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The Defense Department says it's seeing a noticeable cybersecurity culture change from its service commanders. Under DoD's Cybersecurity Implementation Discipline Plan, service leaders meet weekly with the department's CIO to discuss their performance on 10 basic cyber measures.
It may be having problems getting built and perfected, but the Littoral Combat Ship is going to be an important part of the Navy's fleet. Since that fleet is about half the size it was during the Cold War, each ship needs to have solid punching power. That's what retired Navy Cmdr. Jim Feldkamp, now an adjunct professor at George Mason University, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Air Force said Wednesday that it would begin offering retention bonuses of up to $35,000 to entice its unmanned aircraft pilots to stay in the military as part of an ongoing “get-well” plan for a workforce that’s been stretched extremely thin.
The Defense Department is changing its policy on collection and retention of privacy-related data about U.S. citizens. That means changes for the way the intelligence community does business.
Reporter Scott Maucione shares photos from his trip with Under Secretary the Army Patrick Murphy, as he tours Army installations in Georgia.
A new bill in the House would take a novel approach to increasing the numbers of women and minorities in high ranking positions in the Defense Department, both uniformed and civilian. It would use grants to fund organizations devoted to leadership development and mentoring. The sponsor of the bill, Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas), joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
The rapid acquisition office the Pentagon set up a decade ago to fight against improvised explosives spent at least $112 million to deliver the military services several programs that were never proven to work, the Defense Department’s inspector general said Tuesday.
The Marines are considering adding assistant squad leaders to control unmanned aerial vehicles.
Dave DeVries, currently DoD’s principal deputy CIO, will help OPM transition to the new National Background Investigation Bureau.
The Air Force is planning to put funds into increasing its energy resilience.
TRICARE contract protests are now so inevitable that a company might want to file one even if they're one of the winners.
The Defense Department will revise its final request for bids in a massive information technology services contract known as ENCORE III following months of industry complaints.
The Air Force is in the midst of a significant reorganization of its space workforce that’s somewhat reminiscent of what began with the IT workforce a decade ago.
Intelligence analysts say a new Defense Department data gathering policy helps civil liberties and intelligence work.