Defense
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The new budget provides expansion and pilot projects for IT and cybersecurity as Defense Department adopts new technology.
December 22, 2022 -
The Air Force and the business school at the University of Maryland have teamed up. Their program helps Air Force and Space Force officers get their MBAs, specializing in technology management.
December 22, 2022 -
The Coast Guard recently joined scores of other agencies in appointing a chief data officer. More than that, in August it set up what it calls a "technical domain," centered on data and how to handle it.
December 21, 2022 -
A new report by George Mason University's Center for Government Contracting chronicles the ways in which the Defense budgeting process has become increasingly inflexible over the last seven decades, how it's shackled technological innovation in DoD, and what to do about it.
December 21, 2022 -
The 2023 defense budget the is part of the 2023 omnibus bill includes offsets to inflation costs and a pay raise for service members.
December 20, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Republican Senators urge Defense Secretary Austin to reinstate military members and to issue backpay for vaccine-related discharges. The personal information of more than 250,000 people possibly exposed in data breach. And L3Harris Technologies is buying Aerojet Rocketdyne for almost $5 billion.
December 20, 2022 -
A new pilot paves the way for speeding up supply chain manufacturing for both Department of Defense and industry.
December 19, 2022 -
Paul Puckett, the former director of the Enterprise Cloud Management Agency (ECMA) in the Army’s CIO office, said the cloud is not only demonstrating value, but are also fundamentally changing the way that the Army looks at requirements, organizational alignment and incentive structures.
December 16, 2022 -
The Army expects it'll take about a year to get everyone on the virtual desktop capability.
December 16, 2022 -
The high-tech goes hand-in-hand with the high speed ways the world changes, as a constant challenge is staying a step ahead of hackers. Thus, maintaining identity, integrity and good customer service is the name of the game.
December 16, 2022 -
The Army is asking industry — and itself — whether it truly needs to own and maintain 350,000 high-end tactical radios. Buying simpler radios and leasing the more advanced ones are among the options on the table.
December 16, 2022 -
A collegiate-level course in national security is about to expand the number of colleges where it's taught. Hacking for Defense started at Stanford University back in 2016. It brings student brainpower to bear on difficult national security and defense challenges.
December 15, 2022 -
DoD announces a big raise in basic allowance for housing rates for service members
December 15, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: With the cost of living up, so is the military's Basic Allowance for Housing. Lawmakers want retired military officers held accountable for jobs with shady foreign clients. And the Defense Intelligence Agency embraces artificial intelligence.
December 15, 2022 -
DIA officials and the Pentagon's AI chief see a path forward for the Defense Department to become a machine learning talent incubator.
December 14, 2022
