Defense
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The military is cracking down on devices that may give up the location of troops.
August 07, 2018 -
The Air Force's most high performance jets are also rare birds, as only 187 F-22s were built before the program was curtailed in 2011.
August 06, 2018 -
GSA’s 18F organization created an ATO sprint team that streamlined the process and reduced time to complete an ATO from six-to-18 months to 30 days.
August 06, 2018 -
After a lackluster first year in its Cyber Direct Commissioning program, the Army is hoping a combination of higher pay and better marketing will let it attract more candidates from industry, academia.
August 06, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an amendment in the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act calls for investigating whether military or defense leaders found guilty of sexual assault or harassment should retain their security clearances.
August 03, 2018 -
Procurement attorney Joseph Petrillo of Petrillo and Powell offered an update on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
August 02, 2018 -
The new Army Futures Command is up and running in Austin. But realigning the service's modernization bureaucracy to operate in concert will take at least another year.
August 02, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, new analysis shows significant regulatory activity has fallen 74 percent since the new team took office.
August 02, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a Veterans Affairs field examiner was hoping to steal nearly $700,000 from a disabled veteran.
August 01, 2018 -
The Consortium Management Group responded to Federal News Radio’s two-part special report on the growing use of other transactions agreements (OTAs).
July 31, 2018 -
Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) said the security clearance backlog has reached an untenable point. He and his committee members are keeping an eye on the backlog.
July 31, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Postal Service says millenials received significantly less mail in 2017 than the year before. Meanwhile Mitch McConnell said he has no plans to shut down the government over President Trump’s push for border wall funds.
July 31, 2018 -
2019 Defense bill strengthens role of Defense Health Agency, but omits Senate language that would have completely eliminated the military services' own medical commands.
July 31, 2018 -
With new Rapid Sustainment Office, Air Force looks to cut costs it pays to vendors for boutique parts that it could manufacture on its own.
July 31, 2018 -
Professional Service Council's CEO David Berteau joins Federal Drive once again with his analysis of the benefits for contractors found within 2019 NDAA legislation
July 30, 2018
