The Defense Counter Intelligence and Security Agency has a plan to get the next generation background investigations IT system back on track. The National Background Investigation services is years behind schedule and hundreds of millions of dollars over budget, but DCSA top official says a new program plan and new program leadership will deliver on end this in the coming years, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday has all the details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Any parent of at-home children worries about cybercrime and the potential for exploitation. My next guest says the threats are worse for children of military families. He should know as a parent of two and as a former deputy commander of the U.S. Cyber Command. Retired Lieutenant General Charlie Moore joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Whether it's that sharp new BMW 3-series or a basket of cheap hardware from Amazon. It got to you through a port. Operators of U.S. ports have their eye on federal infrastructure spending $19 billion of it. For what they're hoping for, the president and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities, Cary Davis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After years of working to reform Congress, my next guest can look back at some real accomplishments. And work still to be done. Representative Derek Kilmer of Washington, spearheaded the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress which became the House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization. Now he's retiring from Congress. Derek Kilmer joins me now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin Some final thoughts from one of the leading reformers of Congress Operators of these parts of critical infrastructure want their share of federal spending How children of military service members are at war Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's episode of The Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Losing the acting on a high ranking title at NASA In the two weeks or so left of 2024, get the most out of your money A leading government research administrator steps onto a new stage Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The government might be operating on a continuing resolution. Individuals should take better charge of their own financial lives before the end of the year. Including optimizing your Thrift Savings Plan. Some tips now from RMG Advisors financial planner Thiago Glieger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One of the government's leading researchers and research administrators has been recognized with a new outside post. Simon Liu, the administrator of the Agricultural Research Service at the Agriculture Department … is now a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration. He joined the Federal Drive earlier to discus his work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A satisfying thing it is when that *acting* moniker is removed from your title. My next guest has become simply the associate administrator of the Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA. For what it all means, Clayton Turner joined the Federal Drive earlier with more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A bill to reform the way agencies recruit employees is heading to President Biden’s desk. Congress passed the bipartisan Chance to Compete Act earlier this week, to codify skills-based hiring practices for the federal workforce. The push for agencies to focus on applicants' skills, rather than degrees, has been years in the making. Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman got more from the Partnership for Public Service’s vice president of government affairs, Jenny Mattingley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices