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Non-compete clauses have been an important tool for companies to protect intellectual property and ensure they get treated fairly when employees leave. Now the Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban non-compete agreements. Presuming it holds up in court, and that's a big if, what could it mean for federal contractors? For some insight, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.
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On the cybersecurity front, every week seems to bring a new threat. A recent one in the category of advanced persistent threat is known as Volt Typhoon. Its apparent foreign nation-state origin is aimed at critical infrastructure. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with former Energy Department cyber manager, now CEO of NetRise, Tom Pace.
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Sixty seconds of video from the U.S.-Mexico border will show you that Customs and Border Protection patrol officers have high stress jobs. They're not alone. Lots of CBP jobs bring stress. And stress brings the potential for mental health problems in the workforce. For how the agency deal with mental health, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the operational psychologist in CBP's Workforce Operations Division, Joshua Tomchesson.
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On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin:

How CBP looks after mental health of employees.

This new zero-day cybersecurity threat aimed at critical infrastructure.

FTC rule on non-compete employees has contractors worried.


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Now with the issue of giving money to U.S. allies in the rear-view mirror, Congress can return to the task of dishing out cash to federal agencies, as lawmakers are finally able to start work on appropriations for the 2025 fiscal year. However, there are still some rumblings from with the Republican Party that Speaker Mike Johnson may have to worry about down the line. To get an update from Capitol Hill, Federal News Network's Eric White talked with Maeve Sheehey, Congressional Reporter with Bloomberg Government.
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Back in November of last year, the National Institutes of Health welcomed its 17th director, Dr. Monica Bertagnolli. Operating the government's health research wing in a post-pandemic environment comes with a set of different challenges than what her predecessors dealt with. Federal News Network's Eric White had this opportunity for an in-depth discussion on Bertagnolli's first six months on the job.
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