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Quantum Computing remains an area of research and development, but US officials are concerned adversaries could steal sensitive data now and decrypt it in the future. As quantum technology progresses, agencies are now exploring how to incorporate post quantum cryptographic standards into their technologies. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday is here with the latest.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In 2002, the creation of a key leadership role transformed how agencies manage what many say is the federal government's most critical asset, its people. The Chief Human Capital Officers Act established both the CHCO role and the CHCO Council to ensure effective management of the government wide workforce. But challenges in human capital still persist. Here with more, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A second group of consulting contractors is coming under the General Services Administration's microscope. A new set of 10 vendors have until this Friday to submit data analysis and options for potential savings on their existing consulting contracts to GSA and agency customers for review. For more on GSA s continued effort to reshape federal consulting contracts. Federal News Network's Executive Editor Jason Miller joins me now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Among attorneys who deal with federal employment and fairness issues, our next guest might be unique. She was a long-time member of the Merit Systems Protection Board. Director of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. And a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Before all of that, she was general counsel to two large federal labor union. For a look at how things stand, Federal News Network's Tom Temin caught up with Susan Tsui Grundmann .See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

More signs that the Defense Department's multi billion dollar contract to overhaul household goods shipments is not going well. As peak moving season gets underway, at least one military service is temporarily walking away from the global household goods contract and thousands of moves that were supposed to be handled by Home Safe the new vendor are headed back to DoD's legacy moving system. Federal News Network's Jared Serbu has been following the GHC saga for the last several years, and he's with us now for an update. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Trump administration summarily replaced Cameron Hamilton, the Acting Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency last week after he spoke against eliminating the agency in front of Congress. For more on what's happening at FEMA, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is preparing for significant cuts to its workforce after hiring surged under the Biden administration, the VA is setting a goal of cutting 15% of its workforce. That would mean 10s of 1000s fewer employees. Secretary Doug Collins told lawmakers he hasn't finalized the plan yet, and the cuts could be higher or lower than that goal. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the Defense Department's civilian workforce continues to shrink, defense agencies are turning to automation and artificial intelligence to offset the impacts of workforce reductions. Federal News Network's Anastasia Opus joins me now to share the details. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Defense Department's latest effort to obtain secure software kicked off a 90 day sprint this week to develop a framework and an implementation plan under the software fast track, or SWFT initiative. The Pentagon's goal with SWFT is to replace the reliance on the risk management framework and give the military services and defense agencies easier access to secure software. For more on this DoD initiative, Federal News Network's executive editor, Jason Miller joins me now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Trump administration's 2026 budget request would cut spending across several department of homeland security components, but lawmakers on Capitol Hill are pressing DHS for more details on those proposed reductions for the latest Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Trump administration wants to end what it sees as a culture of everyone gets a trophy in the Senior Executive Service. A new proposed rule from the Office of Personnel Management would require agencies to significantly limit how many senior executives receive the highest ratings in performance reviews. Federal News Network's Drew. Friedman joins me now with more details.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Marine Corps is DoD only military service that's managed to pass a financial statement audit. But the way it's gone about it isn't the sort of thing you'd want to do over the long term. The current process is expensive, time consuming, and filled with manual work arounds, but officials say they recognize those issues, and the next step is to make those successful audits more sustainable details now from Federal News Network's Jared Serbu. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This year's tax filing season is over, but the IRS is setting mandatory weekend overtime hours for some employees that's to get ahead of a backlog of tax returns flagged as having possible errors in them. Those tax returns need employees to manually review them before they're processed. The IRS faces this workload as it prepares to cut tens of thousands of employees from its workforce. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joins us with more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Pentagon's purge of Diversity Equity and Inclusion personnel actually began in 2024 following a provision in the annual defense policy bill that mandated changes to the department's dei workforce while the Trump administration finalized the cuts, Congress laid most of the groundwork well before this administration took office for more Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis spoke to the Government Accountability Office's Managing Director, Cathleen Berrick.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For one reason or another, many more federal employees have flocked to the second round of the deferred resignation program. Some say the offer coming from their agency rather than OPM, felt more legitimate. Others want to leave on their own terms, rather than being pushed out in a reduction in force. But many are still choosing to stay in their jobs. Here with more on our latest survey results, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The first look at the White House's fiscal 2026 budget request is a tale of haves and have nots. The Departments of Defense and homeland security would see record discretionary requests when the Trump administration sends its full budget to Congress in the coming months. Meanwhile, civilian agencies are facing drastic budget cuts for more on what the White House wants spending to look like in 2026 Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller joins me to discuss the details. