Federal Drive with Tom Temin

A new agreement between the Defense and State Departmentsaims to help military spouses living with service members overseas to get the ok to work remotely for eligible federal positions.To learn more, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to theDeputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy,Patricia Barron. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The new Defense Department health records system isn't quite out of the woods. GSA peels back the lid a little furtheron open government. A new andtroubled Commerce Department financial system has fresh glitches. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new finance systemfor the Commerce Department has had a rough rollout. Now it's delayed a program initiative from the Biden administration. We spoke with Bloomberg Government's Jack Fitzpatrick a few weeks about problems with theCommerce'sBusiness Applications Solution. For more on the latest glitch, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke with Fitzpatrick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a multi-year effort, Defense Department health and tech officials got a new electronic health record system completed. The last deployment too place in March. The Government Accountability Office finds, user satisfaction with the new system still doesn't match that of the old system. The Federal Drive got more from the GAO's director of information technology acquisition management, Carol Harris. https://www.gao.gov/assets/d24106187.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Open government is a good idea, but you can never let up efforts to keep it what way. Now the General Services Administration has launched what it calls the Open Government Federal Advisory Committee. It has to do with the U.S. Open Government National Action Plan. Joining the Federal Drive to sort it out for us, GSA's associate administrator for governmentwide policy, Krystal Brumfield. https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-launches-open-government-federal-advisory-committee-to-advise-on-governmentwide-transparency-efforts-04262024 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The IRS workforce is in the news again. Now the agency says itexpects to keep growingits staffthrough at least 2029. The agency is counting on billions of dollars from its multi-year modernization fund to make pay for the people. And,itsasking Congress for more money to sustain this level of staffing for the long term. Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman joined the Federal Drive with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Defense Department, once again, dominated the President's Cup CybersecurityCompetition. The competition is run by the Cybersecurityt and Infrastructure Security Agency. Service members from the Army and Marines Corps and a team of DoD experts won the individual and team competitions at this 5th annual event. Now civilian agencies are starting to close the gap. For more on the results of the President's Cup Cybersecurity Competition, Federal News Network's Jason Miller got the lowdown from the CISA'ssection chief for the President's Cup, Michael Harpin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With nearly 500,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs across the country, the Biden administration is throwing down the gauntlet on skills-based hiring. White House officials just committed to using skills-based hiring for most federal IT jobs. The Office of Personnel Management is leading the effort to transition nearly 100,000 federal cyber and IT jobs to skills-based hiring by next summer. The Energy Department is leading a corresponding initiative to move federal IT contracts to skills-based hiring. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is that most magical time of the year. Appropriations arriving six months late for the current fiscal year and Congressfutzing over next year's budget, which will also arrive late. For an expert's take on what contractors need to do, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The University of Maryland has launched of a new institute dedicated to developing the next generation of artificial intelligence people. The Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute willsupport researchfocusing on responsible and ethical AIacross industry andgovernment. For details, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to theinstitute's director, Professor Hal Daume. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices