The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The Defense Department will soon turn its organization dedicated to helping service members, civilian employees and their families navigate permanent change of station moves into a permanent agency. Federal News Network’s Anastasia Obis has more.
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The Trump administration has been quietly hiring political appointees under a new employment category. Agencies have made at least 25 Schedule G appointments, with the earliest recruit dating back to last August. But there’s been limited transparency and … until just recently… virtually no public information about who’s serving in those roles. Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman gets more from the author of new analysis on Schedule G, at the Partnership for Public Service, Chris Piper.
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Questions about defense funding and Russia sanctions are drawing renewed attention to Congress's role in national security policy. Lawmakers still face unresolved decisions on the Pentagon's funding priorities, while some members are also challenging how the administration is implementing a recently enacted sanctions law. Mitchell Miller, capitol hill correspondent for WTOP, is here with an update from Capitol Hill.
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Innovation--it's what everyone seems to want yet it also seems hard to get. The Army created FUZE to help move promising technologies from concept to fielded capability while keeping readiness at the center of the process.
Not every technology succeeds, and the Army can't afford to pursue every promising idea indefinitely. Army FUZE is built around making difficult decisions about scaling winners and walking away from efforts that aren't delivering results.
I caught up with Dr. Matt Willis, director of Army FUZE, at AUSA last week to hear how it's going.
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Only about 15% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, but Kevin Kosar of the American Enterprise Institute says the problem may run deeper than polarization. His latest research examines whether the incentives built into campaigns and elections are pushing lawmakers away from governing and toward perpetual reelection mode. He joins me now for a discussion of his findings.
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