Defense

• Cropsey calls ‘Mayday’ on Navy’s declining supremacy

  Seth Cropsey, the former Deputy Undersecretary of the Navy and senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, talks about the basics of the Navy's struggles.

  Federal Drive

  September 04, 2013
• Navy tackles suicides, sex assaults head on

  On this week's edition of Agency of the Month, Navy Rear Admiral Sean Buck, director of the 21st Century Sailor Office, joins host Sean McCalley to discuss the prevention of sexual assaults and suicides within the Defense Department.

  Defense

  September 04, 2013
• Senate debating Syria decision

  What's the U.S. going to do about the use of chemical weapons in Syria? Our military objective in Syria would be to hold the Assad regime accountable, degrade its ability to carry out these kinds of attacks, and deter the regime from further use of chemical weapons," said Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. He told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday," the Department of Defense has developed military options to achieve these objectives, and we have positioned U.S. assets throughout the region to successfully execute this mission."

  Defense

  September 04, 2013
• DISA embraces new role as DoD’s sole provider of big data centers

  The Defense Information Systems Agency believes it can save the military services big bucks on data storage, processing and communications by becoming a one-stop-shop for IT in the continental U.S. Under a new Pentagon plan, it's the military's only provider for large data centers.

  Defense

  September 04, 2013
• The healthcare claims process

  Tom Romeo, president of MAXIMUS Federal explains how the appeals process works when a healthcare claim is rejected. September 3, 2013

  Federal Tech Talk

  September 04, 2013
• Iraqis support Syrians

  Followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr held rallies in Baghdad and the southern Iraqi city of Basra to denounce any Western strikes against Syria. In the capital, about 2,000 Sadrists demonstrated while chanting anti-American slogans after Friday prayers. About 3,000 Sadrists rallied in Basra, some carrying banners reading "No to America."

  Defense

  September 03, 2013
• U.S. attack strategy emerges

  What happens the day after a US attack on Syria for using chemical weapons. A senior US defense officials says the U.S. will still be in the same military posture and will still have the same capabilities, but that official says Syria will have a degraded capability to launch another attack and will be deterred from launching another attack.

  Defense

  September 03, 2013
• Army, Air Force sign up for shared network architecture

  The Army says it has more next-generation network capacity than it needs, and the Air Force has the opposite problem. A new agreement to share infrastructure will save the Air Force more than $1 billion.

  Defense

  September 03, 2013
• The defense budget and military satellite communications

  Todd Harrison, senior fellow for Defense Budget Studies at the Center for Strategic and Budetary Assessments, will discuss how the defense industry is being impacted by sequestration. He will also give us an update on the U.S. military satellite communications system. August 30 & September 6, 2013

  Fed Access

  August 30, 2013
• VA expands on-campus counselor program to help student veterans

  Full-time counselors hired by the Department of Veterans Affairs will have offices on 94 college campuses by 2014. The on-site counselors help student veterans with everything from GI Bill problems to transitioning from military to civilian life.

  Defense

  August 30, 2013
• DOD maintenance contracts & MD State Senator Joanne Benson

  On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will examine vehicle maintenance contract opportunities at the Pentagon, and Maryland State Senator Joanne Benson will discuss the how Affordable Care Act, and other legislation will affect Maryland residents. August 29, 2013

  Budget

  August 29, 2013
• On DoD: Information Analyis Centers work to preserve institutional knowledge within DoD

  DoD's Information Analysis Centers, part of the larger Defense Technical Information Center, have the job of collecting, analyzing and disseminating the department's knowledge about science, technology and business processes so that a new program manager doesn't have to reinvent the wheel when he or she is faced with a tough problem. Our guest this week is Christopher Zember, the director of DoD's Information Analysis Centers. We discuss the historical role of IACs, how they've evolved through the years, and ongoing changes designed to support DoD's Better Buying Power initiative.

  On DoD Podcasts

  August 29, 2013
• Army Reserve leverages private sector money to train soldiers

  The Army Reserve has kicked off a program where it will partner with the private sector to help fund its large-scale training exercises. Lt. Gen. Jeff Talley, the chief of the Army Reserve, said the initiative capitalizes on what he sees as one of the Reserve's strengths: its members' connection to private employers.

  Defense

  August 29, 2013
• Turkey watches for Syrian aggression

  Turkey is keeping a wary eye out for Syrian attacks. "We are now at a more alert position", Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday. Reuters is reporting as well, Davutoglu says, "Turkey will take whatever measures necessary within the framework of its own strategic interests". He said, Turkey has put its armed forces on alert to guard against threats from Syria as Western allies weigh possible military action against President Bashar al-Assad.

  Defense

  August 29, 2013