The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

2022 was another busy year for federal chief information security officers and cybersecurity teams across government. It started with the clean-up from the Log4j mess, and continues with a flurry of new guidance, binding operational directives, and you-name-it. Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joined the Federal Drive with more.

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The omnibus budget package is a lot more than a bill to fund government operations. Congress stuffed its five thousand pages with tax and business provisions. Some have real impact. For what federal contractors have discovered so far, the Federal Drive turned to the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro.

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Maybe it's lack of leadership. Or lack of attention. But the Justice Department has failed on a critical congressional mandate, that's according to the Government Accountability Office. Justice has been required to update a national strategy to deal with exploitation of children every two years. For what has actually happened, the Federal Drive turned to the GAO's director of Homeland Security and Justice issues, Gretta Goodwin.

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A series of challenges in the new year, hosted by the Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate, will help measure the accuracy of tools meant to test the validity of someone's identity. The sessions will challenge industry to deliver secure, accurate, and easy-to-use remote identity validation technologies. This so agencies can prevent identity fraud when users apply for government services, open bank accounts, or verify social media accounts. For more, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to the head of S&T’s Biometric and Identity Technology Center, Arun Vemury.

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The Veterans Affairs Department is getting ready for a big expansion of health care and benefits thanks to the PACT Act. It all gets underway at the start of the new year. The VA saw its fair share of challenges in 2022. Like the rocky rollout of its Electronic Health Record. And a thud, when plans to modernize its network of facilities fell flat. Joining me for a review of all things VA, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman.

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Earmarks, appropriations as favors to individual members of Congress, have made a big comeback. More than 7,000 worth billions in the latest deal. The Federal Drive got details from Bloomberg Government Congress reporter Jack Fitzpatrick.

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A late 19th century law called the Chinese Exclusion Act put a 10-year ban on Chinese laborers immigrating to the United States. Subsequent laws limited Chinese immigration until Congress condemned the Exclusion Act in 2012. Now the National Archives and Records Administration has digitized and put online some 2,200 Chinese Exclusion Act cases files. For how and why this came about, the director of archival operations at NARA's Denver center, Gwen Granados.

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Taming the sometimes chaotic cloud computing arrangements and learning to love artificial intelligence, those are among the technology trends for 2023 identified by thinkers at Deloitte. For more on this and what else federal IT managers will have to deal with next year, the Federal Drive turned to Deloitte's public sector chief technology officer, Scott Buchholz.

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For federal employees and federal employment, 2022 was a year where change may have been the biggest constant. More agencies started reopening their office doors, while many feds were pressing for better telework options. There were also big changes in the Thrift Savings Plan and with the Merit Systems Protection Board. Joining the Federal Drive with a roundup, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman.

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Thousands of federal employees will likely see bigger paychecks starting in 2024. The president’s pay agent approved four new pay locality areas that were recommended by the Federal Salary Council. And, once again, the pay agent is calling for “major legislative reforms” to the federal pay system. Joining the Federal Drive with the details, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman.

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