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The backlog of pending security clearances and other matters at the National Background Investigations Bureau (NBIB) is down more than 25 percent from its record-high nearly a year ago. The backlog today stands at 541,000 investigations, NBIB Director Charlie Phalen said.
The $750 billion defense budget request for 2020 asked Congress for almost $104 billion for its research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) fund.
A hair-raising report to Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was leaked, and it presents a grim picture of America's cybersecurity threat.
DoD's civilian workforce would grow modestly under 2020 budget, and up to 15,000 health care positions would be converted to civilian jobs in coming years.
The Trump administration’s 2020 budget proposal for government spending gives a big boost to the Pentagon and other security-related agencies, while calling for a cut of more than $2.7 trillion in federal civilian spending over the next ten years.
President Donald Trump's 2020 budget would bypass defense funding caps by adding nearly $100 billion to DoD's wartime spending account.
In today's Federal Newscast, a group of nearly 40 senators are urging the appropriations committee to include back pay for federal contractors impacted by the last government shutdown, in an upcoming disaster relief package.
The Navy's plan to eliminate its assistant secretary for installations in favor of a new assistant secretary for IT turned out to be untenable, in light of recent revelations about substandard military housing.
The Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors, or PALS, has been going for a year and Larry Tender with the Naval Research Laboratory joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for an update.
In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers want to hear from the Indian Health Service's acting director about what he's done to improve on an apparent failure of the agency to provide quality health care.
The Defense Information Systems Agency announced plans to transfer a few dozen employees within the National Background Investigations System office, as well as employees within DoD's Consolidated Adjudications Facility, to the Defense Security Service.
The Air Force is expanding its industrial base and it's thinking outside the box to do it.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Army, Navy and Air Force said they’re establishing a “tenant’s bill of rights” to help military members deal with cases of substandard on-base housing.
The Army, over the next two years, plans to fundamentally reshape the way it delivers IT on its bases with an "as-a-service" delivery model.