Defense
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In today's Federal Newscast: The Pentagon continues to face challenges in responding to cyber-attacks on military networks. Agencies may get some help with training for human resources specialists. And the Defense Department still can't meet its goals for keeping its planes "mission ready."
November 15, 2022 -
Defense and Homeland Security agencies are focused on the mission of protecting the United States. But how do cloud computing programs fit into the next level of this mission? During this webinar, you will gain the unique perspective of top government security experts from the Air Force, USCIS, DHS, Navy and industry leaders.
November 15, 2022 -
Scientists from China work on sensitive projects at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, then go back to help China with what they've learned.
November 14, 2022 -
The Air Force tests airplanes before it buys them. Now it's testing software programming tools before buying them.
November 14, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Air Force and Space Force are offering a day off for servicemembers to get the latest shot. Three agencies are teaming up to help veterans better understand their protections against employment discrimination. And the Biden administration is taking steps to require major federal contractors to reduce air pollution.
November 14, 2022 -
Capt. Kathleen Powell, the force data officer for the Navy Reserve, said the Department of Navy’s data and analytics platform called Jupiter is helping leaders understand and use the data to drive decisions.
November 11, 2022 -
The Army wants industry to help it change the way it structures its data. A newly-released request for information is a key first step in building a federated, decentralized model the Army calls the Unified Data Reference Architecture.
November 11, 2022 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency is evaluating operational assessment, operational tests and the user’s experience as part of whether it should move its zero trust pilot into production.
November 10, 2022 -
The Space Hour talked to Vishnu Reddy, Associate Professor and Co-Leader of the university's Space Domain Awareness Lab.
November 09, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: GAO warns the Coast Guard that it's way behind improving safety aboard older commercial fishing vessels. DoD employees who drive electric vehicles will have an easier time charging their vehicles in 2023. And veteran homelessness dropped 11% in 2022, according to the VA.
November 07, 2022 -
No one knows what the F-35 aircraft can do in a war, say, over Taiwan. One thing we do know is the fifth-generation fighter, now something like 20 years in development, has economic significance. Something like $72 billion F-35 dollars is spread throughout the U.S. economy every year. For more details, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Kevin Michaels, the managing director of AeroDymanic Advisory.
November 04, 2022 -
U.S. Army officials say investigators have launched a broad review of at least 1,900 National Guard and Reserve soldiers who were swept up in a recruiting bonus scandal up to a decade ago and may have been wrongly blamed and punished.
November 03, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Take me to your leader; the Space Force has a new one. A union for federal employees suggests some agencies might be sort of suppressing the vote. And DoD's Zero Trust strategy will soon go public.
November 03, 2022 -
No one particularly likes Defense Department's PPBE process. It’s rigid, inflexible, and very slow. But it's been encoded into the DNA of the Defense bureaucracy for more than 60 years. Over the next year, two separate groups of experts will try to figure out how to fix the system.
November 03, 2022 -
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point and the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment established a new entity called the Sustainable Infrastructure, Resilience and Climate Consortium.
November 02, 2022
