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Defense Secretary Ash Carter punched back at Congress after some lawmakers doubted the necessity of the Force of the Future initiative.
At 22, Jarrett Zubiate was managing a Verizon store, but he wanted more. Trained as a Navy hull technician, he stepped off the fleet to become a recruiter. Zubiate talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about being named the Navy's enlisted recruiter of the year.
Reports of counterfeit parts making it into sensitive Defense Department systems have steadily declined since agencies were required to make those reports in 2013. Marie Mak, director of acquisition and sourcing issues at the Government Accountability Office, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin why.
Non-union DISA employees have their telework days reduced, but other employees are worried they may be next.
The Army's 2017 budget would roughly double the funding line which pays for involuntary mobilizations of selected reservists within the National Guard and Army Reserve.
Some members of Congress are concerned that DoD contracting officers aren’t holding large vendors accountable for meeting their small business subcontracting plans. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, new legislation would add teeth to existing rules by holding vendors in breach of contract when they don’t meet their small business commitments.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee questioned the administration on its new federal security clearance reform plan. Members of the committee wanted further details about the Office of Personnel Management's role in the new process, as well as the timeline, funding, and the authorities that DoD would have under the National Background Investigations Bureau.
Sen. Jim Inhofe asked the Armed Services Committee to delay voting out Brad Carson's nomination for undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness until allegations of a hostile work environment are checked out.
A new rule stemming from the 2015 Defense authorization act would disallow reimbursing contractors for costs when they're called into Congress for investigations. This is not just for DoD agencies. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president of the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on this rule and its likely impact.
The Defense Department builds economic assumptions and cost savings into its budget, but when those savings are too optimistic it hurts critical programs.
On this week’s show, we take a detailed look at the long-awaited instruction the Defense Department issued in January on services acquisition. DoD Instruction 5000.74 is the first standalone instruction the department has ever issued specifically…
DISA asks industry for help in defining the requirements for next version of MilCloud, including how to set up utility-based pricing
Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione shares the latest on the Defense Department's new rule on independent research and development,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Stephen Welby told Federal News Radio in an exclusive interview how DoD is allaying commercial industry's acquisition fears.