Defense
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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 -
Section 6722 of the 2023 NDAA would require DHS to mandate a bill of materials for technology from current and future contractors and some in industry are calling the provision problematic.
September 14, 2022 -
Army command selection boards in the future may depend on computer automated scoring of past evaluations.
September 14, 2022 -
Each generation brings new recruitment challenges for the Army. That's why the Army is constantly seeking fresh messages to deliver through its marketing channels.
September 13, 2022 -
The Navy has many things sailors, ships, submarines, airplanes. In some sense, it's a science and technology enterprise.
September 13, 2022 -
The Defense Pricing and Contracting office issued a deviation to the FAR giving contracting officers the ability to continue to award contracts even if companies are not fully registered in SAM.gov.
September 13, 2022 -
Self-awareness is the beginning of positive change. But one problem, despite some self-awareness, that the military can’t seem to kick is sexual assault and harassment.
September 09, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: A now-discharged Ft. Bragg soldier, active on social media, is under arrest for alleged extremist activity. If you have social skills, the Department of Homeland Security might want to hire you. And senators say the easing of the military's soldiers-with-HIV policy should go further.
September 09, 2022
