The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

FBI cyber leader details bureau’s first unclassified cyber strategy

The FBI released its first agency-wide, unclassified cyber strategy on Wednesday. The bureau’s goal is to unify efforts across the bureau’s 56 field offices to counter bo

The Pentagon's restructuring of acquisition bureaucracies proves its worth

It’s been eight years since the Pentagon underwent a major restructuring of its acquisition bureaucracies, splitting it into two separate organizations overseen by two un

Twenty-five years after 9/11, we'll examine what government learned from that day and whether it's keeping those lessons alive

Twenty-five years ago, the attacks of September 11 exposed gaps in how government shared information, coordinated action and prepared for emerging threats. The reforms th

One national remembrance effort is built around a simple idea: the best way to honor service is through service of your own

Remembering September 11 often begins with looking back. One nationwide effort is asking people to look forward as well. This weekend, thousands of volunteers will gather

A new Army museum exhibit tells a lesser-known story from September 11: the work of rebuilding after the attacks

The story of September 11 didn't end when the attacks were over. Recovery, rebuilding and remembrance became part of the nation's response as well. A new exhibit at the N

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Friday, September 11, 2026

It's Friday, September 11th 2026, and today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton Twenty-five years after 9/11, we'll examine what government learned from that day, an

Pentagon finds ID problems affecting 215,000 troops

The Pentagon is trying to clean up the records behind military ID cards used by hundreds of thousands of service members. About 215,000 active-duty and reserve troops hav

LTG Simerly leaving DLA more agile, adaptative

Lieutenant General Mark Simerly is in his final weeks as the director of the Defense Logistics Agency. In the two-plus years as DLA’s leader, Simerly drove the agency to

The TSP's F Fund was supposed to offer a little more return in exchange for a little more risk

The TSP's F Fund has trailed the G Fund over the last several years. Before deciding what that means for your own investments, it helps to understand what's happening in

For years, the Pentagon has struggled to produce a clean audit, that push is now reshaping how it manages money and systems

Passing an audit remains one of the Defense Department's top financial priorities, but getting there may require more than better bookkeeping. Department leaders are look

An organization can have security offices, monitoring programs and compliance requirements everywhere, and still miss the whole risk picture

A recent Federal Reserve Board audit found that insider-risk responsibilities existed across multiple offices, but no centralized program was managing those risks at the

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Thursday, September 10, 2026

Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton For years, the TSP's F Fund was supposed to offer a little more return in exchange for a little more risk. Lately, the resu

DISA issues sources-sought notice for migration of combatant commands' common-use IT services

The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued another sources-sought notice for its massive migration of combatant commands’ common-use IT services to a single servic

MSPB finalizes major shift in federal employee misconduct cases

Federal employees will see a major shift in the way misconduct cases are handled. Going forward, the Merit Systems Protection Board will evaluate disciplinary actions usi

Washington is making decisions now that could reshape competition and investment across government

Contractors are tracking several policy decisions that could affect how they compete for work and plan for the year ahead, from small-business eligibility rules to counte

A Medicare policy designed to encourage certain business arrangements produced unexpected results

CMS recently revisited a Medicare payment policy after determining that some arrangements no longer reflected the original intent of the rule. Healthcare attorney Alice H

The Pentagon is collecting more information about the effects of blast exposure, GAO says it needs a clearer picture

As concerns about repeated blast exposure receive increasing attention, the Defense Department has launched several monitoring initiatives. but, GAO says the department h

The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton - - Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton Washington is making decisions now that could reshape competition, investment and planning across the federal marketplace A

Pentagon turns to medical records to identify service members subject to administration's ban on transgender troops

The Pentagon is using military medical records to identify service members who could be subject to the administration's ban on transgender troops. Federal News Network fo

Government is very good at preventing mistakes, but what if that comes at the expense of actually solving problems?

For decades, government reform efforts have focused on accountability, oversight and reducing risk. A new blueprint argues that approach may have left agencies better at