The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The U.S. Copyright Office is hosting an event today to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Copyright Act. My next guest says the anniversary offers a chance to look back at why the law was created, what it protects, and the role the Copyright Office plays in supporting creators. Miriam Lord is Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Public Information and Education.
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Congress directed DOD to modernize and professionalize its security cooperation workforce. A new GAO review finds the department has made significant progress, while still facing some important implementation challenges. Joining me with more details is Jim Reynolds a director in GAO's International Affairs and Trade team.
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The Navy and the Indiana National Guard recently unveiled what they describe as the nation's first ground-based sled track capability for testing aircraft countermeasures. The facility can simulate flight conditions at speeds approaching Mach 1 while giving engineers more opportunities to test before taking systems into the air. Here to tell us how it all works is Nancy Maloy, from Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane.
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Coming up today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
The Copyright Act turns 50 this year, and the Copyright Office is marking the occasion today with a look at how the law has evolved alongside American creativity
Testing military systems in the air is expensive. The Navy has found a way to do more of that work on the ground
The Defense Department has expanded its security cooperation mission dramatically. Now it's trying to build a workforce that can keep up
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The Trump administration has lost more political appointees than any other recent president in the first year and a half of their term. And Trump appointees who have already left spent record-short amounts of time in their positions. The rapid and widespread departures are creating unprecedented turnover rates, according to new research from the Partnership for Public Service. For more, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman sat down with the author of that research report, Chris Piper.
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