The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The Trump administration is facing a new lawsuit, after overhauls to federal employee suitability and performance standards. Four federal unions argue that the Office of Personnel Management exceeded statutory authority and violated the Civil Service Reform Act when it issued final regulations earlier this summer. Taken together, the unions say the changes will make it easier for OPM to fire employees. Here with details, Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman.
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The Army is moving ahead with a major effort to put nuclear microreactors on military bases, with about $2.2 billion going to five companies. The goal is to get at least one reactor to provide useful electricity to an Army installation by the end of September 2028. Federal News Network's Rachel Cohen joins me with more on the announcement.
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When federal employee accountability cases drag on, attention usually turns to rules and protections. A new report looks at what happens inside the process itself and where delays are most likely to occur.
It's one thing to identify problems in the accountability process. It's another to build consensus around solutions. In the second half of our conversation, we're discussing tradeoffs, implementation, and what meaningful reform might actually look like with Maureen Klovers and April Harding of We the Doers, a fiscally-sponsored project of The Fund for Constitutional Government
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For the latest Data Dish conversation, we're taking a look at the information that helps government respond to and recover from disasters. When a hurricane approaches, weather data is only the beginning. Joining me are Denice Ross and Christopher Marcum of the Federation of American Scientists.
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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Everyone agrees federal hiring and firing can take a long time, we look at what's actually causing the delay
Getting help to disaster survivors takes more than good weather forecasts
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