When he's not tooling around the National Capital region on his motorcycle, Tom Temin interviews federal executives and government contractors who provide analy...
Pandemic era financial losses still haven't run their course
The pandemic is long behind the country. And now the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery is about to sunset. But not before issuing a final report to Congress. One members ought to pay attention to. The government faces big losses yet to come in the Main Street Lending Program. Highlights now from the assistant inspector general for pandemic recovery, Geoff Cherrington.
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Congress approaches the red zone for getting a '25 spending package done
With everything else going on, you could almost forget the continuing resolution funding the government expires in two weeks. A lot is riding on budget reconciliation as we check in with Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan.
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The Federal Drive with Tom Temin -- March 3, 2025
Today on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin
Pandemic era financial losses still haven't run their course
Not only what government does, but how it does it, that too needs rethinking
Congress approaches the red zone for getting a '25 spending package done
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GSA tells agencies to target top 10 consulting firms for cuts
The General Services Administration is making a second, more direct push for agencies to cut what it calls non essential consulting contracts. The push comes with a deadline of March 7, and this time, it's telling agencies to target contractors agencies are spending the most with, by some estimates, $65 billion. Federal News Network's Jason Miller has been on top of this, and he joins me now.
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Not only what government does, but how it does it, that too needs rethinking
Maybe the government does need a complete rebuild. My next guest points out, deficit spending rolls on out of control by what he calls the red tape state. Regulation also keeps growing wider and more complex. While DOGE focuses on cutting what the government does, the nation also has to think of *how* the government does what it does. For more we turn to the chairman of the legal reform group Common Good, Philip Howard.
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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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