Defense
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DISA’s newly released talent management plan will change the way the agency recruits and develops skills for its employees.
June 21, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Pentagon IG wants an investigation to find out what happened to 21 vanished shipping containers in Kuwait. The deputy secretary at Homeland Security is retiring and heading to Atlanta. And NASA and Microsoft joined forces with young people in a big DC STEM space, with an eye toward space.
June 21, 2023 -
The top echelon is aware the U.S. Army has a problem with sexual harassment, sexual abuse, substance-use disorders, and suicide. In fact, since 2019, the Army has produced nearly 50 studies of these problems. But most of those studies do not include specific recommendations for dealing with these problems. That's according to an internal meta study done by the Army Audit Agency, and obtained by POGO: the Project on Government Oversight.
June 21, 2023 -
The Pentagon says it overestimated the value of the weapons it has sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion over the past two years, resulting in a surplus that will be used for future security packages. The total surplus is about double early estimates. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh says a detailed review of the accounting error found that the military services used replacement costs rather than the book value of equipment that was pulled from Pentagon stocks and sent to Ukraine. As a result, the department has additional money to use to support Ukraine as it pursues its counteroffensive against Russia.
June 20, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Philadelphia 15, Black sailors from the 1940s who received bad-conduct discharges, are now deemed as honorable. The Space Force looks to launch a National Guard into its orbit. And thousands of VA police officers will soon be wearing body cameras.
June 20, 2023 -
A Defense Department proposal — now agreed to by a key House subcommittee — outlines a change in personnel management for the Space Force that would eliminate the need for a reserve component.
June 19, 2023 -
Air Force plans to recruit and retain cyber professionals include a new tech track career path set to debut next year.
June 16, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: HUD's customer experience leader is stepping down. A new 30-member team's been picked to focus on ways to improve the Army experience for women. And Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk is the latest loser among Confederate leaders.
June 16, 2023 -
As the military continues to face serious recruiting challenges, the House's versions of its 2024 spending bills would raise military pay by more than 40 percent for some junior enlisted ranks.
June 16, 2023 -
How do you stop a 21-year-old national guardsman like Jack Teixeira from leaking classified information? Wrong answers to this question have quickly become very popular.
June 15, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The IRS has its third new technology leader in four months. Reforms to the national security classification system were just passed by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. And a hefty pay raise is in the works for American service members.
June 15, 2023 -
A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana has been renamed in honor of Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a Black veteran of World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. While serving in France in 1918, Johnson was wounded 21 times while he fought off a German night raid. His brave actions were recognized nearly a century later when he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2015. Fort Johnson was previously named after a Confederate commander, Leonidas Polk. The names of nine Army posts that commemorated Confederate officers are being changed as part of the military’s efforts to address historic racial injustice.
June 13, 2023 -
Three contractor trade associations have banded together on the issue of foreign military sales. Last year they sent a long list of suggested changes to the Defense Department. This year they're focusing on the State Department.
June 13, 2023 -
Most discussions about federal modernizing, center on information technology. For the armed forces, modernizing is also about physical systems that require a solid manufacturing industry base. That is where the non-profit Advanced Manufacturing Innovation and Integration Center comes in.
June 13, 2023 -
Two weeks after a Category 4 typhoon hit Guam, many residents still lack necessities.
June 12, 2023
