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The online, collaborative portal, managed by the Defense Acquisition University, features 400 articles on common defense acquisition topics. Each entry provides a definition, a brief narrative and links to policy guidance and other tools.
An office within the National Archives and Records Administration, told a congressional subcommittee a new governmentwide portal could help agencies better manage the hundreds of thousands of Freedom of Information Act requests the government receives each year.
Army officials announced the service is on track to more than double a Presidential goal for investments in energy efficiency projects. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability Richard Kidd, said the Army would likely invest $800 million in performance-based contracts over the next two years to realize energy savings and efficiencies at its multitude of bases and facilities.
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is introducing legislation this week to consolidate the Energy Department and the Environmental Protection Agency into a single agency.
The general counsel for the Senior Executives Association says the STOCK Act will increase the reporting burden on the federal government\'s top managers.
The Senate will take a procedural vote today to start debating on bipartisan legislation, S.1789.
The 10-year saga of the Air Force to award a contract for new aerial refueling tankers ended a year ago. That\'s when Boeing got the final nod. Federal Drive gets a progress report from Boeing on the tanker program.
The Federal Aviation Administration has expanded a project that allows controllers who make a mistake to report the incident without fear of instant reprisal.
Howard Schmidt, on his blog, lists the areas for improvement within federal cybersecurity.
FBI allowed the servers to run for 120 days to give owners of infected computers time to clean out the DNSchanger malware. But the bureau dropped the ball on getting the word out.
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air. Today\'s newscast includes a new small business bill passing the Senate and buyouts at the Census Bureau.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform posted the bill on its Madison website to let people view the bill before it is formally introduced.
Naval Facilities Engineering Command opened the first of three planned stations that pump E-85, a fuel made up mostly of ethanol. The Navy Secretary said he wants the service to cut is use of petroleum fuel by 50 percent and set a deadline of 2015.
Military services still struggle to track hazing incidents, but insist incidents that harm or demean servicemembers won\'t be tolerated.