{"podcast":{"title":"The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton","slug":"the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783","podcast_index_feed_id":504783,"rss_url":"http://feeds.hubbardpodcasts.com/FederalDriveWithTomTemin","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/federal-drive-with-tom-temin","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/08/16/da/a0/0816daa0-38ee-4ec8-8c2f-c24d4cf2a567/e9a228fd41b15c486730d4def181ad91ec8e3a9c057a9f7b90f3bf30620ffe81e534c12198bb7ae0b5673345f80034a3e0f111b0b94e2c2eebf2e228af2bf05f.jpeg","author":"Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio","episode_count":500,"summary":"The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton provides expert insights on current events in the federal community. Read more interviews to keep up with daily news and analysis that affect the federal workforce. The Federal Drive is found at FederalNewsNetwork.com and 1500 AM in the Washington D.C. region.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T22:17:52.559616+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783"},"episode":{"title":"Federal workforce losses had steeper impact on probationary employees","slug":"federal-workforce-losses-had-steeper-impact-on-probationary-employees","published_at":"2026-06-15T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/federal-workforce-losses-had-steeper-impact-on-probationary-employees","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/403b12d7-d948-4e92-b35d-c8328b8b56e1.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/403b12d7-d948-4e92-b35d-c8328b8b56e1.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"At most agencies, probationary employees left their jobs at a higher rate than other federal workers in 2025. That’s according to analysis of about two dozen agencies in a new report from the Government Accountability Office. Early last year, agencies implemented mass terminations of employees on their probationary period, who have limited job protections. For a look at how those separations panned out, Federal News Network's Drew Friedman spoke with GAO's director of strategic issues, Dawn Locke. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"At most agencies, probationary employees left their jobs at a higher rate than other federal workers in 2025. That’s according to analysis of about two do…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":475,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/episodes/federal-workforce-losses-had-steeper-impact-on-probationary-employees/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/federal-workforce-losses-had-steeper-impact-on-probationary-employees.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}