Out of pocket costs are going up quite a bit next year for enrollees in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. Premiums are rising by an average of 13.5% beginning in January. But there's more to the story for how those premium rates get put together, along with a few strategies for dealing with rising prices, Federal News Network's Drew Fri…

A nine year old lawsuit claiming the Secret Service has not paid the full amount of overtime owed to its agents is one step closer to resolution. The suit focused on an Office of Personnel Management policy that Secret service agents had to work two consecutive hours of unscheduled extra duty to receive overtime pay. But that policy has been overtu…

The White House has issued two long, detailed policies for development use of artificial intelligence. One last year and one last month. That's fine, the U.S. should lead and should set an example of ethical use of this technology. My next guest cautions, with federal and state-level laws and regulations aimed at AI, the whole industry could end up…

The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency is seeking a simple but tricky-to-execute approach to cybersecurity. It would essentially break software into small pieces that are hard for hackers to access. Here with the details, the program manager in DARPA's Information Innovation Office, Howard Shrobe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca…

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin DARPA tries a simple but profound concept to improve cybersecurity Could too much regulation kill the very industry the government was to foster? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesद्वारा Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio

The Space Development Agency is pushing back the launch of its first group of low Earth orbit satellites. Now this delay highlights the difficulties the agency has had in transitioning from using a few big satellites to a network of smaller and cheaper ones. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis joins us with the latest. Learn more about your ad ch…

The Pentagon is moving closer to kicking off its long awaited cyber security Maturity Model certification program. Small business advocates, though, are still worried about the high cost of CMMC compliance. Well, now there's a draft legislation coming from Capitol Hill to provide some smaller companies with a CMMC tax credit. Federal News Network's…

The stock market continues to defy logic, something it seems to do best. Now some 117 thousand federal employees and retirees have Thrift Savings Plan accounts worth more than a million dollars. There ought to be many more. At least, that's what federal retiree and financial advisor Abe Grungold says. He joins me now. Learn more about your ad choic…

Nobody's in favor of corruption, except maybe the corrupt. When corruption comes to light, it's often the Justice Department that take the lede. My next guest leads a non-profit that works anti-fraud at the front end by supporting whistleblowers. She's the president and CEO of the Anti-Fraud Coalition, Jacklyn DeMar Learn more about your ad choices…

The first woman to direct the Transportation Department's Volpe Center recently retired. A 20-year federal employees, she worked an earlier 20 years for the Massachusetts Port Authority. Now she's among the new inductees to the National Academy of Public Administration. Joining me with a recap, Anne Aylward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit …

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin The Transportation Department says farewell to one of its most distinguished employees This group actually tries to stop what everyone else just complains about TSP millionaires are busting out all over Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

Open season is in full swing. That's when federal employees and retirees review their health care insurance choices for 2025 this year, especially the Office of Personnel Management says you've got plenty of reasons to take advantage of Open Season. For one thing, premiums are up sharply, and companies are making lots of changes in their plans duri…

The Integrated acquisition environment is facing an expanding customer base, while the name of the system screams acquisition, the General Services Administration officials realize a broader cross section of federal managers that work in grants, legal offices and agency specific programs. They also rely on the system and its data to make decisions.…

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Meet the federal Senior Executive of the Year The S-B-A doubles down on the rule of two The Army has a problem with water-borne transportation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesद्वारा Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio

You might not think of the Army as having a big need for watercraft. But it does. Like when it has to move tanks from point A to point B. In fact, the demand for watercraft is rising, but the Army's fleet is shrinking. The Government Accountability Office has a few recommendations for what's becoming a critical problem. The GAO's director of defens…

A long-standing rule concerning small business preference is about to get a major expansion. Courtesy of the Small Business Administration. The rule, which applied to open market competitions, will once the rule is finalized also apply to multiple award contract vehicles. That's a big change. More now from Haynes Boone procurement attorney Dan Rami…

Each year the Senior Executives Association highlights some of the top members. This year, the senior executive of the year has been named. She's the assistant administration for domestic aviation operations at the Transportation Security Administration Michal Rottman who joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch…

Bad news for federal employees looking to apply for long term care insurance, you'll have to wait at least another couple of years. The Office of Personnel Management is barring new enrollments in its insurance program through at least 2026. That announcement comes after current program enrollees saw a sharp premium hike this year. Federal News Net…

President-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are serious about their plan for a so-called Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Billionaire car building and space services mogul Elon Musk and former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy are going to run this effort beyond that. Few details have emerged. This wouldn't be the fir…

If you're working at the higher ranks of civil service, you probably have noticed. Political appointees are starting to depart just a few weeks after the election and two months before the change in administration. Joining with some highlights one who's been watching closely. Federal sales an marketing consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your …

Some $31 million from the Chips Act just went to a group called the Midwest Microelectronics Consortium. The money is part of larger outlays under a Chips Act program, Known as the Microelectronic Commons overseen by the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Here to untangle what's going on, the chief technology officer of of the Midwest Microelectronics C…

The poorer a nation, the less ability it has to anticipate and mitigate disasters. That's one reason the U.S. Agency for International Development concentrates many of its overseas efforts on helping nations with resilience and the ability to anticipate disasters. More now from USAID's deputy assistant administrator for the Bureau of Humanitarian A…

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin How USAID helps Africa with climate resilience The Chips Act is pushing silicon valley inland The Biden appointees are already heading for the exit doors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesद्वारा Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio

Network defense these days is way more than about desktops, laptops and servers. User endpoints are growing fast, and one of the ways to make them manageable is to use secure by design principles in the Internet of Things ecosystem the government can push the market that way. Greg Touhill is a former Federal Chief Information Security Officer, now …

The Homeland Security Department is out with new artificial intelligence guidance. It lays out responsibilities for using AI and critical infrastructure with the goal of taking advantage of the technology but avoiding safety and security pitfalls. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me with some of the details. Learn more about your ad ch…