Defense
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In today's Federal Newscast, House lawmakers are pressing the Federal Aviation Administration for more details on what it's doing to ensure the safety of the air transportation system as commercial companies roll out 5G wireless services.
March 22, 2022 -
The program focuses on balance as a way of determining health.
March 21, 2022 -
Defense Department components often give grants or contracts to colleges and universities, and companies for that matter, to do research. Now the Defense Office of Inspector General has found, research contractors don't do a good job of protecting that information from cyber attacks.
March 21, 2022 -
Burn pits, they're the agent orange of the most recent generation of veterans. Veterans who were exposed to the open junk incinerators in Iraq and Afghanistan have long complained of resulting health maladies. President Joe Biden mentioned it in his state of the union speech. Some VA benefits have begun to trickle out.
March 21, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers want the National Guard Inspector General to investigate bias in the Maryland National Guard.
March 21, 2022 -
Omnibus bill adds more than $1 billion in facility upkeep funding, an area DoD has knowingly neglected in its budgets for at least a decade.
March 21, 2022 -
DoD's new JADC2 implementation plan is still classified, but signs of it will start to appear in the forthcoming 2023 budget proposal.
March 21, 2022 -
The Coast Guard will establish a new rating next year called cyber mission specialist. Officials hope it will attract new recruits and strengthen the Coast Guard's ability to carry out its cyber mission.
March 18, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new program offers opportunities for more women to join the Senior Executive Service.
March 18, 2022 -
In a March 16 memo, Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks wrote that there will not be a “one-size-fits-all” plan to return to work.
March 17, 2022 -
Combining factors like lack of child care and constant moves are keeping spouses from holding jobs.
March 16, 2022 -
The latest intel authorization bill carries implications for security clearance reform, commercial geospatial-intelligence imagery efforts and what kind of work intelligence analysts can consider after leaving the U.S. government.
March 15, 2022 -
Russell Shilling, Ph.D., the senior vice president for government solutions and policy at Riiid Labs, makes the case for why the Defense Department should create a technology certification for soldiers and civilians.
March 15, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Defense is facing a protest of its $11 billion IT contract award.
March 15, 2022 -
Congress, as it does every year, crammed a lot of spending when it whipped up that so called omnibus appropriations bill.
March 14, 2022
