The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The 15 nuclear waste sites, down from 107 at the end of the Cold War, remain under the control of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management. A new report from GAO suggests that there are billions of dollars to be saved from optimizing the disposal plan for this waste. Here with more details is the Director for Natural Resources and Environment at the GAO, Nathan Anderson.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton How to develop effective technology policy when your imagination of future uses is limited How the Defense Department is approaching procurement reform Big opportunities to improve how the nation disposes of its nuclear waste See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Global Positioning System is over 50 years old. When it was developed, no one imagined all of the different ways it would be used by both civilians and the military. As we look forward to regulation of new technologies like artificial intelligence, what policy development lessons can we learn from GPS's history? Here with some thoughts on that is Systems Director for the Center for Space Policy and Strategy at The Aerospace Corporation, Dr. Brian Weeden.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

President Donald Trump is reforming government wide cybersecurity policies in a new executive order released Friday, Trump kept in place many of the cybersecurity policies of his predecessors, but he also directed some major changes. Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday is here to break it all down.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

At the Defense Information Systems Agency, there's a new customer experience focus within the agency's hosting and compute Center, also known as the j9 Directorate. Part of that is embodied in the hybrid cloud broker office, which now includes a public facing sales force, a new customer success team and disses, first ever marketing team. Jeff Marshall is the agency's director of hosting and compute. He talked about his approach with federal news networks. Jason Miller during our recent DoD modernization exchange. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For federal employees facing retirement, visions of golf courses, cruise ships, and long cafe lunches may be dancing in their heads. But activities and expenses in retirement can look much different than we think. Here with advice on how to make your retirement savings last is retired federal manager and owner of AG Financial Services, Abe Grungold.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the Trump administration makes change after change to the government's acquisition policies and processes, many contractors turn to the Professional Services Council to advocate for their interests and keep them informed. PSC's new CEO, Jim Carroll, is on board and here to share his vision and plan for this important organization.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton Interesting times ahead for the new CEO of the Professional Services Council What everyone should know about the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act An important consideration for your retirement lifestyle, can you afford it? See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Active duty servicemembers and reservists and national guard troops called to active duty have particular rights and protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The Department of Justice wants to remind them, and the organizations with which they do business, about these protections. Here with more on DOJ's two new SCRA fact sheets is the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Mac Warner.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Defense Department feels better than ever about the future of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. DoD is close to solving two big obstacles to getting CMMC off the ground, more than six years after first introducing the data security program. For more on what comes next for CMMC, Federal News Network's Executive Editor Jason Miller joins me with an update.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.