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After Agent Orange and Gulf War syndrome, the next set of maladies affecting service members is shaping up to be burn pits, toxic fires used to get rid of waste materials during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
To Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, this plan is an opportunity for better management of the military enterprise.
Most federal agencies last fall sent the Trump administration long-term plans for how they intend to reduce their workforces — but not the Defense Department.
Two pilot projects, both using existing data to improve NAVSUP's business processes, are expected to produce results by August.
The Veterans Affairs Department says it will begin deployment of a new electronic health record at three sites in the Pacific Northwest in October, and the system will be implemented at those sites by March 2020.
Naval Supply Systems Command launched its digital accelerator project a few months ago in hopes of leveraging its existing data. Meanwhile the Department of Transportation wants to reduce its dependency on headquarters.
TRANSCOM wants to build stricter cybersecurity into its contract requirements. Currently, its commercial partners are not held to DoD standards.
In violation of DoD policy, systems aren’t configured to use two-factor authentication and legally-required privacy impact assessments haven’t been completed.
Guest writer Wayne Abba, a retired DoD employee says the optimal balance between regulation and self-reliant industry is elusive, with the pendulum swinging between “insight” and “oversight.”
As the Army shifts its focus from violent extremist organizations to near-peer adversaries per the national defense strategy, staying on top of emerging domains and technologies will be what keeps it in a position of dominance going into the future.
The Defense Department is making sure families get the information they need with the Exceptional Families Program.
The Air Force Personnel Center commander says civilian hiring is one of the biggest struggles the service is going through right now.
According to a new HHS report, chemicals in fire-fighting foam used by the military have been linked to thyroid diseases and liver damage.
Seventeen years after the Defense Department first started development on the F-35 fighter jet, officials are ready to move the system into full-rate production.
Each week, Defense Reporter Jared Serbu speaks with the managers of the federal government's largest department. Subscribe on PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts.