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The Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act — the PACT Act — became law a few months ago. It brought an expansion of services available to veterans and drew more veterans into eligibility.
The Office of Strategic Capital directs funding to projects traditional venture capital might overlook.
DoD has about 15,000 people completely dedicated to finding and recruiting future members of the military. For its civilian workforce, there are almost none.
Pentagon heads look to pair acquisition and technology to advance their future capabilities.
Salaries for cleared workers rose an average of 7% last year, and remote work opportunities are also on the rise.
The cloud and data branch lives in the C5I Service Center in the Coast Guard. The C5I Service Center provides all IT development and support services for the entire Coast Guard infrastructure.
The Pentagon looks for new answers to ongoing questions about poverty levels for junior enlisted service members.
Even accounting for inflation, DoD's 2024 budget is the largest it's proposed since the peak of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Weapons procurement and R&D are big focus areas as personnel levels shrink or stay flat.
The new strategy identifies four pillars for improvement between now and 2027, but full details won't be released until the publication of a forthcoming implementation strategy.
The Air Force believes it's made significant progress toward improving the cybersecurity of its weapons systems — both brand new ones, and systems that have been fielded for decades.
The Navy's International Programs Office (NIPO) is one of its lesser known components. It helps build maritime security and development partnerships.
After a short, unsuccessful stint at college, I enlisted in the U.S. Army. Unbeknownst to me at the time, that choice set me on the path to a lifelong career in security. Upon joining the Army, I won the proverbial lottery when I was assigned to be a SIGINT (signals intelligence) analyst, later assigned to the National Security Agency.
Continuing his series of interviews with the most recent class of Presidential Rank Award winners, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with someone who's been on his show before. Cara Abercrombie is the former Acting Deputy Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
DoD says it's on a path to stop using firefighting foams linked to health risks, but fixing past problems will take a decade or more.
Each week, Defense Reporter Jared Serbu speaks with the managers of the federal government's largest department. Subscribe on PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts.