The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

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November 17, 2022 One inspector general tells the agency it means busines
The Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General is using the weight of a dozen audits to prod a major HHS into action. At issue are overpayments made to hospitals by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The IG has done repeated audits of the payment process and found problems, but isn't convinced it's getting through to CMS. For the details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Truman Mayfield, the Assistant Regional Inspector General.

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24 min
November 16, 2022 What to do if the stock market gyrations are making you seasick
The best antidote to the current stock market might be Dramamine. The swooping ups and downs are enough to give anyone motion sickness. For some strategic advice, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with certified financial adviser Art Stein.

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20 min
November 16, 2022 The GAO ponders a steady drop in bid protests coming its way
For the 5th year in a row, the number of bid protests presented for adjudication by the Government Accountability Office has dropped. In 2018, GAO heard more then 2,600 cases. Last year, that number was only 1,600. To find out what might be going on, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Edward Goldstein, GAO's associate general counsel.

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22 min
November 16, 2022 What a great time to be a member of the Election Assistance Commission
If the nation learned anything in the last couple of weeks, it's that the process of voting is anything but simple. People overseas and people with disabilities can encounter logistics barriers to voting. The operations of elections is where the Election Assistance Commission comes in. To learn more about that operation, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with commission chairman Thomas Hicks, who also just became a fellow at NAPA: the National Academy of Public Administration.

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23 min
November 15, 2022 Contractors ponder the murky midterm election results
What does this mean for us? That's what federal contractors are asking themselves in the aftermath of the mid-term elections. Government will apparently end up divided, at least that's the best prediction at the moment. For a dive into this topic, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with David Berteau, the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council.

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21 min
November 15, 2022 The Patent and Trademark Office collaborates with IBM to aid inventors
Patent applications are on the rise. Successful ones require knowing what else is out there in an inventors field. That's called prior art, which is also growing. To help inventors navigate and understand prior art, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has enlisted artificial intelligence technology from IBM in a project called the Intellectual Property Advisor with Watson Demonstration System. For the details, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Graham Katz, from IBM's expert labs team.

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22 min
November 15, 2022 Meet the guy who makes sure FEMA arrives at a disaster fully prepared
When disaster occurs, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is often the most visible presence. Behind the visible efforts, FEMA has a mission- support function that ensures the right money, equipment and people are in place. Against that backdrop, Federal Drive host Tom Temin spoke with Eric Leckey, who supervises the work just described. He's the Associate FEMA Administrator for Mission Support and a newly named fellow of NAPA, the National Academy of Administration.

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22 min
November 15, 2022 Feds in Gen X and Gen Z both want more work flexibility, but often for different reasons
Improving retention of federal employees is a long-standing challenge for agencies, but the way to incentivize feds to stay in public service may differ, depending on their age. Although federal employees in Generation X, born between 1965 and 1980, and those in Generation Z, born between 1997 and 2012, both value flexibility in a workplace, they seek it out for different reasons. Many Gen Z employees entered the workforce after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, making remote work flexibilities practically essential to them, according to Paul Pietsch, senior manager for federal workforce research at the Partnership for Public Service.

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31 min
November 15, 2022 After dipping toe in digital signature pool, Labor now ready to jump right in
The Labor Department has always required citizens to fill out forms by hand, sign them with a pen and send them back by mail or possibly scan them in and email them back. But the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program decided in early 2022 to take the plunge into digital signatures.
Robin Crisp, an IT officer in the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s Business Application Services at the Labor Department, said in less than six months his office helped Labor make the break from wet signatures.

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22 min
November 15, 2022 After dipping toe in digital signature pool, Labor now ready to jump right in
The Labor Department has always required citizens to fill out forms by hand, sign them with a pen and send them back by mail or possibly scan them in and email them back. But the Office of Workers’ Compensation Program decided in early 2022 to take the plunge into digital signatures.
Robin Crisp, an IT officer in the Office of the Chief Information Officer’s Business Application Services at the Labor Department, said in less than six months his office helped Labor make the break from wet signatures.

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22 min

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