Defense
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The Air Force is selecting its biggest class ever to participate in the Career Intermission Program.
December 29, 2016 -
The Air Force will implement a new civilian evaluation system next spring to increase communication between supervisors and employees.
December 28, 2016 -
Navy documents retrieved by the Washington Post reveal that the branch's criminal division had been trying since 2006 to find evidence of corruption on defense contractor Leonard Francis.
December 28, 2016 -
A sailor from the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group greets his baby girl as part of a holiday homecoming.
December 27, 2016 -
The Air Force awarded a $31 million contract to review more than 100 command and control systems for cyber vulnerabilities.
December 27, 2016 -
The crew of the International Space Station sends a holiday message, sailors from the USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group return home and the Interior Department shows off some of its big trees.
December 26, 2016 -
Viola's nomination was out of the blue, but experts say that might work to his advantage. Outsiders can create an opportunity for change through new perspectives.
December 20, 2016 -
A replacement for Air Force One made headlines recently. But the Air Force is dealing with multiple platforms that are aging and due for upgrades or replacement. Many of them belong to the Air Force. Maj. Gen. Mike Fortney, vice commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin for a survey of what needs modernizing.
December 20, 2016 -
After cutting burdensome training and duties, the Air Force is creating a board to review more issues in the future.
December 19, 2016 -
The 2016 update to the Navy Force Structure Assessment, sent to Congress last week, asserts the service needs a fleet of 355 ships in order to adequately perform its missions. That’s a big change from the 2014 plan of 308 ships the Navy has been building toward.
December 19, 2016 -
The Army says it’s becoming the first of the military services to launch a digital service “outpost” and wants a dedicated team of technology experts from outside the government to tackle its own problems.
December 19, 2016 -
Lt. Gen. Bob Ferrell, the Army’s chief information officer/G6, said there are several parallel initiatives like data center consolidation and network consolidation to reach the end goal of having a modernized IT infrastructure and end-user services.
December 16, 2016 -
Col. Jane Davies and Lt. Col. Paul Cianciolo with the Civil Air Patrol join host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss Saturday's Wreaths Across America event, and the mission of the organization. December 16, 2016
December 15, 2016 -
The Air Force Chief Information Security Officer says the training is needed to reduce breaches and make sure airmen are using Air Force computers for mission tasks.
December 13, 2016 -
The Air Force is close to hiring an industry executive to change the way it procures big ticket IT items.
December 13, 2016