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Child care for federal employees could soon be more expensive and harder to find. DOGE eliminated the GSA office that managed child care centers in federal buildings. Federal News Network's Terry Gerton explored the potential impact on federal workers with the Executive Director of the Alabama Institute for Social Justice, Lenice Emanuel.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's sweeping reorganization plan would break up the Department's Bureau of cyberspace and digital policy, even though it has yet to celebrate its fourth birthday. Cyber policy experts, though, say the bureau should be retained as one integrated organization. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Over the first 100 days of the Trump administration, the US Department of Government Efficiency banged the drum of rooting out waste, fraud and abuse across federal programs. At the same time, the White House wants agencies to reduce their budgets and the workforces of the organizations that typically lead those efforts. Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller joins me to discuss how two of these agencies, the GAO and the postal services Inspector General, made their cases to Congress for more funding to better address waste, fraud and abuse.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Trump administration is pushing forward with deep cuts across government. Seems though, that a majority of Americans continue to show support for federal employees. That's according to new survey results from the Partnership for Public Service. The survey also found that two thirds of the public are concerned about a loss of experience and knowledge at agencies. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman got more from the partnership's senior research manager, Paul Hitler.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Navy has spent the last several years standing up technical solutions and designating them as intended for use across the fleet. Officials say the next step is extending that approach to the end point devices that sailors use every day, both ashore and afloat. For more on the unified endpoint initiative, Federal News Network's Jared Serbu talked with the Navy's Justin Finelli, Brandon Weller and Matthew Rambo.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As Tom Temin prepares to retire from "The Federal Drive," he sits down with Federal News Network's Executive Editor Jason MillerSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

US Cyber Command has come a long way in the past 15 years, and it's finally closing the gap between day to day operations and the strategic view of cyber. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis reports.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to a special hour of the Federal Drive with me Tom Temin. We're changing up the programming this hour. It's my last as host, a chair I've occupied for more than 17 years. I'd like to take you behind the scenes of Federal News Network and hear from some of our team. Jason Miller, Federal News Network, Executive Editor Eric White and Michele Sandiford, Federal Drive producers Julia Ziegler, WTOP, Director of News and programming and Daisy Thornton, FNN, Digital Managing EditorTerry Gerton, incoming Federal Drive hostSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Homeland Security Department abruptly canceled flexible work arrangements, announcing the change on Sunday. Well, that gave employees less than a day's notice to start a five day in person schedule employees who failed to show up to the office Monday on time while they were threatened with termination. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has the latest.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Probationary employees have a fresh hurdle to clear before they can solidify their federal employment. President Trump signed an executive order last week calling for changes to how probationary periods work. It adds a new reason newbies can be canned here with more Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Defense Department's rollout of the Trump administration's deferred resignation program is in full swing, and that does not mean it's been smooth. In fact, some civilian employees are still waiting on their Separation Agreements and approvals, even though the administrative leave period is only two days away. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis brings us the latest to sort this all out. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Virginia Congressman Gerry Connolly, who's been at the center of federal employment and government operations issues for nearly two decades, made the surprise announcement yesterday he won't seek another term in Congress, and he'll step back from his work as ranking member of the Oversight and Reform Committee. Connolly's been fighting esophageal cancer, and he says it's returned. Joining me with more Federal News Network's Drew Friedman and Jason Miller.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Could artificial intelligence be responsible for the next big leak of classified information? Not if the intelligence, Advanced Research Projects activity can help with it. IARPA is exploring what comes next with its AI cybersecurity research. For more, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Navy plans to focus over the next couple of years on making sure its maritime operations centers can fight at what the Navy calls the speed of relevancy that takes feeding commanders the data and systems to understand what's happening in real time for details. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller spoke to the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for information warfare, Vice Admiral Karl Thomas.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Critical infrastructure like extensive state road systems pose all sorts of safety, traffic flow and maintenance challenges. To understand how artificial intelligence helps make traffic safer and more efficient, Federal News Network's Tom Temin chats with the authority's chief information officer, Josh Klemm, at Google Cloud Next '25.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

You don't have to look far to see that public sector demand for artificial intelligence capabilities is on the rise. Generative AI has government organizations at all levels looking to IT services contractors for transformational change. During Google Cloud Next '25, Federal News Network's Tom Temin talks with Knexus CEO Adam Lurie about some of these initiatives.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Trump administration wants to change where agencies decide to locate federal buildings. Two long standing executive orders that told agencies to consider underdeveloped urban areas and historic locations. The Trump administration rescinded them earlier this month, but were they really hard and fast rules in the first place? Well, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me with more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The NIH procurement wing known as NITAAC, may want to borrow Mark Twain's famous saying, reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. NASA has extended its famous SEWP five contract, and the General Services Administration pauses a procurement oversight tool. These are the latest goings on in the federal procurement area. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller is following all of these and joins me now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Few organizations use as wide a range of technology as the nation's national laboratories. To learn about AI and cloud innovations at Lawrence Berkeley, Federal News Network's Tom Temin talks with the lab's science IT advisor and cloud manager, Jeff D'Ambrogia, during Google Cloud Next '25.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This will be less news/factual and more of your assessment of how the plans have evolved, in good ways and bad, over the years. Improvements in the plans and the program itself you'd like to see. And we'll do a little review of Federal News Network's coverage of this issue and the partnership we've had with Checkbook. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

