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The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton provides expert insights on current events in the federal community. Read more interviews to keep up with daily news and analysis that affect the federal workforce. The Federal Drive is found at FederalNewsNetwork.com and 1500 AM in the Washington D...
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OPM offers incentives for healthcare and insurance employees to leave before Open Season
The Office of Personnel Management is giving many employees in its healthcare and insurance division another chance to accept voluntary incentives and...
National security leaders gather to discuss the state of the defense-industrial base
As Washington heads into its summer lull, current and former national security leaders gathered Tuesday at the Center for Strategic and International...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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When it comes to personal security, knowing something is happening isn’t the same as knowing what to do about it
Security leaders are recalibrating how they read risk in a more fragmented environment. What used to be isolated signals now connect in ways that can...
The next test for the infrastructure investment and jobs act is whether it can deliver, not just distribute
Five years after the passage of the IIJA, attention is shifting from getting money out to making sure projects move and results show up. Oversight is...
A new proposed FAR rule is trying to fix one of the government’s most persistent data problems, figuring out exactly what needs to be protected.
A revised FAR proposal now out for comment aims to unify how civilian agencies define and safeguard controlled unclassified information in contracts,...
Government leaders reflect on past and future of public service
Leaders across all levels of government convened last week at the Library of Congress in downtown Washington, D.C, for an event celebrating public ser...
Agencies award $179B to small firms in 2025, down from 2024
Despite all the turmoil in federal contracting over the last year, agencies surpassed the 23% governmentwide goal for awards to small businesses in fi...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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The "Father of the Nuclear Navy" is still influencing modern day leaders
Admiral Hyman G. Rickover had a huge task, development a naval nuclear propulsion program that will use the technology efficiently and safely for year...
Two trends in the TSP don’t seem to line up, but they might actually be the same story
Net contributions are down and now negative. At the same time, the G Fund has lost its place as the dominant investment. Arthur Stein, Partner with Al...
The government is rewriting the rulebook for how it buys and the changes are coming fast
A massive overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation is now moving through formal rulemaking, with the first set of proposed changes touching wide...
Food insecurity skyrockets among military families, MFAN survey finds
Food insecurity is on the rise among military families. And more than a third of currently serving families said they had less than $500 in savings. T...
The Pentagon is ramping up CMMC program, what does that mean for the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center
The Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center has long been a key cog in the Pentagon’s efforts to protect sensitive information from le...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Monday, June 29, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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When there’s broad agreement on disaster response reform, why does action still stall?
Competing FEMA reorganization proposals are now on the table, and there’s actually surprising alignment on what needs to change, but no final plan. Th...
The Postal Service has the authority to expand into government services, so why hasn’t it acted?
With USPS under financial pressure, expanding into new government services could offer a path forward. But despite having the authority to do more, th...
Congress seemed close to resolving several key issues until the White House stepped in, so what happens now?
Congress appeared to be closing in on several major issues last week, before the White House shifted the dynamics in a way that could change what come...
Army Corps restructuring of value engineering program prompts backlash
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reorganizing its long-standing value engineering program by shifting it from a separate activity and folding it in...
USPS staves off immediate cash crisis, but warns of continuing financial woes
The Postal Service has pushed back an immediate cash crisis by delaying payments to employee retirement plans. But Postmaster General David Steiner wa...
As America approaches its 250th anniversary, a new book points back to one of the founders’ most important ideas, prevention
When you think of Benjamin Franklin, you probably think invention or diplomacy, but Dr. Barry Davis says Franklin’s real legacy may be something more...
Some of the biggest fiscal problems facing the government aren’t surprises, they’re warnings we’ve chosen to live with
The latest social security trustees report doesn’t break new ground, but it does move up the timeline for when the trust fund starts to run out of mon...
There’s no perfect answer to when to claim Social Security, but there are real consequences to getting it wrong
The choice to claim Social Security benefits early or delay them comes down to balancing immediate income against long‑term security. That decision of...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Friday, June 26, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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White House PQC order ‘lights a fire’ under post-quantum transition
The White House is accelerating the governmentwide transition to post-quantum cryptography. In a new executive order, President Trump directs agencies...
Trump’s pick for defense acquisition deputy lacks traditional resume
The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing today to consider four nominees for senior Pentagon and intelligence positions, key jobs give...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Thursday, June 25, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives says it’s entering a new era
A new reform push at ATF aims to reduce friction for lawful businesses and owners, while concentrating enforcement on willful violations. The challeng...
Nuclear technology is moving fast, regulation has to keep up
Time at the International Atomic Energy Agency gave Anna Bradford a broader view of how countries approach nuclear safety and innovation. Now back at...
Better decisions depend on data, but only if people can actually use it
We’re starting a new monthly series focused on how federal data works in the real world. Episode one looks at a Federal Data Field Guide aimed at help...
More SEWP for contractors as NASA expands total awards
The wait is over for more than 1,400 vendors. NASA’s SEWP program office awarded spots on its sixth iteration of its governmentwide technology contrac...
Federal wildland firefighters report increased burnout, low morale
As the summer wildfire season gets underway, federal wildland firefighters are facing an increasingly difficult situation on the job. Three out of fou...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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Commercial drones have been limited by how far operators can actually see them, that's changing
A new FAA framework could allow drone operators to fly beyond visual line of sight, opening the door to expanded use in infrastructure inspection, agr...
As drones take on a bigger role in the airspace, the rules around them are getting more complicated
As drone operations expand, regulation could easily fragment across FAA, DHS, DoD and others. Instead, there’s growing coordination to manage both saf...
Electric aircraft are coming, the rules that will allow them to fly aren’t
It’s not just drones pushing aviation into new territory. Electric aircraft are edging closer to commercial use, but certification is still the gateke...
Policymakers struggle to factor cybersecurity into federal funding programs
Every year, agencies award billions of dollars in grants and other federal funding to finance infrastructure projects across the country. But few of t...
Marine Corps eyes 5% force growth by 2032
The Marine Corps has a new plan to grow the force by as much as 5% by 2032. The service hopes adding thousands of Marines will spell success in future...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Tuesday, June 23, 2026
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Scientific breakthroughs don’t run on short timelines, but federal funding is starting to
Federal funding and independent universities have long worked together to drive American innovation. But with support becoming less predictable, unive...