House Armed Services committee's version of the 2026 defense policy bill. Just like the Senate's bill, focuses heavily on reforming the Defense Department's slow acquisition process, it also continues the quality of life improvements that began last year in the defense bill federal news networks. Anastasia Obis is here with more details.

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The White House is working on some big cybersecurity policy updates, new zero trust strategies, post quantum cryptography guidance and new security requirements for drones are all on tap for more details, Federal News Network's Justin Doubleday joins me now.

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In 1979, the U.S. Marines suffered one of the biggest natural disasters on an American base ever, injuring dozens and killing 13 servicemembers at Camp Fuji in Japan. However, with all of the other world events happening at the time, it got pushed to the side in the news, and in history. There's not even Wikipedia article about it. Looking to change that is former Marine and retired WTOP journalist Chas Henry. He has written a new book to tell this story. He spoke to Federal News Network's Eric White about the book and his journey to make sure those that were lost are gone but not forgotten.

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A new bill in the House aims to expand federal workforce access to AI Training. But with AI coming in many different forms and functions depending on particular positions and missions, agencies may be asking "AI Training for what?" Here with some suggestions about how to prioritize training strategies is the Director of Emerging Security Trends at the SANS Institute, John Pescatore.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

• Congress is interested in expanding AI training for federal workers
• A retelling of a military tragedy you may have never heard of

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From the beginning of the Trump administration's crusade to remake federal contracting, political leaders made it clear how they saw industry and what they thought of the value of what they considered consulting contracts. As one industry executive told us it has been very adversarial. Now five months into the review of consulting contracts, vendors and Industry observers say they've adjusted to the new normal. Many are now waiting for GSA to act on the data and ideas they provided. Federal News Network's Executive Editor Jason Miller joins me now to discuss how the last five months have turned GSA and vendor relationships inside out, and what the new normal looks like today.

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The Defense Department is on the verge of fully launching the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program, or CMMC, after years of effort to secure sensitive information across the Defense Supply Chain. Federal News Network's Anastasia Obis took a deep dive into the origins of CMMC and she's here now with the fascinating history of this important program.

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Government's delivery challenge is hardly new. Recent research demonstrates that citizen trust in government is directly related to how well government actually does what it says it will do. Here to share new report from Deloitte that documents nine trends driving government capacity to deliver on big things is the executive director of Deloitte's Center for Governmental Insights, Bill Eggers.

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