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The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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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DHS officials warn about growing shutdown backlogs
The Department of Homeland Security has now been in a shutdown for more than two months. DHS officials are warning Congress about growing backlog of c...
Forest Service plans to carry out major reorganization with or without approval from Congress
The Forest Service is defending its plan to relocate its headquarters out West and shutter most of its research facilities, as part of a major agency...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Monday, April 20, 2026
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Congress is building a path to resolution for DHS — even as it opens the next appropriations cycle
DHS remains the only federal agency operating without a finalized 2026 appropriations bill, leaving Congress to rely on an unusually intricate reconci...
Congress is often treated like an abstract institution, but it’s also a workplace, with real security pressures and family realities
Behind the scenes on Capitol Hill, concerns about personal safety, logistics and family well‑being shape how members and staff experience the job day...
The rising cost of security is reshaping who can run for office and how campaigns operate
Running for federal office now comes with security costs that were once rare and those costs are rising fast. A new analysis looks at how the growing...
DoD seeks to curb high military spouse unemployment with expanded hiring flexibilities
The White House has set a goal to reduce military spouse unemployment by 5%, but there is only so much it can do since it significantly scaled back fe...
OPM adds cybersecurity jobs to Tech Force hiring program
The Trump administration is widening its lens for recruiting technologists to the federal workforce. The Office of Personnel Management has just expan...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Friday, April 17, 2026
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A new digital catalog is changing how the public can engage with America’s overseas war memorials and records
For decades, the American Battle Monuments Commission has served as guardian of U.S. military cemeteries and memorials around the world. A new online...
ARPA‑H’s “1 Cure” program is betting that smarter design can expand cancer care to more people, faster
The promise of ARPA‑H isn’t just speed, but intention, building ambitious research programs around patient impact rather than hype. One of its newest...
‘Less people and better results:’ IRS CEO says filing season goals met after 27% staffing cut
The IRS is touting its performance during this year’s filing season as evidence that it can still carry out its tax duties despite losing more than a...
CISA spikes CyberCorps internships amid shutdown
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will not offer internships to CyberCorps Scholarship for Service students this summer due to the...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - Thursday, April 16, 2026
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Many former federal employees are navigating the job market for the first time in years and finding that networking looks different
Many former federal employees are navigating the job market for the first time in years, only to find that the rules around hiring and networking have...
A proposed federal personnel shift could chill whistleblowers long before anyone gets fired
As agencies begin reclassifying parts of the federal workforce to Schedule Policy/career, the Project on Government Oversight warns that shifts in the...
A big refund feels good, but getting more of your money throughout the year may feel better
Many federal employees treat tax refunds as a bonus, even though they reflect pay that could have arrived earlier with different planning. In a moment...
OMB: ERM going from compliance exercise to management tool
When the Office of Management and Budget decided to remove the specific section on enterprise risk management from Circular A-123, Eric Ueland, the de...
House Democrats deepen investigation into federal retirement delays
House Democrats are doubling down on their investigation into the Trump administration’s management of the government’s retirement processing system....
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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As the Department of Labor faces scrutiny over fraud and oversight, its new IG is bringing a law‑enforcement mindset to the job
From unemployment insurance to workforce programs, the stakes for fraud oversight at Labor remain high. The department’s inspector general says his la...
GAO finds most of the Pentagon’s joint bases are falling short of facility sustainment goals, raising new questions about readiness and accountability
The Defense Department’s joint bases were created to improve efficiency and readiness, but sustaining those facilities has proven uneven. A new GAO re...
CDC eases telework restrictions for disabled employees, as HHS faces 9,000-request backlog
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is giving employees with disabilities more flexibility to telework as a reasonable accommodation. CDC s...
Navy takes big steps to reduce it sprawling IT networks
For the Navy, consolidating and reducing its sprawling IT networks has been a decades‑long effort. But in recent years, the pace has picked up. Starti...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Tuesday, April 14, 2026
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New technology is changing how federal agencies use personal data and this week, new tools aim to show what responsible use should really look like
From cross‑agency data sharing to AI‑driven analysis, federal programs now rely on personal information in ways the Privacy Act never fully anticipate...
As federal agencies rethink how data moves, they’re also rethinking how ideas move, especially from the lab to policymakers
This week, early‑career scientists will step up to a microphone and have three minutes to explain their research to policymakers, without jargon and w...
Big ideas and big missions still live or die on budgets and contracts, and this year’s request raises questions
While agencies talk about modernizing data practices and accelerating research, the President’s budget request reveals where execution pressure is lik...
The government paid $4.5 billion to feds who took the DRP, one estimate shows
The government paid an estimated $4.5 billion for federal employees not to work under the deferred resignation offer last year. The calculation comes...
AI poses urgent challenges to how agencies handle CUI
Agencies have long struggled to manage so-called controlled unclassified information, or CUI. Now artificial intelligence is posing new and urgent cha...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Monday, April 13, 2026
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After a two‑week recess, Congress is back in Washington with a crowded spring agenda and several unfinished fights waiting on the Hill
Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week facing pressure to move stalled legislation, navigate internal party tensions and make progress on must‑pas...
Apportionments rarely make headlines, but they play a decisive role in how Congress’s funding decisions are actually carried out
Apportionments are a core but often overlooked part of how congressional funding decisions are implemented across the executive branch. A new analysis...
Artificial intelligence may offer federal financial managers something they’ve long lacked: real visibility across programs and payments
Instead of another systems overhaul, a new IBM Center report zeroes in on how metadata and AI can illuminate relationships across federal financial op...
White House seeks $17.5 billion for Golden Dome, but most funding hinges on reconciliation
The Trump administration’s Golden Dome missile defense system could receive $17.5 billion in fiscal 2027 after it received a $23 billion down payment...
After a nearly a decade, GSA on track to fully implement TDR
One of Ed Forst’s first priorities as GSA administrator has been finishing what’s been years in the making. In his first 100 days on the job, Forst mo...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Friday, April 10, 2026
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Artemis II is showing how federal education and operational experience come together in space
Several Artemis team members bring military and academic backgrounds that reflect a long‑term federal investment in advanced education. Observers say...
The Washington DC metro region continues to stand out for regional job losses and new Brookings data shows the recovery still hasn’t materialized
New data from Brookings shows the Greater Washington region is still losing ground on jobs, raising questions about how economic systems tied to feder...
Health‑coverage decisions in retirement can shape when and how federal retirees tap their money
Once federal employees leave service, decisions about FEHB and Medicare quickly intersect with how they draw income from the TSP. Those choices are ea...