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Federal Drive host Tom Temin says the latest analysis from the Heritage Foundation paints a grim picture of U.S. military strength.
November 02, 2015 -
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Establishing insider threat programs was a key Defense recommendation after the 2013 Navy Yard shootings. Some companies that do business with the government are far ahead and waiting for agencies to catch up. DoD officials now consider aerospace giant Lockheed Martin's program as a model.
October 30, 2015 -
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The Defense Department is conducting a study that looks at pairing the agency with industry to manufacture trusted microelectronics.
October 30, 2015 -
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When President Barack Obama vetoed the annual defense authorization bill earlier this month, most of the attention was on overall federal spending levels and restrictions on closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay. But in a recent column for Forbes, Charles Tiefer points out that the President raised a lot of other objections having to do with wasteful spending and Congress' ongoing refusal to authorize another round of base closures. Tiefer, a professor of law at the University of Baltimore, told In Depth with Francis Rose the other issues in the President's veto message deserve more public attention than they've gotten.
October 30, 2015 -
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Washington produces lots of opinions about the nation's military power and where it stands in relation to what's going on in the world. Most of them lack coherence, consistency and objectivity. That's according to Dakota Wood, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation. He's come up with a deeply researched index of U.S. military strength, just released. He spoke to Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 30, 2015 -
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Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford earlier this month signed the Defense Department cybersecurity implementation plan that focuses on tools, culture and training.
October 29, 2015 -
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Creating more government innovation won't come without some creativity, some agency and industry experts say. Adam Tarsi, chief of staff of DoD's Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office, said agencies should widen their approach and position itself as an incubator for startup companies.
October 29, 2015 -
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Congress will rework the Defense authorization act to conform to budget deal parameters if it cannot garner enough votes to override the President’s veto.
October 29, 2015 -
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The Marine Corps’ Deputy Commandant said the investments in cyber and information warfare will make up for fewer Marines.
October 28, 2015 -
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On this week’s edition of on DoD: An exit interview with Lt. Gen. Douglas Robb, the director of the Defense Health Agency. As we went to air, he was scheduled to relinquish the directorship of…
October 28, 2015 -
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The Defense Department is a few days away from certifying to Congress that the patient data in its electronic health record is interoperable with Veterans Affairs and private sector medical providers. But it’s still a far cry from the seamless health record system the two departments envisioned a few years ago. Defense reporter Jared Serbu shares the latest on In Depth with Francis Rose.
October 28, 2015 -
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The President rejected the fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization bill. The $612 billion legislation included a 1.3 person pay raise, a new retirement system, and overhaul of the acquisition process.
October 22, 2015 -
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Today is veto day for the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act. President Barack Obama vetoes the bill at an event in the Oval Office today. But the acquisition provisions in the bill aren't the reason for the veto, so they'll probably live on in whatever NDAA President Obama signs eventually. Rob Burton is a partner at the law firm Venable and former deputy administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. He joined Tom Temin on today's Federal Drive to review those provisions.
October 22, 2015 -
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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has two new problems to deal with. According to Stars and Stripes, the program's manager, Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, told a House Armed Services subcommittee that his office wants to make the 5 1/2 pound helmet about 6 ounces lighter to prevent pilots that weigh less than 136 pounds from having their necks snap if they have to eject from the aircraft. The other problem is one of the international partners committed to buying the aircraft looks like it's going to bail out. New Canadian Prime-minster Justin Trudeau's campaign platform included cancelling Canada's participation in the F-35 program. Richard Aboulafia, vice president for analysis at the Teal Group, offers his take on In Depth with Francis Rose.
October 22, 2015
