When he's not tooling around the National Capital region on his motorcycle, Tom Temin interviews federal executives and government contractors who provide analy...
VA gets GSA request to slash total number of employees who hold purchase cards
The Department of Veterans Affairs is being asked to severely limit the number of employees who can make purchases through a governmentwide charge card program. That's a decision that could impact billions of dollars in annual spending. Meanwhile, the White House has put a freeze on government purchase cards, governmentwide. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with more.
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Feinberg says his private equity background positions him to fix Pentagon
Billionaire investor Steve Feinberg, President Donald Trump's choice for the Pentagon second in command, says his background as a private equity executive gives him the experience necessary to fix the Pentagon's long standing problems. Federal News Network's Anastasia. Obis joins us now with more.
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The rise of the executive order is more evident than ever
Read about a new government initiative or program, and likely it's not coming from actions of Congress. More and more, federal policy is being established via executive order from the President, which more and more has left Congress as a legislative body on the sideline. For some insight into how we got here and what it could mean for future administrations, we bring in Joshua Spivak, senior fellow at the Hugh Carey Institution for Government Reform at Wagner College.
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If you held out for a RIF rather than taking the fork in the road, you may have an extra layer of protection
With so much uncertainty around their employment status these days, some federal employees may be considering just resigning, rather than waiting to be told they've been terminated. According to our next guest though, that may not be the best route. To learn why we bring in Shauna Weatherly, president and founder of Federal Subcontract Solutions.
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USAID and State: Smart way to save, or self-inflicted injury?
The Trump administration's treatment of the U.S. Agency for International Development crystallized the move-fast, take-no-prisoners approach. Opinions have broken out all across the spectrum. My next guest argues that shrinking USAID and merging it with the State Department only helps U.S. rivals strategically. Steven Kull is a senior research associate at the University of Maryland's school of public policy and he joins me now.
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When he's not tooling around the National Capital region on his motorcycle, Tom Temin interviews federal executives and government contractors who provide analysis and insight on the many critical issues facing the Executive branch. The Federal Drive is found at FederalNewsNetwork.com and 1500 AM in the Washington D.C. region.
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