Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton A new method to reduce risk in combat medical care The potential impact the Schedule Policy/Career could have on scientific integrity See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

In combat medicine, every second matters. A recent multi-national training exercise in Europe tested one new way to reduce risk and improve outcomes. Here with more on that game-changing innovation is the Commander of the 30th Medical Brigade, Colonel Anthony King. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

OPM recently extended the comment period on its proposed rule creating the Schedule Policy/Career. A group of former senior political appointees from the Environmental Protection Agency submitted a joint letter objecting to the rule on the ground that it could chill experts from providing their best scientific advice. Here with more on their rationale is one of the signers of the letter, former Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the Obama administration, Bob Perciasepe. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

A lawsuit claims the Department of Health and Human Services relied on flawed data to slash more than 10,000 jobs. Attorneys representing seven former HHS employees say the department knew it had flawed personnel data when it carried out a reduction in force on April 1. The lawsuit states RIF notices contained lower performance ratings than what employees actually received or incorrectly listed them as working for certain offices or geographic locations. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman spoke with the partners and co founders of the civil service law center, Jessica Samuels and Clayton Bailey. 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 is closing in on some promised reforms to its risk management framework. That's the process officials use to assess cyber risks and certify systems as safe for DoD networks. By the end of July, officials expect to release an outline of a simpler, reworked process for industry feedback. Among the objectives eliminate redundancies in the system and make it more realistic to conduct real time security assessments instead of just point in time ones 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 .…

Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton Crowd-sourcing real time intelligence to inform tactical decisions Lessons every agency can learn about securing key data bases What retiring feds need to know about their benefits in transition See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

Imagine being able to access sensor and satellite imagery, civilian smartphones, and other publicly available information in real time to inform tactical and operational decisions. If that sounds like a good idea, you might not be in the intel community. Could we, or should we, use that data? Here with a legal perspective on that question is Al Broadbent, an attorney at Womble Bond Dickinson. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

The Environmental Protection Agency's Central Data Exchange is its key user interface for collecting and reporting data on over 30 EPA programs. But when they started to see strange user names, they knew they had a problem Joining me to share what they discovered and what they did, is the audit director for EPA's office of inspector general, Michelle Wicker. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

Timing is everything when thinking about when to drop your retirement paperwork. Understanding what happens to your leave balances, health insurance, and survivor benefits can inform that decision. Here with more on those key considerations is the Founder and Principal Retirement specialist at Retire Federal, Tammy Flanagan. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter's vision for the Defense Innovation Unit was to connect commercial start ups with the Defense Department at a time when the relationship between the two was fraught, and as Silicon Valley was driving technological advances, while the Defense Department was falling further behind. Over the past decade, DIU showed the Pentagon can move faster, but a lot more work needs to be done to transform DoD into a truly innovative organization. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis is here with the 25th anniversary story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

Coming up today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton Another oversight office gets zero-ed out We're still documenting the benefits and challenges of telework The table stakes for government contracting are increasing, and so is uncertainty See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

The Labor Department's small office tasked with ensuring contractors meet their affirmative action obligations has been dismantled by the Trump Administration, but like many other downsizing actions, this one has been temporarily halted by a federal judge. Here with more on what this means for the people who work there and the contractors who have to report, Bloomberg Law's Rebecca Klar. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

A new GAO conversation with private sector organizations documents afresh the benefits and challenges of telework and finds a great deal of agreement between workers and employers. Are there lessons here for the federal government? Joining me with more details, GAO's Director for Education, Workforce, and Income Security, John Sawyer. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…

The government contracting community is more uncertain about the business environment and more concerned about costs. So says the latest version of the Deltek Clarity survey. Here with more insights from the survey is Senior Vice President of Information Solutions at Deltek, Kevin Plexico. Read the report here . 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 proposing changes that would make it easier to fire federal employees. The Office of Personnel Management, in a proposed rule is looking to create ways to remove employees in a matter of days if they no longer meet the suitability and fitness standards required to join the federal workforce. Critics of the plan say this would rein in due process rights for federal employees accused of wrongdoing. Joining me with more on this story is Federal News Network's Jory Heckman. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .…