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The Defense Department released the first cybersecurity guidebook to implement a governmentwide risk management framework.
November 05, 2015 -
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Real leadership development takes an agency that is willing to make the investment of time and money needed to build strong supervisors, says Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International.
November 05, 2015 -
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Northrop Grumman is celebrating a huge win in the Long Range Strike Bomber competition and Boeing is considering a protest of the final decision. Jim Hasik, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, told In Depth with Francis Rose there are still a lot of questions to answer about how much the planes will cost and how fast the Air Force really needs them.
November 04, 2015 -
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President Barack Obama's administration continues to work toward his goal of U.S. energy independence by 2018. Meeting that goal may be good policy, but it may not be good military strategy. Lt. Cmdr. Scott Bennie of the Navy Reserve joined In Depth with Francis Rose on Pentagon Solutions. He explained the strategy problem in a piece for the U.S. Naval Institute. His views are his own and not the views of the Navy or the Naval Institute. He said walking away from our relationships with oil producing countries could leave us in a precarious situation militarily.
November 04, 2015 -
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The Air Force is working on a rapid acquisition model that will be more conducive to open architectures.
November 04, 2015 -
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Jason Workmaster, off counsel at Covington & Burling LLP, joins host Roger Waldron to discuss the state of commercial item contracting. November 3, 2015
November 03, 2015 -
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Congress decided yesterday what programs will get a haircut in freeing up $5 billion in defense spending. Among the programs is the Long Range Strike Bomber and defense readiness increases.
November 03, 2015 -
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You can almost exhale. The new budget deal between Congress and the White House got the President's signature yesterday. But what about the Defense authorization bill for 2016? President Obama vetoed that one. But now Congress is working on a revised version. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione has more on the updated bill’s chances.
November 03, 2015 -
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View a photo gallery of the variety of activities Defense Department personnel participate in daily around the globe.
November 03, 2015 -
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The Defense Information Systems Agency told industry that it needs to reduce the number of procurements it runs and become more efficient in how it manages existing programs. DISA must find 7-to-10 percent savings each year in overhead costs.
November 03, 2015 -
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The 1033 program contributes only a fraction of the federal resources that result in what some believe are overly militarized local police departments.
November 02, 2015 -
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The 1033 program is part of the government's Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services to transfer excess military equipment to civilian law enforcement agencies. Following the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri last August, President Barack Obama ordered a multi-agency review of the program. Now the Department of Defense is asking for some of the equipment they gave out back from the agencies they transferred it to. Carlos Torres is the Branch Chief for the DLA's Law Enforcement Support Office. Federal Drive host Tom Temin asked him about the background of the 1033 program and what they plan to do next.
November 02, 2015 -
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The Marine Corps' second-in-command says continuing budget pressures have forced the service to compromise its capacity for investments in cybersecurity. Yet cyber is one of the top priorities for the service. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione has more on the Marine Corps' plans.
November 02, 2015 -
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Congress is figuring out which programs will feel the pain of a $5 billion cut to defense spending so the plan can fit the new budget deal. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) said the cuts will affect important programs.
November 02, 2015
