{"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":"SBA kicks off new audit of economically disadvantaged contractors","slug":"sba-kicks-off-new-audit-of-economically-disadvantaged-contractors","published_at":"2026-06-18T11:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783/sba-kicks-off-new-audit-of-economically-disadvantaged-contractors","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/36be423e-b5f6-4f8b-a1d9-a85f40c35c10.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/345/rss.art19.com/episodes/36be423e-b5f6-4f8b-a1d9-a85f40c35c10.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"The Small Business Administration is expanding its scrutiny of socio-economic contracting programs to now include a review of the women-owned small business program. SBA is giving these firms until late June or early July to respond to a survey and provide the agency with “personal and business tax returns for the last three years.” For more about this new audit and an update on SBA's continued scrutiny of the 8(a) program, Federal News Network executive editor Jason Miller joins me now. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"The Small Business Administration is expanding its scrutiny of socio-economic contracting programs to now include a review of the women-owned small busine…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":640,"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/sba-kicks-off-new-audit-of-economically-disadvantaged-contractors/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/sba-kicks-off-new-audit-of-economically-disadvantaged-contractors.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}