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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a request for proposals that industry finds puzzling. CMS terminated an existing call center contractor after two years. That award had taken three years to establish. CMS is requiring re-compete contractors to have labor harmony agreements. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin looks into this puzzle with the President and CEO of the Professional Services Council, David Berteau.
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After more than 20 years at the Office of Management and Budget, the man interviewed in-studio by Federal Drive Host Tom Temin, jumped from the frying pan into the fire. He recently took the job of chief operating officer and acting chief of staff at the Social Security Administration. Among federal agencies, SSA ranks dead last in a recent survey of best places to work. Temin talks with Dustin Brown about what he plans to do first.
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On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin:

A two-part interview with a career federal management policy guy, who just took over one of the biggest management challenges in government.

This new Health and Human Services request for proposals has industry up in arms.


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Congress is on recess this week, as the summer season gets underway. Yet on the House side, appropriations work is well on the way. And you can expect a floor vote on an equally important bill as soon as next week. For an update, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Bloomberg Government Deputy News Director Loren Duggan.
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The big military story for the United States concerns the ongoing recruitment crisis. Not enough young people are joining up, so the armed services are revamping their marketing approaches. One company helping in that effort is called the Refuel Agency. To find out more about this effort, Federal Drive Host talked with Refuel's Senior Vice President for the Military Market, Liz Carmo.
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With cyber attacks on the rise against healthcare organizations, Congress is starting to notice. Serious attacks have tripled since 2018, in some cases interrupting service and extracting ransom payments. Bipartisan legislation would give the Health and Human Service Department a specific task in helping prevent these attacks. For details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.).
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