Defense
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This week on Fed Access, Jon Harper, managing editor of National Defense Magazine, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the Department of Defense and contractors who do business with the agency.
July 29, 2020 -
Forces Command IG Col. Patrick Wempe said they "may not have the life experience or the military experience" to handle the situations.
July 29, 2020 -
To support its domestic duties, the Coast Guard has a database of some 700,000 boats. The Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement system works okay as far as it goes, but it's got issues.
July 29, 2020 -
For the military, the pandemic is starting to echo lessons of war and shape the defense medical system in new ways, just as conflicts did in the past.
July 27, 2020 -
The bipartisan House provision, advocated by Rep. Jim Langevin, would also work with federal departments to develop a U.S. national cyber strategy.
July 27, 2020 -
What happens when a new branch of the military is enacted into being? It's got to have a worthy headquarters.
July 24, 2020 -
Agencies that handle classified information have had to perform a kind of juggling act to ensure their employees’ safety from the coronavirus while also guaranteeing that the work that needs to gets done.
July 23, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of yet another government conference – this time, the largest in the country.
July 23, 2020 -
Army leaders say the services they're building now are "cloud agnostic," and can be moved to a DoD-wide enterprise cloud when and if one comes to pass.
July 23, 2020 -
As federal agencies begin to take advantage of new capabilities at the tactical edge, they also need to adjust their security strategies to compensate for new vulnerabilities.
July 22, 2020 -
Lockheed Martin failed to deliver parts with the correct electronic information causing $300 million in extra work.
July 22, 2020 -
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition Shawn Barnes said he wants to get to the point where Space Force has a “planning force” that drives the dollars so that the “program force” can be more functional.
July 21, 2020 -
Talk about a mixed bag. There's pandemic and a record season, the federal contracting spending, how ready is your company for all of this?
July 21, 2020 -
It’s the time of year for defense amendments. After the House Armed Services Committee had first crack at submitting amendments to the 2021 defense authorization bill, it’s now the full House’s turn.
July 21, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, nearly 22,000 service members have now been diagnosed with coronavirus after this week saw a more than 20% jump.
July 21, 2020
