The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The White House's new military spouse commission held its first meeting this week to lay out which problems it wants to tackle first. The panel of nearly two dozen wives picked five priorities to focus on after hearing from thousands of active-duty families stationed around the world.. Federal News Network's Rachel Cohen has more on what they discussed, and what military family advocates want to see next.
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The government's overhaul of the Federal Acquisition Regulation is intended to make it easier for agencies to adopt commercial technology. But buying technology faster doesn't automatically produce modernization. Workforce capability, requirements discipline, and agencies' ability to move away from legacy systems all matter too. Megan Petersen, senior vice president of public sector policy and counsel at the Information Technology Industry Council, is here to help us pull all of those threads together.
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Government agencies are still figuring out how to use artificial intelligence without losing public trust. Election administrators may be further along than many realize. According to Dr. Beth Noveck, author of Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy, they're developing practical ways to combine AI tools with human judgment and accountability. She joins me now to discuss what every government leader can learn from that experience.
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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
Election officials are showing what AI adoption looks like when accountability comes first
Modernizing government technology takes more than faster procurement
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House and Senate Democrats are urging congressional leaders to reject the Trump administration’s planned federal pay freeze for 2027. The lawmakers also see a potential path to change the trajectory through government spending negotiations. Federal News Network’s Drew Friedman heard from leaders on the Federal Workforce Caucus yesterday morning… and she joins us with the latest.
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