The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The Coast Guard is hitting its recruiting targets and making historic investments in ships, aircraft and shore-based infrastructure. That’s thanks to funding from last year’s reconciliation bill. But lawmakers are concerned that persistent challenges with maintenance, training and quality of life for service members could stunt the Coast Guard’s growth plans.
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There is a lot of work that needs to be done to build broad support in Congress for the Trump administration’s ambitious Golden Dome missile defense system, in part because lawmakers are still in the dark about the system more than a year after President Donald Trump announced the initiative
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Recent debate over military-related prediction markets has focused attention on who can participate and what they may know before the market does. Some analysts say that combination creates risks that traditional forecasting tools don't present. My guests are Virginia Burger and Janice Luong of the Project on Government Oversight.
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A planning panel has recommended replacing the Forrestal Building and redeveloping the site with a mix of housing, commercial and public uses. The proposal is also raising broader questions about how government measures the long-term value of federal property. Joining me to discuss what's behind the plan and what it could mean for federal real estate are David Winstead of the Public Buildings Reform Board and Diane Sullivan of the National Capital Planning Commission.
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New fraud tactics are exposing weaknesses in the way government verifies identity. As artificial intelligence makes fake identities more convincing and easier to create, agencies are being forced to rethink systems that were designed for a different kind of threat. Jordan Burris, vice president and head of public sector strategy at Socure, says it's time to start treating identity as critical infrastructure.
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