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The Defense Department said the housing allowance rates for 2016 will increase by average of $54 a month, but service members head into a second year of cost-sharing increases.
December 16, 2015 -
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The Defense Acquisition University plays a vital part in training defense agencies to deliver warfighting capabilites to the government. Nearly 25 years after it opened its doors, DAU is still evolving to to give the acquisition workforce the tools it needs to do its job. James Woolsey, president of the Defense Acquisition University, spoke with Federal News Radio's Executive Editor Jason Miller at NCMA's 34th Annual Government Contract Management Symposuim about the changes DAU has made, and what changes are coming for it in the future. Miller shared that interview with host Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin
December 15, 2015 -
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A draft policy letter obtained by Federal News Radio reduces the amount of days DISA employees are able to telework.
December 15, 2015 -
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The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board predicts it will have 500,000-750,000 new participants to the TSP by 2019, one year after major changes to the military retirement and pension system go into effect. The 2016 National Defense Authorization Act requires new military members participate in the TSP starting in 2018.
December 14, 2015 -
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is thinking small. In seeking the next generation of technologies and the companies that invent them, it's not focusing on the standard Defense Industrial Base. Virginia venture capitalist Jonathan Aberman was on a road show with DARPA and Arlington County officials. He explains the new model for generating future government contractors on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 14, 2015 -
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Lots of members of Congress and even some in the Pentagon look at that big north parking lot and think one thing: What a payroll. The question of bloated headquarters staff seems resistent to efforts to cut it. But now the 2016 Defense Authorization bill calls on DoD to cut 30 percent of its staff over the next four years. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 14, 2015 -
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As the U.S. military ponders third strategic offset strategy, it is letting one major advantage slip away. The armed services used to enjoy dominance in the electromagnetic spectrum — the airwaves. But they've failed to keep pace. That's according to Bryan Clark, author of a new study of EMS warfare. He's a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, and he shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 14, 2015 -
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The Air Force's personnel experts team up with cyber pros to fix downtime on the service's HR systems, which have serious domino effects each time there's an outage.
December 14, 2015 -
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A new agency could take ownership of the federal security clearance process, a former federal counterintelligence official said. The organization, called the National Investigative Service Agency, would also have a new director.
December 11, 2015 -
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One of DoD's top cloud officials said companies should expect proposal requests from the Pentagon soon to host cloud centers on department property.
December 11, 2015 -
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The Office of Personnel Management has sent notification letters to 93 percent of the 21.5 million victims impacted by the cyber breach.
December 11, 2015 -
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The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding hearings on less prominent Defense officials after a long stalemate over a congressional rule change.
December 10, 2015 -
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Defense contractors are wrestling with a provision Congress tucked into the 2015 National Defense Authorization Bill. Section 1641 gives cleared companies liability protection when they report cybersecurity breaches, something they've had to do for several years. But what about civilian agency contractors or companies who do business with both sides? There's no information sharing law there yet. In this week's Legal Loop on Federal Drive with Tom Temin, attorneys John Drennan and Alex Haas of the D.C. firm King and Spaulding recommend caution.
December 10, 2015 -
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The Defense Department has a temporary reprieve from budget uncertainty with the two-year budget deal. Now that the department can look further ahead, two of its top budgetary officials are beating the drum for nuclear modernization. The bill for modernization and sustainment of nuclear weapons could be as high as $1 trillion over the next 30 years. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his look into the nuclear triad question.
December 10, 2015
