Defense
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A new approach to accrediting cyber training providers will automate parts of the process — hopefully leading to a dramatic increase in the number of certification courses available to DoD personnel and contractors.
August 28, 2023 -
With a new initiative to build unmanned systems, the Pentagon wants to scale up fast with smaller, cheaper design.
August 28, 2023 -
Efforts by the National Guard to get better healthcare coverage have yet to find a path forward to success.
August 28, 2023 -
President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces on how to operate F-16 fighter jets — and eventually to provide the aircraft themselves — seemed like an abrupt change in position but was in fact one that came after months of internal debate and quiet talks with allies. Biden announced during last week’s Group of Seven summit in Japan that the U.S. would join the F-16 coalition. But over the past three months, administration officials shifted toward the view that it was time to provide Ukraine’s pilots with the training and aircraft needed for the country’s long-term security needs. This is according to two officials familiar with the deliberations.
August 25, 2023 -
In pilot projects, relatively-straightforward software changes have let Navy computers boot as much as 18 times faster than they did before. Officials say they want to deploy what they've learned as quickly as possible, but some changes will take time.
August 24, 2023 -
Without a chief management officer, the Pentagon’s efforts for future business management should include enough authority and resources to succeed.
August 22, 2023 -
The new supplemental pay rates are expected to help the NSA and other defense intelligence components compete with the private sector.
August 22, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: California lawmakers want more passport offices in their state. A losing bidder again protests a 10-year $65 billion DoD health care contract. And a CISA hiring spree, lands more than 1,300 new employees in just the past two years.
August 22, 2023 -
The Army’s new CIO wants to codify regulations for new software and data capabilities as he plans for new data platform contracts next year.
August 21, 2023 -
Colby Proffitt, a cybersecurity strategist at Shift5, explains why observability is so important to improving the security and modernizing operational technology.
August 21, 2023 -
You're heard of the term cancel culture: getting rid of people with unpopular opinions. It's not all that new. The popular new movie Oppenheimer re-enacts the revocation of the scientist's security clearance in the 1950s, because of his opposition to the hydrogen bomb. What about today?
August 18, 2023 -
A report on sexual assault and harassment at the military academies recommends better access to mental health care and restructuring peer leadership.
August 18, 2023 -
The Army’s expanding technical specialties require leaders with the knowledge to train its young soldiers while keeping them up to date.
August 17, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The FBI is getting a new leader to take on insider threats. The Defense Department mobilizes resources to help in Hawaii. And the saga of the CIO-SP4 contract continues.
August 16, 2023 -
Lily Zeleke, the deputy chief information officer for the information enterprise at DoD, said the move to the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability is as much about taking advantage of enterprise services as it is about not breaking mission outcomes.
August 15, 2023
