Defense Industry
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Oracle filed an amended complaint to the Court of Federal Claims that provides more details to what it alleges a deep conflict of interest in the development of the $10 billion JEDI cloud program.
May 13, 2019 -
DIB SCC's Mike Gordon and Steve Shirley joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to detail how they plan to help companies shore up the defense supply chain.
May 06, 2019 -
Oracle Corp. wrote letters to the leaders of the House and Senate armed services and appropriations committees explaining why they believe the Pentagon’s requirements for its JEDI cloud program are unreasonable and more oversight is needed.
May 06, 2019 -
Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president at the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about what the accelerated payments would mean for contractors.
May 06, 2019 -
John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss a newly issued high risk list.
April 23, 2019 -
Charlie E. Williams, Jr. and Nick Tsiopanas, members of the Section 809 panel, explain why their recommendations will benefit both DoD and small firms.
April 15, 2019 -
An internal review by the Pentagon found the JEDI cloud program did not suffer prejudice from two employees with ties to Amazon Web Services, but potential ethical violations emerge.
April 11, 2019 -
Industry experts say the CIA’s C2E cloud procurement demonstrates that a multi-cloud, multi-vendor approach is necessary for the agency’s needs of today and tomorrow.
April 08, 2019 -
Air Force Lt. Col. Sam Kidd, general counsel and a professional staff member of the Section 809 panel, said buying commercial products and services has become too cumbersome and slow for the Pentagon.
March 28, 2019 -
An audit of a sample of DoD's contracts with Transdigm found half the company's earnings were "excess" profit, but the inspector general said the findings highlight a need for broad policy changes.
March 15, 2019 -
The backlog of pending security clearances and other matters at the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) is down more than 25 percent from its record-high nearly a year ago. The backlog today stands at 541,000 investigations, NBIB Director Charlie Phalen said.
March 13, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of nearly 40 senators are urging the appropriations committee to include back pay for federal contractors impacted by the last government shutdown, in an upcoming disaster relief package.
March 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said it now has the capability to make its charge processing and records system fully digital.
February 22, 2019 -
The Federation of American Scientists obtained a copy of a list of 18 science fiction inspired research projects that DIA funded under its Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program.
February 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, NASA announces it will be running a test flight of a crewed commercial space craft some time in July.
February 08, 2019
