The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Earlier this month, a federal judge ruled that a plan to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s workforce was unlawful. But Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has criticized that ruling and defended plans for a leaner workforce at FEMA. The back-and-forth has put the emergency management agency’s slimmed down workforce back in the spotlight. For more, Federal News Network’s Justin Doubleday joins me.
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The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in the National Institutes of Health, like most federal research organizations, has a big data problem. NHLBI already is sitting on 12 petabytes of data and more comes in every month in the form of two dozen studies. Sweta Ladwa is the chief of the Scientific Solutions Delivery Branch within the Information Technology and Applications Center (ITAC) at NHLBI and she tells Federal News Network’s executive editor Jason Miller about how they are trying to bring some standardization to all of their data.
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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 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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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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