We've been interviewing some of the federal executives who recently became fellows in the National Academy of Public Administration. My next guest is one of them. And if it has to do with the disbursement of money, she's done if or overseen it. The deputy assistant secretary for budget, finance, grants and acquisitions at the Interior Department, Andrea Brandon joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin This Interior Department senior executive has done it all when it comes to money Has the time come for a new approach to spectrum allocation? Congress takes up the Department of Government Efficiency cause Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Electromagnetic spectrum which enables wireless communications is both scarce and in high demand. Until now, deciding who can use a particular frequency has been a zero sum game. The government auctions it off, and the winner has it for keeps. My next guest says the current spectrum management process is unsustainable. She led a major MITRE Corporation study, which suggests what it calls a dynamic approach to spectrum management. MITRE's chief spectrum economist Carolyn Kahn joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Department of Veterans Affairs said last summer it would need a lot more money this fiscal year than first appropriated, $12 billion more. Well now the Veterans Health Administration has revised that requirement down to about six and a half billion dollars. For why, Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman asked VAs Under Secretary for Health, Shareef Elnahal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Most contractors may not know it, but the Space Systems Command has special authority to put them on what it calls the contractor responsibility watch list. Well now the Space Force has put one contractor on that very list. In fact, it's the first use of the watch list that we know of. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis has more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's the season of seasons. Thanksgiving season. Christmas season. And for federal employees, it's nearly *open* season. It has a lot of moving parts. Federal. Long time expert in all things having to do with federal employment and post-employment Tammy Flanagan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In her years at Customs and Border Protection, my next guest rose from a newbie uniformed officer to senior executive port director for Newark-New York. That means the fourth busiest airport, and *the* busiest port. TenaVel Thomas joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin How CBP manages two of the busiest ports of entry in the United States Open season is like hunting season. You've got to aim carefully Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The efficiency department hasn't arrived yet, but many agencies try and optimize costs already. A case in point the Office of Personnel Management. When thinking of new technology projects, OPM officials are trying to get a handler on potential costs earlier. I got more detail when I spoke with OPM's deputy chief information officer, Melvin Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal employee's aren't alone in wondering about president-Elect Donald Trump's so-called department of government efficiency. So are federal contractors. They wonder what the DOGE will think government *should* be doing. More now from the executive vice president for policy at the Professional Services Council, Stephanie Kostro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices