Fed Access with Derrick T. Dortch

From how to win government jobs and contracts, to veterans issues to the latest national security challenges, host Derrick T. Dortch explores the world of the federal government and provides you the access needed to succeed.


Latest Podcasts / Episodes

  • Marina Tovar, counterintelligence and cyber team lead at the Counterterrorism Group, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss how cyberwarfare is being used in the war in the Ukraine, and the rise in ransomware attacks around…
    May 24, 2022
  • Becca Stewart, an intelligence analyst and special teams manager at The Counterterrorism Group, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to discuss the situation with Ukraine and Russia, the prominence of Islamist terrorism…
    February 21, 2022
  • Fed Access host Derrick Dortch moderates a wide ranging discussion on the importance of teaching Dr. Martin Luther King’s principles of nonviolence to students in the US, and institutionalizing a MLK curricula into schools.
    January 31, 2022
  • Jon Harper, managing editor of National Defense Magazine, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to discuss the Department of Defense’s space efforts and new developments being announced at the 36th Space Symposium.
    September 2, 2021
  • Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the clearance jobs market, including the ability of some cleared professionals to…
    May 26, 2021
  • Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, founder and executive director of Women of Color Advancing Peace & Security, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to talk about the organization’s mission, and projects the group is…
    April 5, 2021
  • Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to discuss what the clearance jobs market will look like under President Joe Biden’s administration, and what is being…
    February 15, 2021
  • This week on Fed Access, host Derrick Dortch talks to Camille Cosgrove, Intelligence Analyst for the Extremism Team at The Counterterrorism Group about domestic terrorism and the threat it poses to this week’s Presidential inauguration.
    January 18, 2021
  • National Defense Magazine Managing Editor Jon Harper joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to discuss President-elect Joe Biden’s defense spending priorities and how they will impact the Department of Defense.
    January 8, 2021
  • This week on Fed Access, Matthew Daniels, chair of Law and Human Rights at the Institute of World Politics, and Anthony Jones, associate provost & assistant vice president of Enrollment Management at Howard University. join…
    October 6, 2020
  • This week on Fed Access, Evan Lesser, founder and president of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch to give us an update on how the security clearance process is being affected by the federal restrictions put…
    August 7, 2020
  • This week on Fed Access, Jon Harper, managing editor of National Defense Magazine, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the Department of Defense and contractors who do business with…
    July 29, 2020
  • Nora Dempsey, senior advisor for Innovation at the US Department of State, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access to talk about the Virtual Student Federal Service (VSFS) program.
    May 28, 2020
  • Representatives from the Department of Homeland Security, the US Army and Cole Engineering Services join host Derrick Dortch on this week’s Fed Access for a wide ranging discussion of a new virtual simulation tool that…
    May 8, 2020