethinking the role of its CIO and how the change is part of a bigger trend. 

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New rules proposed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban workplace noncompete agreements haver stirred a lot of opinions. Workers' rights advocates say the move will help wages finally break out of their stagnant pace, however some aren't so sure about that. One of them is Brian Albrecht, Chief Economist at the International Center for Law and Economics, who the Federal Drive had a chance to speak to about the proposal.

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For the FDA, as for so many agencies, information technology is a big-ticket expenditure. The Health and Human Services inspector general examined FDA contracting officers dealing with one large deal, and found a few things to tighten up. The Federal Drive got more from the IG's director of cybersecurity and IT audits, Jarvis Rodgers.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is more than halfway to meeting its hiring goal for health care workers this fiscal year. The VA is ramping up hiring to handle an uptick in veterans who are seeking care. The PACT Act, meant to treat more veterans exposed to toxic substances, is bringing some new patients into the VA, but the agency is looking to get a better understanding of its data. For an update, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman has more. 

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