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Jul 14, 2025

David Spirk on Scaling What Works and Cutting What Doesn’t

David Spirk, a Marine Corps veteran and Senior Counselor at Palantir, joins FedUpward to talk about driving real transformation in government. He discusses how to operationalize data, the trap of failing programs, and what efficiency should actually mean in...


Jul 2, 2025

Inside the EEOC: What Federal Employees Should Know

What actually happens when a federal employee files an EEOC complaint? In this episode, I sit down with Courtney Mickman, a former EEOC Administrative Judge who’s seen it all—from inside the agency to now representing employees in private practice.

We cover the...