A new GAO review finds FEMA has struggled to turn resilience funding into completed projects, even as communities across the country seek help reducing disaster risk. The report offers a look at where that process has stalled and what FEMA could do differently. Here to break it all down for us is Christopher Currie, director of Homeland Security and Justice at the Government Accountability Office.

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A new class action lawsuit is seeking to recover years of back pay for federal employees who served as military reservists. Federal News Network’s Anastasia Obis has more.

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The Army’s Communications-Electronics Command is positioning itself as a premier artificial intelligence development hub at the heart of the service’s transformation plans. CECOM oversees the portfolio of software and hardware that connects soldiers, collects intelligence and wages cyber warfare. And it’s weaving AI into all those systems. Chief Warrant Officer 5 Kevin Banks is the organization’s command chief warrant officer. He talked with Federal News Network’s Rachel Cohen as part of our Federal Leader’s Guide to the CAIO.

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Six months into Operation Epic Fury, military families are dealing with the realities of deployments while many are still settling into new duty stations after another busy PCS season. At the same time, the White House is launching a new commission focused on military spouses. For some perspective on families are managing, I'm joined Kathy Roth-Douquet, CEO of Blue Star Families.

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• The closer Congress gets to Election Day, the harder it becomes to choose between governing and campaigning. The Senate appears ready to spend another week trying to finish work before heading home
• Wildfires are usually discussed as a land-management challenge. A growing coalition wants Congress to think about them as a national-security challenge
• Military families are navigating a challenging fall. PCS season is winding down, combat deployments are stretching on, and many families are trying to build a sense of home in a brand-new community

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The Defense Department is creating a new command dedicated to autonomous warfare, while federal agencies are responding to the effects of the latest hurricane. We'll look at what those very different events say about planning, readiness and the role industry plays in both. Joining me is Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council.

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The White House's new military spouse commission held its first meeting this week to lay out which problems it wants to tackle first. The panel of nearly two dozen wives picked five priorities to focus on after hearing from thousands of active-duty families stationed around the world.. Federal News Network's Rachel Cohen has more on what they discussed, and what military family advocates want to see next.

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Today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton

• Election officials are showing what AI adoption looks like when accountability comes first
• Modernizing government technology takes more than faster procurement

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