Defense
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The suggestions come from Task Force One Navy, an entity created in the wake of George Floyd’s death last year and the Black Lives Matter protests that followed.
February 04, 2021 -
Federal contractors are still unpacking everything stuffed into the 2021 National Defense Authorization bill. For one assessment, Tom Temin spoke to attorney Kelly Kroll.
February 04, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, one member of Congress wants the Defense Department to start looking at social media posts as part of the security clearance process.
February 03, 2021 -
After a fair amount of drama over Defense advisory boards in the past few months, the Pentagon is starting completely fresh by relieving hundreds of board members.
February 02, 2021 -
The Defense Department continues to test out the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) process with pathfinders and plans to pilot the approach with 10 contracts in 2021.
February 02, 2021 -
The Defense secretary put a halt to Trump-era actions against transgender service members.
February 02, 2021 -
The pandemic has made a hash out of many people's lives, bringing anxiety, health care, child care, even relationship stress. And that's especially true for military members.
February 02, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, after the Army made huge changes to its grooming standards last week, some soldiers want more change.
February 02, 2021 -
The IT Industry Council, the Alliance for Digital Innovation and the Internet Association wrote to DISA questioning its decision to limit RFI responses to its cloud computing program support office acquisition.
February 01, 2021 -
JC Cardinale, Legislative Affairs manager at the National Guard Association of the United States, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for details.
February 01, 2021 -
The Army is focusing on data accuracy as it prepares to move the rest of its uniformed workforce into its centralized HR IT system, known as IPPS-A.
February 01, 2021 -
As we kickoff 2021, the Coalition for Government Procurement took this opportunity to highlight 21 opportunities to improve the procurement system’s support of agency missions.
January 29, 2021 -
The Air Force is reorganizing its space acquisition office to better support the Space Force and other new space entities, but there are still questions surrounding exactly how the Pentagon will consolidate its space procurement.
January 28, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Trump administration used Defense Department funds to build parts of a border wall. Now Congress wants that money back where it originally put it.
January 28, 2021 -
The Trump administration left open more non-competitive positions near the end of its four years in office compared to the two previous terms. Some of those vacancies persisted, with the tenure of acting leadership outlasting that of permanent appointees at several key positions.
January 27, 2021
