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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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The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Friday, February 20, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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The White House has scrapped the one‑size‑fits‑all SBOM mandate and told agency leaders to own their cyber risk, now flexibility meets accountability
OMB’s new memo rescinds the Biden‑era requirements and shifts software and hardware security to an agency‑driven, risk‑based model. SBOMs and attesta...
The government’s first $1 million antitrust whistleblower award could reshape how companies think about risk, and about their own employees
DOJ’s first antitrust whistleblower reward signals a more aggressive approach to rooting out market‑allocation and procurement‑related fraud, especial...
A new Executive Order aims to rethink how the nation tackles addiction, shifting from treatment alone to a broader, community‑anchored approach to recovery
The White House’s new Great American Recovery Initiative reframes addiction as a chronic disease that needs steady support, not just clinical services...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Thursday, February 19, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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Major shifts across climate, labor, immigration and other key policy areas made 2025 a year of rapid regulatory change
A presidential handoff at noon on January 20 triggered an abrupt reversal across federal policymaking, with agencies shifting from one set of prioriti...
The search for the next Comptroller General is turning into a mystery, no one knows when the process will even begin
With Gene Dodaro’s 15‑year term closed out and Orice Williams Brown serving in an acting capacity, Congress and the administration now face a high‑sta...
It’s starting to feel like Census Groundhog Day, the same warning signs from 2020 are showing up again for 2030
The Census Project says the warning signs are back, calling the path to 2030 a “Census Groundhog Day” moment that echoes the troubles of 2020. From la...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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A year into the job, the VA secretary reflects on what he’s learned, what he’s changing, and what he hopes to tackle next
Secretary Doug Collins is a year into his tenure at the VA. He joins me now for a look back at what he learned over the past year and how those lesso...
For feds and retirees, uncertainty is creeping in as customer‑service problems and new personnel rules raise fresh questions about stability and fairness in the system
OPM’s customer‑service struggles are coming at the same time the agency is rewriting policies that affect job security and appeals. We’ll unpack what...
When severe weather hits, alerts only save lives if people can understand them, and GAO says millions still can’t
GAO reports that millions of residents still receive severe‑weather alerts only in English, and that the National Weather Service’s AI translation ini...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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A new congressional caucus is stepping up to defend the federal workforce at a critical moment
After a year of deep disruptions to the career civil service, lawmakers have created a bicameral caucus to defend federal workers and modernize the sy...
Fiscal uncertainty and payment delays are putting new pressure on contractors working across DHS and State
Contractors supporting DHS are navigating a mix of shifting reviews, uneven funding streams, and slow reimbursements for work already completed. Those...
The DHS partial shutdown is stretching on, and this week’s negotiations are taking place with Congress out of town
The standoff over DHS funding is now shaping operations across the department, the next round of negotiations, and the political backdrop for the Stat...
'Best of' The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - Monday, February 16, 2026
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In 2026, law‑enforcement hiring isn’t a staffing challenge, it’s a risk‑management challenge hiding inside a staffing challenge
As law enforcement agencies at every level scale up recruiting, legacy background tools can’t track officer movement or surface red flags early enough...
A renovation job at Fort Meade turned into a dispute
The Armed Services Board rejected Meltech’s multimillion‑dollar claim, ruling that Fort Meade’s updated security rules were sovereign acts, the kind t...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Friday, February 13, 2026
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Navy puts finishing touches on new AI strategy
The Department of the Navy is putting the finishing touches on a new AI strategy. Officials say it’s a direct response to lessons learned from recent...
CIA emphasizes speed under new acquisition framework
The Central Intelligence Agency is lifting the veil on some acquisition reform priorities. Earlier this week, the CIA announced a new acquisition fram...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Thursday, February 12, 2026
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A new IG audit finds DoD isn’t fully tracking F‑35 contractor performance, raising questions about oversight on the Pentagon’s costliest program
The F‑35 is the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program, and the Department relies on contractors to keep it performing as promised. But a new DoD I...
VA rolled out new AI tools quickly, but without a system to catch mistakes, patient safety is on the line
A new review shows Department of Veterans Affairs clinicians are using AI tools for documentation and decision support, but there’s no system in place...
Federal employees have new rules, new documents, and new timelines to keep an eye on this year
Accessing the right tax forms, tracking changes to 2026 pay and TSP contribution limits, and navigating the retirement backlog are all hitting federal...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - Wednesday, February 11, 2026
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A medical breakthrough that sounds like science fiction is on the horizon: printing organs that could match any patient, on demand
For patients waiting on transplants, the gap between supply and need has always been measured in lives. ARPA‑H’s new program aims to close that gap en...
When we look at USPS only through a profit lens, we miss the economic engine sitting in plain sight
New research from Brookings shows that rural counties with stronger access to post offices have more small‑business activity, even when broadband and...
A system meant to reduce prison recidivism can’t do its job if the inputs are wrong
GAO found the Bureau of Prisons struggling with timely assessments and unreliable program data, making it harder to know whether incarcerated people a...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Tuesday, February 9, 2026
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After a tough year for federal employees, how do leaders still on the job keep their teams motivated and moving toward better performance?
Dave Lebryk has spent a career leading teams through calm and crisis across the federal government. Now, after stepping away from public service, he’s...
Turning a lifetime of savings into a steady retirement paycheck takes more than a rule of thumb
Federal employees spend decades learning how to save, but far less time learning how to draw those savings down safely. From balancing pension, Social...
The rules of federal buying are being rewritten, and everyone is feeling the shift
The landscape of government buying is shifting, with one agency already showing real savings after moving to a new government‑wide cloud purchasing ap...
Five updates on the Trump admin’s cybersecurity agenda
The Trump administration is preparing to roll out several major cybersecurity policy updates in the coming weeks and months. At the top of the list is...
VA looks to get new Electronic Health Record system back on track
The Department of Veterans Affairs is looking to get the rollout of a new multi-billion-dollar Electronic Health Record back on track, after pausing t...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Monday, February 9, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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A new Pentagon‑funded study is testing whether autonomous oxygen therapy can take lifesaving care out of a medic’s hands and put it into an intelligent system
The Defense Department is backing a new study to see whether an autonomous oxygen system can help medics deliver safer, more precise care in the field...
Washington talks a lot about regulations, but rarely about how the regulators themselves operate
A new paper argues that the real action inside multimember commissions isn’t in public votes or partisan balance; it’s in the internal mechanics that...
A pivotal week for Congress as the clock runs down on DHS funding and lawmakers look for a path out of another shutdown fight
With just five days left before the DHS continuing resolution runs out, lawmakers are weighing a mix of short‑term fixes and longer‑shot options to ke...