How many times have your heard the term, entrepreneurial government? Or that government functionaries should act like entrepreneurs. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin's guest wonders what that even means? He's long-time federal union president and leadership professor Bob Tobias. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

That new White House guidance on agency use of artificial intelligence: It embodies guardrails, but also a few opt-out scenarios that give agencies plenty of discretion. One analyst thinks it gives them too much discretion. For more, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to the senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice, Amos Toh. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

As an acute threat, the pandemic departed a couple of years ago. The Pandemic Relief Accountability Committee (PRAC) has another year and a half to do the same. The PRAC is scheduled to sunset in September 2025. A bipartisan Senate bill would help the government retain the data analytics platform so it would still be available to inspectors general. For why this matters, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with Justice Department Inspector General and PRAC Chairman Michael Horowitz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: Inspectors general back legislation to keep an important oversight tool alive. Is the artificial intelligence leash on federal agencies a bit too long? Entrepreneurship in government. Is that even a thing? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

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Everyone knows that Software bills of material (SBOMS) are crucial to cybersecurity. But deciphering these documents has been a challenge for many agencies. The Silicon Valley Innovation Program aims to help. It is part of the Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate. It has a program to promote development of what it calls "supply chain visibility tools." For details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the managing director of the Silicon Valley Innovation Program, Melissa Oh and with it technical director, Anil John. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm ..read more

On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin: The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ups the S-BOM game. Contractor associations are okay with the new OMB memo on artificial intelligence. FEMA’s cloud-computing marathon is about to hit a long up-hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, in a new update to its digital identity guidelines, is clarifying a key discrepancy in federal policy that may have been preventing some agencies from adopting stronger forms of multifactor authentication. In a supplement to the guidelines released Monday, NIST offers new guidance on incorporating “syncable authenticators” into both enterprise and public-facing use cases. It’s the first supplement NIST has issued for the 2017 digital identity guidelines. The agency is already in the process of updating those guidelines. Comments on the latest ..read more

Stocks and bonds. Both have gyrated badly in recent weeks. It's not a fun time to be invested and yet you have to be. For an assessment of the recent few weeks, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked to certified financial planner Art Stein of Arthur Stein Financial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more

Lung tissue analysis has shown [in detail] some serious threats to the health of military service members. The U.S. Geological Survey partnered with a researcher at National Jewish Health to look into airborne threats in various locations where service members work and live. It revealed some unpleasant surprises. To find out more, Federal News Network's Eric White spoke to National Jewish Health pulmonologist, Dr. Cecile Rose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ..read more