Defense
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The U.S. military establishment is so focused on future technology that it risks national security right now. That's the thesis of my next guest. She argues an obsession with future, and futuristic, technology can lead planners off course.
February 17, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, federal agencies say over the past two years, Russian state-sponsored hackers have systematically infiltrated the unclassified networks of cleared defense contractors.
February 17, 2022 -
Dozens of National Guard Army and Air Force troops in New Mexico have been stepping in to fill a shortage of teachers in schools
February 17, 2022 -
The modernization of government IT has been happening these days during a period of increasingly sophisticated cyber threats and a dramatic expansion of the government’s cyber defense operations.
February 16, 2022 -
Each year the Federal Laboratory Consortium, the network of the government's technology transfer operations, honors one of its members as laboratory director of the year. This year's honoree directs the Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory.
February 16, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it requires the expertise and analysis of industry-leading zero Trust analysts, consultants and practitioners to meet the new White House requirements.
February 16, 2022 -
The Air Force will take a comprehensive look at its science and technologies projects for its 2024 budget to see which it will try to take to fruition, and which will be getting the ax.
February 15, 2022 -
This week, Michael Binder spoke with Glenn Fine, former inspector general of the departments of Justice and Defense and a nonresident fellow in the Brookings Institution Governance Studies program.
February 15, 2022 -
They say an army travels on its stomach. It also travels on spare parts. And in that regard, the Defense Department has a problem. The inspector general has found that one spare parts supplier, a company called TransDigm, received payments that resulted in nearly $21 million in excess profits.
February 15, 2022 -
One of the great open secrets of the cybersecurity domain is how much mischief is done by Russia and its government-sponsored hackers. Countering Russian cyber activity takes a lot of effort on the part of the U.S. government and U.S. companies.
February 15, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House Republicans are pressing Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on how she is abiding by the STOCK Act.
February 15, 2022 -
The Defense Department has released a report that says mergers and consolidation among its contractors pose risks to the U.S. economy and national security
February 15, 2022 -
A Navy nuclear engineer has pleaded guilty to trying to pass information about American nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country
February 14, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Coalition for Government Procurement wrote a letter to the Federal Acquisition Service asking what GSA's plan are to address inflation under government contracts.
February 14, 2022 -
A new DoD CIO memo gives the Pentagon's formal blessing to security approvals that are based on continuous monitoring, and aims to create a more common lexicon for continuous ATOs.
February 14, 2022
