Defense
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In today's Federal Newscast: The U.S. Navy moves ships and aircraft out of the path of Hurricane Ian. New ideas emerge to make oversight of federal IT more impactful. And auditors find gaps in the cybersecurity practices across the nation’s nuclear labs and production sites.
September 27, 2022 -
In spite of ongoing efforts to combat sexual assault, a recent survey showed the armed services have a bigger problem than ever. Now top military personnel describe how they plan to fix the problem.
September 26, 2022 -
The Air Force barely met its 2022 recruiting goal for the active duty force, and had to use unusual measures to pull it off. The reserve components face bigger challenges.
September 23, 2022 -
Officials say a fugitive Malaysian defense contractor nicknamed “Fat Leonard” at the center of a Navy bribery scandal was trying to head to Russia before Venezuelan authorities captured him.
September 22, 2022 -
Areas where rents have risen the most will get an immediate boost in October, others could see additional increases in January.
September 22, 2022 -
Inflation has seeped into every area of the economy, both goods and labor. For federal contractors, operating under fixed-priced contractors, and for the Defense Department, the pressure is real. Now the National Defense Industrial Association has completed a detailed look at just how inflation has affected budgets. The Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the highlights from the association's chairman, retired Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro.
September 22, 2022 -
The National Guard is looking to boost incentives to join, but expects it may need to discharge up to 14,000 personnel over the next two years who have refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
September 21, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: What some call "the Oscars" for federal public service will be given out tonight in the nation's capital. The Air Force is reversing a plan that would have cut pay for some servicemembers. And the Homeland Security Department is repurposing some electric vehicles to add to its 50,000-vehicle fleet.
September 20, 2022 -
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall says the new position — the PEO for Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management — is the "hardest acquisition job I've ever given anybody."
September 20, 2022 -
The Army might be the nation's primary ground combat force, but it has lots of assets that fly, like missiles and helicopters. For an update on what is ahead for these platforms, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin traveled to the Deep South to speak with Dr. James Kirsch, the acting director of the Aviation and Missile Center, within the Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command in Huntsville, Alabama.
September 19, 2022 -
DARPA thinks security clearance issues are keeping a vast array of innovative companies from solving the government's biggest problems. The agency thinks it has big idea to bridge the security clearance gap.
September 19, 2022 -
Government managers are supposed to use data driven approaches to decision making. That's what the Army is doing and trying to recruit more candidates to ROTC and to boost the flagging effort at regular soldier enlistment.
September 16, 2022 -
The Defense Logistics Agency reached a major milestone on its cloud journey. It recently completed the migration of its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to the cloud.
September 16, 2022 -
GSA and DoD updated policies to require make it a little easier for vendors to raises prices under current contracts.
September 15, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: If you work inside the Pentagon, you'll experience almost no workplace COVID-related restrictions. A new crop of White House Fellows prepares to start work in the federal government. And there are concerns about a software supply chain provision in the NDAA.
September 15, 2022
