Tom Temin

3 days ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Tom Temin

The Defense Department’s planning, programming, budgeting and execution system it looks pretty much like it has for decades. This, more than a year has after a Congressionally-chartered commission came out with a long list of ways to reform it. This year, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at least paid lip service to the idea of PPBE reform. So what’s going on? CEO of the Society of Defense Financial Management, Rich Brady, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss.

3 days ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Tom Temin

Members of Congress are back in their home districts, but the list of things they’ll have to tackle when they come back keeps getting longer. A budget reconciliation bill is top priority, but now they also have to think about how presidential executive orders, Department of Government Efficiency-directed closures, and tariffs are affecting their constituents at home.

6 days ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Tom Temin

The Trump administration nominated, and Congress approved, at least one experienced hand to the Veterans Affairs Department. Paul Lawrence became deputy secretary last month. During the first Trump administration, he ran the Veterans Benefits Administration. Now he’s got to find new health and benefits executives. For an update on this and other matters, Paul Lawrence joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

6 days ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Tom Temin

Is the goal of reducing the federal workforce by 10% wrong? Or just the way the Trump administration is going about it? And what about the five-bullet email? Retired federal manager Abe Grungold of AG Financial Services shared some perspective on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript:Tom Temin You’ve been retired a few years, but not all that long, and you still know people retiring. How does this all look from the standpoint of a happily retired federal manager?

1 week ago | federalnewsnetwork.com | Tom Temin

Trump administration actions have hit close to home. Literally, my next door neighbor, a senior executive, lost his job the other day. He’d foregone the fork-in-the-road offer, opting instead to take his chances on sticking around. He told me earlier he’s had good, normal-seeming discussions with his new department secretary. Since then the tulips have risen and the tree leaves returned. Not much rhyme or reason to the federal employment situation at the moment.