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The JRSS effort will eventually consolidate about 125 separate points of Army cyber defense into 25 shared, regional centers to protect both classified and unclassified networks.
Like Old Faithful, the Federal Acquisition Regulation Council erupts periodically, showers contracting officers and contractors with new rules, updates to old ones and even subtle word changes. Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of the law firm Petrillo & Powell shares the latest bucketful on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The Defense Department's newest advisory board has a handful of all-stars in it, but is it up for the challenge?
The Army's new Rapid Capabilities Office is taking it's name to heart and issuing a charter next month.
The Office of Management and Budget's cross-agency team of mobility experts will soon publish its ideas for an enterprise-wide mobile strategy. The team's work is the result of a final memo OMB published in August, which pushes agencies to cut back and consolidate their mobile service agreements and contracts.
The Army is changing and with it are the demands on its individual soldiers. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley explained what characteristics the next generation soldier will hold.
The Air Force is looking for creative ways to free up airmens’ time to focus on their primary missions — and spend time with their families. The latest idea is to cut back on the amount of mandatory computer-based training airmen have to endure.
The transactional data rule is something the General Services Administration has instituted to try and move away from the price reduction clause some day. But it's turning out to be a slow and expensive system to get up and running. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin he's wondering who's going to pay?
The National Technical Information Service is getting ready to announce the names of private sector organizations chosen to help agencies meet their mission using big data.
The Cancer Moonshot initiative is increasingly relying on open data to link patients with treatments, but with that data sharing come questions of how best to protect confidential and personal information.
Four new special item numbers for cybersecurity services sound like great opportunities. But, Alex Major, a partner at the law firm McCarter & English, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin SINS could get some contractors in a lot of trouble.
Cybersecurity is a SIN, a special item number that is. The General Services Administration established several SINs under schedule 70 for cybersecurity services it believes are in high demand. For an update how these special item numbers are doing, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Mary Davie, the GSA's assistant commissioner for Integrated Technology Services.
The Defense Department's failing space acquisitions are getting attention from lawmakers.
When it comes to the technological superiority of the Army’s battlefield equipment, officials worry it’s on the wane because of a sort of a perfect storm