When he's not tooling around the National Capital region on his motorcycle, Tom Temin interviews federal executives and government contractors who provide analy...
Trump's take on an obscure law has contractors baffled what to do
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act goes back decades. It prohibits U.S. companies from bribing officials of other countries for contracts. Even if corruption is the norm in that country. Now the Trump administration says it's not enforcing the FCPA. For what this means, we turn to an attorney who's an expert in this law, Cadwalader partner Martin Weinstein.
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GSA’s overhaul of FedRAMP contingent on automation
Now more than ever, the long running cloud security program known as FedRAMP needs
industry's help. That was the message Monday from Pete Waterman, the Director of the Federal Risk Authorization management program FedRAMP at the General Services Administration. Here with what's going on, Federal News Network's executive editor, Jason Miller.
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Federal improper payments have become a universal constant
Federal improper payments went on unabated last year. They reached $162 billion. Most but not all were overpayments. Medicare and Medicaid produced about half the overpayments. We get more now from the director of financial assurance at the Government Accountability Office, Hannah Padilla.
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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin
A bill to keep federal diversity in building architecture
Federal improper payments have become a universal constant
Trump's take on an obscure law has contractors baffled what to do
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White House pushes for greater OPM authority over federal employees’ suitability
The White House is looking to give the Office of Personnel Management more say in deciding whether federal employees can continue working. President Trump has directed OPM to rework its suitability and fitness regulations. The coming changes could spit out more reasons you could be found unfit for federal service. Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me with the latest.
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When he's not tooling around the National Capital region on his motorcycle, Tom Temin interviews federal executives and government contractors who provide analysis and insight on the many critical issues facing the Executive branch. The Federal Drive is found at FederalNewsNetwork.com and 1500 AM in the Washington D.C. region.
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