The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Howard University will partner with the Air Force to pioneer the first-ever University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). Howard will get $12 million a year for five years to fund research, faculty and staff. Department of Defense has 14 existing UARC partners, and the new one will also be the first for the Air Force.

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A dispute between the Defense Department and old-line contractor Raytheon shows how tricky the rules are for cost accounting. In one recent case, Raytheon prevailed at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals. Then Raytheon lost when the government appealed to the Federal Circuit Court. For the details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Daniel Ramish, Smith Pachter McWhorter procurement attorney.

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The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program has a problem. Its overseer, the Office of Personnel Management, doesn't have a reliable way of know whether plan holders' family members are actually eligible. The Government Accountability Office estimates insurers might be paying out a billion dollars a year on ineligible members. For more, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Seto Bagdoyan, Director of the GAO's Forensic Audits and Investigative Service.

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The U.S. Postal Service, like many agencies, has to deal with sexual harassment complaints. According to the Postal Inspector General, while USPS handles them fairly well, it lacks data on how extensive the problem might be. To get more details on the matter, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Elizabeth Kowalewski, the Director of the Inspection Service Directorate.

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The Small Business Administration is taking on a major project in the new year — certifying the veteran-owned status of small businesses looking to compete for federal government contracts.

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The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a rule to ban non-compete employee contractors. Federal services contractors are decidedly not of one mind on this issue. For more, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Stephanie Kostro, executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council.

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Judging by the pace of patent applications, intellectual property is expanding fast in the United States and around the world. Without innovation, it's hard to grow and economy. And without IP protection, it's hard to innovate. Along those lines, Federal Drive host Tom Temin was joined by USPTO director Kathi Vidal, to discuss the 2022-2026 strategic plan.

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After a decade of planning, years of development, multiple delays and more than $1 billion in spending, the Army crossed a huge milestone in modernizing its HR systems last week: The Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army (IPPS-A) went live for its entire population of 1.1 million soldiers.

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Nearly seven years after Palantir forced the Army to consider buying its software instead of developing a bespoke system, a Silicon Valley firm is again taking the Defense Department to court over allegedly ignoring commercial products.

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Committees are forming, hearing schedules still being worked out. You might say the blob that is the 118th Congress still hasn't quite jelled. Yet it has plenty to do. To get the latest on what's happening on Capitol Hill, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Loren Duggan, Bloomberg Government deputy news director.

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