New York City is using artificial intelligence and commercial cloud services to improve services, reduce technical debt and unify disparate agencies — from a citizen point of view. At Google Cloud Next '25, Federal News Network's Tom Temin gets the details from the chief technology officer of New York's Office of Technology and Innovation, Matthew Fraser.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In science, you've got to show your work — the evidence of how you reached a hypothesis. Federal News Network's Tom Temin gets the lowdown during Google Cloud Next '25 about how artificial intelligence helps scientists do this better from Sophie Lebrecht, COO of Google partner Ai2.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The South Florida Water Management District is home to rivers, lakes, watersheds and the Everglades themselves. The district's work is crucial to conservation, flood control and drinking water. During Google Cloud Next '25, Federal News Network's Tom Temin discusses with CIO Akin Owosina how Google tools are helping the district's scientists and engineers manage their missions.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Some 50,000 federal employees are on track to see their civil service protections removed. That's right, the Trump administration is pushing forward with converting employees who shape federal policy into at will employment status. New proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Management bring the Trump administration's effort a step closer to reality, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Temporary Aid for Needy Families, or TANF, is a $16.5 billion a year government grant program managed by the Department of Health and Human Services. GAO recently reported that HHS needs to do a better job managing the program. Federal News Network's Terry Gerton dug into the details with GAO's Director of Financial Management and Assurance, Jim Dalkin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Some 50,000 federal employees are on track to see their civil service protections removed. That's right, the Trump administration is pushing forward with converting employees who shape federal policy into at will employment status. New proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Management bring the Trump administration's effort a step closer to reality, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The State Department has launched a comprehensive reorganization. Secretary ofState Marco Rubio says the changes will focus the department on the Trump administration's foreign policy. Well, now an unsigned draft executive order would shake up life for Foreign Service, workforce, people. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Temporary Aid for Needy Families, or TANF, is a $16.5 billion a year government grant program managed by the Department of Health and Human Services. GAO recently reported that HHS needs to do a better job managing the program. Federal News Network's Terry Gerton dug into the details with GAO's Director of Financial Management and Assurance, Jim Dalkin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The State Department has launched a comprehensive reorganization. Secretary ofState Marco Rubio says the changes will focus the department on the Trump administration's foreign policy. Well, now an unsigned draft executive order would shake up life for Foreign Service, workforce, people. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman has the latest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The General Services Administration is reviewing a second round of submissions from some of the top vendors, the ones who provide consulting services to the government. GSA is looking to them to find ways to trim contracts and save money. 10 vendors, which include some of the big names like Accenture, Deloitte and SAIC, had until Friday to submit fresh suggestions. GSA called the first data call unimpressive and, to quote, insufficient to the point of beinginsulting. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller joins me with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A federally funded cyber security program used by organizations throughout theworld nearly shut down. Last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency finally inked a last minute contract extension to keep the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program up and running. Well now the cyber security community itself is debating whether reforms are needed to that CVE system. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me with what's going on here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The General Services Administration is reviewing a second round of submissions from some of the top vendors, the ones who provide consulting services to the government. GSA is looking to them to find ways to trim contracts and save money. 10 vendors, which include some of the big names like Accenture, Deloitte and SAIC, had until Friday to submit fresh suggestions. GSA called the first data call unimpressive and, to quote, insufficient to the point of being insulting. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller joins me with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A federally funded cyber security program used by organizations throughout the world nearly shut down. Last week, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency finally inked a last minute contract extension to keep the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program up and running. Well now the cyber security community itself is debating whether reforms are needed to that CVE system. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me with what's going on here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Members of Congress are back in their home districts, but the list of things they'll have to tackle when they come back keeps getting longer. A budget reconciliation bill is top priority, but now they also have to think about how presidential executive orders, DOGE-directed closures, and tariffs are affecting their constituents at home. Federal News Network's Terry Gerton got the details from Bloomberg Government Senior Reporter Jack Fitzpatrick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices