The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

The Army is rethinking how it builds and maintains its facilities as it faces a $140 billion backlog of military construction projects. The service wants to use prefabricated buildings, streamline reviews and replace outdated structures instead of spending years repairing them. Army officials are aiming to cut construction timelines by as much as 50% and costs by 30%. Federal News Network’s Rachel Cohen joins us to explain what’s changing and what it could mean for military installations.
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The National Security Agency says in a new zero trust guide for operational technology systems that nation states and hacktivists are targeting water, power and other critical infrastructure systems more than ever.
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The Agriculture Department wants to reduce the reporting burden on farmers and ranchers while improving the data it uses to make decisions. The plan relies on new ways of collecting and combining information, but its success may depend on whether producers trust the results. Here with more details is Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dr. Lauren Stump.
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A new GAO review finds FEMA has struggled to turn resilience funding into completed projects, even as communities across the country seek help reducing disaster risk. The report offers a look at where that process has stalled and what FEMA could do differently. Here to break it all down for us is Christopher Currie, director of Homeland Security and Justice at the Government Accountability Office.
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New technologies are increasingly helping professionals collect and analyze information. Researchers at ARPA-H are now testing a more ambitious idea: whether an AI system can help manage heart-failure patients between doctor visits and make certain clinical judgments on its own. Here with more is Dr. Haider Warraich, program manager at the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health.
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