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In today's Federal Newscast: Gen. Eric Smith, the commandant of the Marine Corps, has suffered what appears to be a serious health episode. Agencies have received updated guidance for the type of infrastructure projects that the Buy American Act applies to. And House Republicans propose taking away billions of dollars in IRS modernization money and using it for aid to Israel.
They work on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. They work just about everywhere. So why not short videos to pitch ideas to Defense Department program managers and contracting officers? That is the idea behind the year-old Tradewinds Project under the DoD's chief digital and artificial intelligence office.
Chris Cleary, the Department of the Navy’s principal cyber advisor, is most proud of his work around the Navy’s cyberspace superiority vision and work to better protect operational technology.
The Navy is solidifying the importance of customer experience. For example, its Program Executive Office for Manpower, Logistics and Business Solutions is making its customer experience feedback pilot program permanent in the coming months.
If one theme applies to the federal career of this guest of Federal Drive Host Tom Temin, it might be innovation. In both civilian and military situations, she's brought new technology and new approaches to mission support.
The Navy sees a not-too-distant future in which sailors aboard ships have the same level of connectivity they have on shore, thanks almost entirely to advances in the commercial sector.
Gabe Camarillo, the undersecretary of the Army, said to create a culture of continuous improvement, the Army needs to institutionalize how it buys, develops and continually improve its applications.
“DoD is deeply committed to building domestic capacity and capability and growing our economy, creating U.S. jobs and strengthening our national security,” said Justin McFarlin, deputy assistant secretary of defense for industrial base development and international engagement, at ComDef23, ahead of the release of the first defense industrial strategy.
For the first time since the program's launch in 2018, the number of BRS participants surpassed the number of participants in the military’s legacy retirement system.
Randy Resnick is the director of Zero Trust Architecture Program Management Office in the DoD’s CIO’s office. A team of 17 to 18 people will analyze the zero trust plans submitted by 43 services and agencies.
Using artificial intelligence, analysts at Govini have build a digital twin of the U.S. industrial base. It is a disturbing picture. Govini's analysis shows how far behind the United States military is in bringing new technology to bear.
Only 30% of military personnel transitioning to civilian life start the mandatory transition assistance program on time, a concern for senators who agreed on the importance of the program to help veterans and those transitioning to civilian life.
Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan said that service’s people are its most valuable asset, so it must take care of them.
The rollout is one of DoD’s first large-scale forays into cloud computing at the secret level, and will also consolidate and replace an aging patchwork of tools senior leaders have been using to discuss classified information for years