The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

Innovation--it's what everyone seems to want yet it also seems hard to get. The Army created FUZE to help move promising technologies from concept to fielded capability while keeping readiness at the center of the process.
Not every technology succeeds, and the Army can't afford to pursue every promising idea indefinitely. Army FUZE is built around making difficult decisions about scaling winners and walking away from efforts that aren't delivering results.
I caught up with Dr. Matt Willis, director of Army FUZE, at AUSA last week to hear how it's going.
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Questions about defense funding and Russia sanctions are drawing renewed attention to Congress's role in national security policy. Lawmakers still face unresolved decisions on the Pentagon's funding priorities, while some members are also challenging how the administration is implementing a recently enacted sanctions law. Mitchell Miller, capitol hill correspondent for WTOP, is here with an update from Capitol Hill.
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Only about 15% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, but Kevin Kosar of the American Enterprise Institute says the problem may run deeper than polarization. His latest research examines whether the incentives built into campaigns and elections are pushing lawmakers away from governing and toward perpetual reelection mode. He joins me now for a discussion of his findings.
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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton
The Army is borrowing techniques from venture capital to move promising technologies from ideas to capabilities soldiers can actually use
Congress may be getting exactly the behavior its election system rewards
Congress controls the purse strings and writes the sanctions laws. Two major headlines this week put both responsibilities in the spotlight
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Another AUSA is in the books. After three days of nonstop keynotes, panels, roundtables and networking, it's time for the Army to move out on the vision it presented to soldiers. Federal News Network's Rachel Cohen joins me now to talk about the week's big takeaways.
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