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Complaints coming from contractors on the General Services Administration's multiple-award schedule. They say contracting officers are trying to re-negotiate finished contracts and making unreasonable demands for information. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with federal sales and marketing consultant Larry Allen.
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Dogs are more than pets. They assist the blind, the emotionally troubled, and people stuck in hospitals. Dogs do countless tasks in law enforcement, military operations and national security. Now a bill in Congress would instruct the U.S. Mint to make coins that commemorate service dogs. Surcharges would go to an organization called America's Vet Dogs. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with John Miller, the President and CEO of America's VetDogs.
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The Navy plans to invest more than a billion dollars over ten years to revitalize an old facility: The 19th century Naval Surface Warfare Center at Indian Head, Maryland. It is where the Navy plans to re-do the infrastructure and machinery to produce munitions. For details, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the center's technical director, Ashley Johnson.
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On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin:

How the Navy plans to modernize its one-and-only arsenal.

If this bill passes, the Mint would start issuing bite coin.

GSA contracting officers are driving schedule holders crazy.


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Fresh from their annual baseball game, members of Congress are back at work on the Hill. Lots of activity centers on the National Defense Authorization Bill, which has, for starters, passed the House. And, strangely, there's been some movement on the slow-moving, but never-ending topic, surrounding a new FBI headquarters. For this week's outlook, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.
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Lots of people, even those should know better, often misconstrue the fundamental purpose of the U.S. military. Federal Drive Host Tom Temin's guest has written a provocative essay on the subject of deterrence, at a time when not much in the world seems deterred. Melanie W. Sisson is a fellow in the Foreign Policy program’s Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology.
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