The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

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December 19, 2022 The FDA and Mitre Corporation update the playbook for medical device cybersecurity
One thing you can say about the cybersecurity threat situatio is that it has gotten worse in the past five years. That's why the Food and Drug Administration hired the Mitre Corporation to update a crucial document from 2018, namely the playbook for dealing with medical device cybersecurity. To delve into the whys and wherefores, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Food and Drug Administration Senior Special Adviser Aftin Ross, and Mitre IT and Cyber Integrator Penny Chase.

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12 min
December 19, 2022 Army goes live with virtual desktop capability
After about a month of testing, the Army is rolling out a new virtualized desktop capability across the force, providing soldiers and civilians with more options for accessing their work. Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer said the Army is ready to go live with Microsoft’s Azure Virtual Desktop. “It’s rolling out in two weeks,” Iyer said during a Dec. 14 interview on the sidelines of the Department of Defense Intelligence Information Systems conference in San Antonio, Texas. “The infrastructure is all set and ready to go.”

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8 min
December 16, 2022 One view of why Congress should ban the so-called Schedule F
Maybe they should call it Schedule Z. It keeps coming up like a Zombie. The idea that a certain level of career civil servant should be more easily dismissible. It was proposed by the Trump administration, rescinded by the Biden administration, and now Congress is debating killing it legislatively. With more on the case for the ban, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Joe Spielberget, the policy counsel at the Project on Government Oversight (POGO).

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9 min
December 16, 2022 The National Science Foundation makes a new move to advance wireless technology
You've seen the maps on TV ads: 5G wireless covers the nation. Yet the technology and what it can do are just in their infancy. A National Science Foundation funding program has been channeling millions in grants to academic and other non-profit groups doing research in next generation wireless. One project is known as Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research. It's run by Northeastern University and a group called U.S. Ignite. For more, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Mari Silbey, U.S. Ignite program director.

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15 min
December 16, 2022 Commerce launches a national corps of economic development coaches
The Commerce Department has launched a new economic initiative as called for in the 2020 Cares Act. It dispatches what the program calls development fellows to needy places throughout the country. To find out more about the the Economic Recovery Corps program, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Craig Buerstatte, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development.

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12 min
December 16, 2022 Cyber, data center, EIS changes highlight FITARA 15
Cybersecurity is, once again, the prime focus of the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act scorecard.The 15th version of FITARA debuts a new category for federal cybersecurity progress, while also reconfiguring the current IT security metric. The House Oversight and Reform Committee used agency inspectors general assessments based on the committee’s determined weighted average instead of the traditional average.
Federal Chief Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha told the subcommittee that the Office of Management and Budget released new cyber metrics on the Performance.gov site on Dec. 14.

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9 min
December 16, 2022 Biden administration outlines how agencies can measure progress toward PMA goals
Just over a year in the making, the President’s Management Agenda has reached some significant milestones, according to Biden administration officials. But the work is far from over — agencies have a lot to do ahead to make the long-term management changes included in the PMA, said Jason Miller, deputy director of management at the Office of Management and Budget. “Transformational change, which is our objective, takes time. But to get there, you need to put some points on the board early and drive momentum and be clear about ultimately what success looks like. And that has been a big part of the work. A year in, we’ve made some great strides,” Miller said at a Dec. 13 event marking the one-year anniversary of the PMA.

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9 min
December 15, 2022 Post traumatic stress disorder also occurs in the intelligence community
Foreign intelligence officers, the nation's secret agents , often witness violence. Sometimes they face the threat or reality of violence themselves. They're also sworn to secrecy, even with their families. And they must remain neutral when discussing morally changing topics with politicians and their minions. It all adds up to the potential for mental health problems. To take a look at this issue that the intelligence community needs to do more to mitigate , Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Heather Williams, a former intelligence official with several agencies and now a senior policy researcher at the Rand Corporation.

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10 min
December 15, 2022 A long-running national security entrepreneurs network keeps growing
A collegiate-level course in national security is about to expand the number of colleges where it's taught. Hacking for Defense started at Stanford University back in 2016. It brings student brainpower to bear on difficult national security and defense challenges. Since then it's spread to 50 other universities. Now it's set to double that. Here with details, the managing partner of the consultancy B-M-N-T.

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11 min
December 15, 2022 Veterans Affairs moves to enhance suicide prevention for the Marine Corps
Suicide prevention remains a top priority of the Veterans Health Administration. Now it's working upstream with the Marine Corps to enhance suicide prevention for individuals in or near bases and stations. To discuss the details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with the Veterans Health Administration's chief readjustment counseling officer, Michael Fisher.

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