The NIH procurement wing known as NITAAC, may want to borrow Mark Twain's famous saying, reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. NASA has extended its famous SEWP five contract, and the General Services Administration pauses a procurement oversight tool. These are the latest goings on in the federal procurement area. Federal News Network's executive editor Jason Miller is following all of these and joins me now.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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‘Agencies must be where the people are:’ Trump alters priorities in relocating federal buildings
The Trump administration wants to change where agencies decide to locate federal buildings. Two long standing executive orders that told agencies to consider underdeveloped urban areas and historic locations. The Trump administration rescinded them earlier this month, but were they really hard and fast rules in the first place? Well, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman joins me with more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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AI at the Inflection Point: Contractors welcome high demand for AI services
You don’t have to look far to see that public sector demand for artificial intelligence capabilities is on the rise. Generative AI has government organizations at all levels looking to IT services contractors for transformational change. During Google Cloud Next ’25, Federal News Network’s Tom Temin talks with Knexus CEO Adam Lurie about some of these initiatives.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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AI at the Inflection Point: Cloud, AI power inexpensive project to improve road safety
Critical infrastructure like extensive state road systems pose all sorts of safety, traffic flow and maintenance challenges. To understand how artificial intelligence helps make traffic safer and more efficient, Federal News Network’s Tom Temin chats with the authority’s chief information officer, Josh Klemm, at Google Cloud Next ’25.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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AI at the Inflection Point: Big Apple modernizes, improves services with AI
New York City is using artificial intelligence and commercial cloud services to improve services, reduce technical debt and unify disparate agencies — from a citizen point of view. At Google Cloud Next ’25, Federal News Network’s Tom Temin gets the details from the chief technology officer of New York’s Office of Technology and Innovation, Matthew Fraser.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
When he's not tooling around the National Capital region on his motorcycle, Tom Temin interviews federal executives and government contractors who provide analysis and insight on the many critical issues facing the Executive branch. The Federal Drive is found at FederalNewsNetwork.com and 1500 AM in the Washington D.C. region.
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