Federal Drive with Tom Temin

Federal agencies like to compete with each other on the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. And it's no different inside the National Institutes of Health. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ranked the highest of all NIH institutes on last year's viewpoint survey. It created a tool several years ago to help leaders identify bright spots and pain points with employee feedback. Camille Hoover is NIDDK's executive officer, and Dr. Griffin Rodgers is the institute's director. They told Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko what was behind their success on the survey again this past year, and about NIDDK's long journey to diversify its ranks and attract new voices to the scientific community. Hear the full interview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

The Biden administration has launched yet another a new governmentwide web site. This one's for agencies to document how they will back up program performance with data and metrics. It's called Evaluation.gov. It's supposed to help agencies chart progress in complying with the Evidence Act. And let the public see what's going on. Federal News Network's Jory Heckman joined the Federal Drive with the latest.

Anyone who thinks they've got cybersecurity chops can prove it in an upcoming challenge competition. Sponsored by Microsoft, the challenge is hosted by AFCEA and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance -- INSA. You'll have to hurry, this year as Emerging Professionals in the Intelligence Community, or EPIC, launches in just days. Federal Drive with Tom Temin got details from Microsoft Federal Senior Account Executive Niloo Norton, and Account Technology Strategist Joel Day.

The military is rethinking how its approaching its readiness of the future. The Pentagon’s top force management official said this week, that the Defense Department needs to move away from its short-term readiness goals and to think farther into the future. That strategy involves taking a data-driven approach. Federal News Network’s Scott Maucione joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee has cited seven federal departments, including Health and Human Services and the Social Security Administration, for failing to establish minimum cybersecurity controls. And of not protecting personally identifiable information. For analysis, Tom Temin spoke with senior fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University, Will Rinehart.