Defense
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In today's Federal Newscast, the idea of requiring women to register for the draft now has the support of a handful of both male and female retired generals and flag officers.
February 15, 2021 -
Legislative actions over the last few years have failed to ensure spouses of relocated service members can find good employment. The National Military Spouse Network has some fresh recommendations to help.
February 12, 2021 -
Meanwhile, the national average for vaccine efficiency sits at 68% and skepticism remains high among military spouses.
February 12, 2021 -
Under a new agreement with LendLease, a large military housing operator, $1.1 billion in debt-financed housing improvements are expected to start as soon as May across six large Army bases.
February 12, 2021 -
As it celebrates 75 years in business, the Air Force Association deals with a service facing a lot of challenges. With an update, the chair of the board, Gerald Murray.
February 11, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, as sexual assault continues to be a bigger issue in the military, a new study finds it is affecting retention.
February 11, 2021 -
DoD's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has spent the last two years looking for ways to marry AI innovations with military systems. Now it's introducing new ways to buy and integrate those technologies.
February 11, 2021 -
The first-ever chairman of the Cyber, Innovative Technologies and Information Systems Subcommittee, Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), said the panel will pursue an aggressive agenda.
February 10, 2021 -
House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee Chairwoman Jackie Speier is focusing on issues close to service members and families.
February 09, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, A new Pentagon inspector general’s report helps explain how two Navy vessels suffered major coronavirus outbreaks last year.
February 09, 2021 -
Chris Golden, a former member of CMMC accreditation body and the director of information security for Blue Cross, Blue Shield, said getting the first set of companies through the certification process will be a sign of progress.
February 08, 2021 -
One former member of the boards in question says they've long been too heavily dominated by members who are unlikely to provide innovative advice to the department.
February 08, 2021 -
Raj Iyer, the Army's new chief information officer, is proposing a new IT governance structure that would be chaired by the Army CIO's office. The current decisionmaking process is too diffuse, he argues.
February 08, 2021 -
The new memo shows the Biden administration is looking for a wide array ideas from agencies to better recruit, retain and support a diverse national security workforce. Notably, the administration wants agencies to explore more flexible remote work options for classified workers and review existing hiring authorities.
February 05, 2021 -
Increasingly, simulation developers are finding that software for ground combat simulation is a totally different challenge. With what's ahead in military simulation, the CEO of Bohemia Interactive Simulations, Arthur Alexion.
February 05, 2021
