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Defense analysts think the National Commission on the Future of the Army could have been bolder in its recommendations.
The National Commission on the Future of the Army suggested keeping the active duty Army size minimum at 450,000 and increasing multi-component integration.
Members of Congress in the Washington area scored highly yet again on this year's report card put out by Federally Employed Women.
The Justice Department inspector general said the Drug Enforcement Agency has been paying federal employees to serve as informants in instances where they were just doing their day jobs.
Congress will get going this year, that's a promise. But this week the House Democrats are heading out of town. The Senate is a day late getting underway because of the weekend snowstorm. But David Hawkings, senior editor at CQ Roll Call, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin there's still stuff to do.
A new bill from Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) defines the term "administrative leave" and creates new categories of leave for employees awaiting the results of an agency investigation.
The Defense Department needs to find better ways to attract and retain nuclear forces in addition to funding nuclear modernization, according to U.S. Strategic Command's leader Adm. Cecil Haney.
Millions of Americans began digging out Sunday from a mammoth blizzard that set a new single-day snowfall record in Washington, D.C. Here's a glimpse of some of the lighter moments on Capitol Hill and the National Mall.
The budget request comes as the General Services Administration announces Phase II for the FBI headquarters project.
Defense spending seems to have a life of its own. Neither the Secretary of Defense nor experienced members of the Armed Services Committees can stem the tide of wasteful spending. That's according to Charles Tiefer, professor at the University of Baltimore law school and former soliciter and deputy general counsel for the House of Representatives. He joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with what he sees as some of the more egregious examples of DoD waste coming up in 2016.
Postmaster General Megan Brennan told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Congress needs to pass legislative reforms to her agency, now.
During a confirmation hearing Eric Fanning said the Army needs a Rapid Capabilities Office and is lagging in readiness.
The Architect of the Capitol is responsible for clearing about 14 miles of sidewalks, 7 miles of streets and drives, and more than 20 acres of parking lots and plazas of snow and ice.
The Pentagon and the IG charged with Afghanistan reconstruction oversight sparred Wednesday over alleged obstructions to the IG's probe into a controversial reconstruction program.