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- The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is continuing to offer cyber pay incentives to retain skilled technical staff. But fewer employees will qualify for the program under revised criteria that ties eligibility to job series and performance ratings. That’s sparking some concerns that CISA could lose more staff in the near term. For the latest, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joins me.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. - The Navy doesn’t have an innovation problem, it has an adoption problem. For years, the service couldn't keep pace with rapid technology advances. But in recent years, it has managed to transform itself into a more agile organization. For more on that transformation, Federal News Network’s Anastasia Obis spoke with Lauren Nelson, the senior vice president and research director at Forrester, and Justin Fannelli, the chief technology officer for the Department of the Navy.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. The world is building more nuclear power plants at the same time geopolitical tensions are growing
07/10/2026 | 19 mins.Countries around the world are expanding their nuclear ambitions. That is putting new pressure on the systems designed to keep reactors safe and maintain public confidence. For a firsthand look at that discussion, I'm joined by Ho Nieh, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.The rules governing nuclear safety were written for a different era of technology
07/10/2026 | 15 mins.As nuclear technology advances, regulators are taking another look at assumptions that have guided radiation protection for decades. The public comment period has closed on the NRC's proposal to eliminate the ALARA standard while keeping existing exposure limits in place. For what happens next, I'm joined by Andrew Averbach and Tom Dougherty, partners at Womble Bond Dickinson.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.- Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
When agencies don't have all the answers, the public still expects to hear from them. New research suggests people are less troubled by uncertainty than by being left in the dark
From RIF rules and pay policy to artificial intelligence and retirement security, federal employees and retirees are thinking about both today's challenges and tomorrow's government
For military children who grew up overseas, answering the question "Where are you from?" is often more complicated than it sounds
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