The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The Trump administration's Golden Dome proposal has sparked visions of a nationwide shield against missile attack. But building an effective defense is as much a question of physics and affordability as technology. A new analysis argues the challenge is separating achievable defenses from concepts that become prohibitively expensive once they collide with real-world physics. Joining me now is Michael O'Hanlon, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
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The federal judiciary has policies intended to control costs and manage its real estate footprint. But a new GAO review found it does not routinely collect utilization data for its administrative space, raising a basic management question: how do you know what space you need if you don't know how much of your existing space is being used? Joining me now is David Marroni, director of physical infrastructure at the Government Accountability Office.
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At the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the early workforce reductions drew most of the attention. A new inspector general review finds some of the longest-lasting effects came from internal stop-work orders and contract actions that disrupted the bureau's operations and contract support. Joining me with the findings are Terese Blanchard and Michael Zeitler, managers in the Office of Inspector General for the Federal Reserve Board and CFPB.
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Coming up today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
A national missile shield may be worth pursuing, but the laws of physics still have a vote in what the United States can realistically buy and build
Early in the Trump administration, agencies issued stop-work orders to their contractors. CFPB issued them to its own staff
Good management starts with good data, and GAO says the federal judiciary is making space decisions without an important measure of how its space is being used
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The Energy Department’s lead cyber and energy security office has a new five-year strategic plan to improve resilience across electricity, oil and gas infrastructure. The Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response, or CESER, released that plan in March. It has three major goals. Andrew McClure is CESER's director. He talked about them with Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday during our Cyber Leaders Exchange.
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