The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The advisory committee set up to review the Federal Emergency Management Agency is deepening its assessment of FEMA s core responsibilities. The FEMA Review Council is evaluating whether any of the agency's functions could be led by states or other entities instead. The review comes as FEMA and other agencies respond to devastating flooding in Texas. For more, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me with the latest. 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 What it will take to finally get broadband to every community in the country Appropriations bills for 2026 mark the next opportunity for legislative changes that could affect the federal workforceSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Customs and Border Protection’s Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism or CT-PAT program recently opened it's seventh office in Laredo, Texas. The program was started in 2001 to ensure safety in international supply chains. To find out what that means, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke with the program's acting director, Peter Touhy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Commercial construction contracts often face cost overruns because of weather, unforeseen conditions, and other factors beyond the control of the contractor. A new case offers insight into how best to plan for these circumstances and what to do when they get so large they prevent performance. Here with more details on the case of Ponchartrain Partners is Partner at Haynes Boone, Zach Prince.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

New data shows companies are not leaving the defense industrial base as often as many believe. Research from the Baroni center for government contracting at the George Mason University suggests that the defense industrial base is healthy, that competition remains strong, and companies are, in fact, not exiting the market, but shifting their approaches to ensure success. For more on the new research, Federal News Network's Jason Miller joins me now. 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 A bold new program tries to make medicines at the point of care How much is too much when it comes to cost overruns on government contracts? We take a look at a lesser known Customs and Border Protection program that secures supply chainsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Some may remember the Snowmageddon of February 2010 as a time of street closures, canceled flights and power outages. But a lesser known outcome of the extreme winter storm was that it launched a complete reshaping of the federal government's approach to telework. Now, 15 years later, those telework changes are still having a ripple effect. Here with more on our 25th anniversary coverage of this story is Federal News Network's Drew Friedman.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

One lesson from the global pandemic was that pharmaceutical supplies chains are international, complicated, and slow to respond in crisis. A new government program is aiming to use only domestic products to make medicines at the point of care. Here to share more about this innovative effort is the manager of the EQUIP-A-Pharma program, Dr. Sushma Savarala.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Department of Veterans Affairs says it's no longer pursuing widespread layoffs as part of a plan to downsize its workforce. Instead, the VA expects tens of thousands of employees to leave the agency voluntarily by the end of the fiscal year. That means the VA is no longer considering a department wide reduction-in-force and Federal News Network's Jory Heckman is here with more details. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

President Trump's budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services includes major reductions and reorganizations to some of the nation's foundational health programs. Here with more insight into the specific details and their implications is Director at McDermot Plus, Jeffrey Davis.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.