Defense
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In this exclusive webinar edition of Ask the CIO, host Jason Miller and his guests from the Defense Logistics Agency will dive into the warehouse modernization system and future strategies at the DLA. In addition, Zebra Technologies' John Wirthlin will provide an industry perspective.
April 28, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Wire fraud and filing a false tax return land a former Brigadier General in prison for a year. Two soldiers win a prize for inventing a solution for fixing mold issues in Army barracks. And agencies can now make 10-year appointments for STEM-related jobs.
April 28, 2023 -
Roughly 600 officers are implicated in a misunderstanding of Army policy that could require them to serve for three years longer than they'd planned
April 28, 2023 -
In 2020, Congress repealed something known as the Survivor Benefit Plan - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset. Better known as the Widow's Tax, it disappeared after a three-year phase-out ending earlier his year.
April 27, 2023 -
The Government Accountability Office denied a protest by Peraton over the Air Force’s award to CACI in December.
April 26, 2023 -
Defense organizations routinely collaborate with multiple industry partners to develop tactical edge networking and communications innovations. Typically, hardware, software and systems advancements take priority when integrating new components and capabilities into a platform, and it’s only at the end of the process that the network team gains exclusive access to test and verify configurations prior to flight.
April 26, 2023 -
Bad things can happen when contractors fail to include their subs in negotiations with the government. The Air Force decided to redo its approach to a small construction contract. It drove up costs.
April 26, 2023 -
Joe Paiva speaks with the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army (ASA) for acquisitions, logistics and technology (ALT), Young Bang, this week.
April 26, 2023 -
The Army pushes forward a fast track for software acquisition and new ways to manage IP licensing.
April 26, 2023 -
During this exclusive CISO Handbook webinar, moderator Justin Doubleday and guests Brian Hermann from the Defense Information Systems Agency and Christopher Day from Tenable will explore zero trust progress and strategy at DISA.
April 25, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A court awards some Oregon VA employees, added leave and back pay in a COVID-related case. An alleged transgression costs a major government contractor $22 million. And the Technology Modernization Fund Board hands out more millions.
April 25, 2023 -
Companies and critical national infrastructure organizations at risk of cyberattack now need to take best practices from the military’s approach to training and readiness and apply the Cyber Flag construct to protect their critical assets.
April 24, 2023 -
A recent decision from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has allowed a lawsuit against the U.S. Air Force to move forward as a class action suit.
April 24, 2023 -
One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Steel rods are brought in by train to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant to be forged into the artillery shells Kyiv can’t get enough of. The plant is at the vanguard of a multibillion-dollar Pentagon plan to modernize and accelerate its production of ammunition and equipment. It is one of just two sites in the U.S. that make the steel bodies for the 155 mm howitzer rounds that the U.S. is rushing to Ukraine. The lack of 155 mm shells has alarmed U.S. military planners, who see it as a critical shortage.
April 23, 2023 -
There are several key technologies – ICAM, Mission Partner Environments (MPEs) and digital engineering – that enable JADC2. In part 3 of this 3 part series, moderator Tom Temin will discuss how digital engineering is key to modernized DoD networks.
April 21, 2023
