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Key data on political appointees missing from 'PLUM' book
Errors and inconsistencies in a public list of political appointees are raising concerns over the data’s reliability. A new analysis of the so-called...
Trump administration is out with a new national cyber strategy
The Trump administration is out with a new national cyber strategy. The administration’s focus is on making cyber adversaries pay for trying to hack i...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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As debates sharpen over military use of AI, the Aerospace Industries Association is outlining a path for agentic systems in defense
AIA says agentic AI could unlock faster, more adaptive decisions across the defense industrial base, but only if agencies and contractors address risk...
The Pentagon’s “supply‑chain risk” label for Anthropic now forces a legal and operational reckoning across the defense industrial base
The Defense Department says it has officially notified Anthropic that the company and its products are deemed a supply‑chain risk, a move that could r...
What does the IRS do if someone is kidnapped and not able to pay taxes?
It will hopefully never happen to you, but what if you're taken hostage and therefore unable to file a tax return? It's probably one of the last thing...
OPM wants agencies to prioritize employees’ performance, not tenure, during RIFs
Agencies may soon make their layoff decisions based on performance, rather than tenure. A new proposal from the Trump administration seeks to reverse...
How NAVWAR is keeping the small business light burning
The last 12 months have been tough for small business government contractors, to say the least.There is increased scrutiny on not just the 8(a) progra...
The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Friday, March 6, 2026
Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
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Navy launches departmentwide organizational review that could reshape civilian workforce
The Department of the Navy is conducting a departmentwide organizational review that could lead to significant restructuring of its civilian workforce...
Noem, top DHS officials to be deposed in FEMA staffing cut lawsuit
Top Department of Homeland Security officials could be deposed in a lawsuit challenging staff cuts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The cas...
GSA's updated contractor cybersecurity requirement is causing some industry stress
The General Services Administration has updated its contractor cybersecurity requirements. The standards are similar to the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity M...
OPM’s HR IT consolidation effort hit with new obstacles
The Trump administration’s drive to create one human capital management system for all of government is running into the unfortunate realities of gove...
Former USAID employees mark one year since major agency cuts
Hundreds of former USAID employees and their supporters gathered in downtown Washington, D.C., last week. Their rally marked exactly one year since th...
A look at how federal agencies are using artificial intelligence
Federal agencies are releasing their new use case inventories for artificial intelligence. Across the government, there now are more than 2,500 AI use...
CISA leadership shakeup comes amid ‘pressure’ moment for cyber agency
The acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency for the past 10 months is out. Madhu Gottu-mukkala was transferred to anot...
Pentagon takes on the task of tracking natural disaster costs at military installations
Natural disasters at military installations have caused billions of dollars in damage over the past decade, but the Defense Department began tracking...
Marine Corps looks to Navy to meet its readiness goals
The Marine Corps has a readiness problem. Only about 45% to 50% of its amphibious groups have the ability to be forward deployed. For more on how the...
USDA to sell part of headquarters complex amid broader plan to relocate DC-based employees
The Agriculture Department is selling one of its headquarters buildings, as part of an ongoing agency reorganization. USDA is putting its South Buildi...
Military services can enforce stricter enlistment standards than those set by the Defense Department
An expunged record at the state level may not be enough to qualify for military service. A federal appeals court says the service branches can enforce...
OPM to tighten reins on federal employees’ performance reviews
An overhaul of the government’s performance management system is coming down the pipeline. New proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Manag...
Pentagon eyes 2028 to deliver much-delayed background investigation system
The Defense Department’s much-delayed background investigation system is years behind schedule and billions over budget. DoD officials say they have a...
Education Dept moves more work to other agencies, but hasn’t reassigned more employees yet
The Education Department is handing off more work to other federal agencies, as part of plans to dismantle its operations. It’s sharing some of its du...
Can NASA refocus and invigorate its workforce?
Two decades ago, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said the space agency has become too dependent on outside contractors, hollowing out some of the s...
NIH expands AI pilots amid staffing reductions
The National Institutes of Health continued to lean into the use of artificial intelligence last year. The NIH has now initiated more than 100 AI pilo...
House Democrats pressure Bureau of Prisons leadership on staffing ‘crisis’
House Democrats are pressing Bureau of Prisons leaders on their plans to address long-time staffing shortages. For years, low staffing at BOP has cont...
For DOT, 6-month sprints demonstrating aptitude for modernization
The Transportation Department is pushing back against the old adage, “if it ain’t broke, why fix it?” Instead, DOT is looking at all of its technology...
DoD memo’s use cases clarify mission impact of new policies on PKI credentials, expanded authentication
One of the key highlights of the Defense Department’s recent memo on multi-factor authentication for unclassified and secret networks is the clarifica...
Postal union president focused on keeping USPS an ‘affordable option,’ amid agency’s financial woes
The Postal Service typically sees its best financial results in the first quarter of each fiscal year. That’s because of the year-end holiday season a...
Lawmakers eyeing changes to federal benefits, hiring, pay
Over the last several weeks, lawmakers have been examining several bills that would affect federal employees in different ways. The House Oversight an...
DoD enters decadeslong barracks lease as lawmaker warns privatization push lacks accountability tools
The Defense Department has locked itself into another decadeslong lease this time for privatized military barracks, expanding a housing model that has...
How a DHS shutdown affects different components and employees
The Department of Homeland Security is in shutdown mode, but most DHS employees are continuing to work through the lapse in appropriations. Many DHS p...
VA data shows it cut health care hiring times in half, but it’s using different metrics
Data from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows it cut health care hiring times by more half. The Trump administration directed agencies to speed u...
OPM directs agencies to move forward with ending collective bargaining
The Trump administration is telling agencies to proceed with terminating their collective bargaining agreements if they haven't already a new advisory...
Continuing resolutions lead to delays, higher costs, and operational disruptions, watchdog finds
The full impact of continuing resolutions is hard to pin down for the Defense Department, but a government watchdog says the funding lapses consistent...
Naval Information Warfare Systems Command zeroes in on priorities for its new cyber directorate
The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command stood up a new cyber directorate last August to take a more comprehensive approach to cybersecurity acro...
IRS officially puts back-office employees on ‘involuntary’ details to handle filing season work
The IRS is notifying back-office employees that they will temporarily cover frontline filing season work through this summer. Training for these detai...
Trump administration advances plan to strip job protections from career federal employees
In just a few weeks, tens of thousands of career federal employees could lose their civil service protections. Positions that get converted to the new...
Trump administration advances plan to strip job protections from career federal employees
The Trump administration’s newly finalized “Schedule F” policy is making big headlines. But there are also several other significant changes coming fo...
Army prepares to debut “generational” change in the way it provides food to soldiers
Next week, the Army plans to debut what’s meant to be a “generational” change in the way it provides food to soldiers. At Fort Hood, Texas, the servic...