Defense
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DoD is trying to make its networks more conducive to Third Offset Strategy technologies with new guidance.
June 01, 2017 -
The Navy is testing a new evaluation system that it says will be more objective, deliver greater fidelity in measuring sailors' performance. The end goal is to use the scores to help inform servicemembers' compensation packages.
June 01, 2017 -
Both Republican and Democratic presidents have used overseas contingency operations (OCO) funds to bolster the Defense Department's budget, lately outside of the Budget Control Act rules. This year is no different. Lacie Heeley, a fellow at the Stimson Center's budgeting for foreign affairs and defense program, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin Congress should do better.
May 31, 2017 -
The Air Force plans to hire 1,400 cyber and 2,000 acquisition personnel over the next year. To do that, it's taking a fresh approach to how it recruits.
May 31, 2017 -
The Army chief of staff wants a new assessment of the $6 billion WIN-T program, hopefully in time to influence the 2018 Defense authorization bill. He worries the system is too vulnerable in real-world battle conditions and is based on outdated technology.
May 29, 2017 -
The Air Force let go of more than 1,100 airmen in 2015 and 2016 as part of its 2014 force reduction.
May 26, 2017 -
The 9/11 attacks wrecked a big chunk of New York City infrastructure. Hurricane Sandy washed away parts of New Jersey and New York. For decades, waterways feeding East Coast ports were too shallow. Joseph Seebode, deputy district engineer and the chief of programs and project management at the Army Corps of Engineers, is a finalist in this year's Service to America Medals program. He tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin how he's going to fix all those problems.
May 26, 2017 -
The Navy's 2018 budget doesn't even begin to build the 350-ship fleet officials say is needed. Instead, it prioritizes readiness over growth.
May 26, 2017 -
The 2018 budget proposal funds programs that will keep airmen in the service and better their life outside the military.
May 25, 2017 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a former Marine staff sergeant pleads guilty to stealing from the helicopter squadron responsible for transporting the president.
May 25, 2017 -
The military's top reserve officers told Congress they have too many other issues to prioritize over duty status pay and benefits.
May 24, 2017 -
Students at the Naval War College and several universities in Massachusetts participated in exercises to simulate how military and civil interaction in times of crisis. They retreated to a state park to enact a refugee situation. Dave Polatty, director of the civilian-military humanitarian response program at the Naval War College, explains the purpose of this annual program on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 24, 2017 -
The Trump administration's Defense budget proposal envisions billions of dollars in savings from more oversight on IT, base closures, health care reforms and plane tickets.
May 24, 2017 -
The Defense Department is requesting $575 billion in its base budget, a $52 billion increase from last year to help increase readiness.
May 23, 2017 -
The Air Force is getting about 5,000 visitors a day on its site created to aggregate ideas on how to better squadrons.
May 22, 2017
