Defense
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DoD is setting up Cost and Pricing Centers to form a brain trust on commercial price determinations.
May 31, 2016 -
The question for Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson is how tough and accountable the Navy will be about itself as the Fat Leonard scandal widens.
May 31, 2016 -
On Memorial Day, we tend to think about those who have served in America's wars, throughout history. The Fisher House foundation also thinks about their families. Chief of Staff Mary Considine joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with an update on the foundation and its latest activities.
May 31, 2016 -
President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter took part in a Memorial Day remembrance ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery Monday. The day before, Carter attended the start of the Rolling Thunder ride at the Pentagon.
May 31, 2016 -
The 8½ inch floppy disk held up at the recent House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing was good theater, but it doesn’t tell the entire story of the state of old technology in the government.
May 31, 2016 -
A senator representing one of the largest concentrations of federal workers says he'll see what happens when Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) amendment hits the Senate floor.
May 30, 2016 -
George Washington University Law Professor Steve Schooner joins host Roger Waldron to discuss "Better Buying Power Principles" and their potential impact on DoD acquisition. May 31, 2016
May 27, 2016 -
1,077 first-class midshipmen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on May 27.
May 27, 2016 -
The Navy is considering multisourcing its next NGEN contract.
May 27, 2016 -
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants increased troops and military pay in his much awaited amendment to the defense authorization bill.
May 26, 2016 -
The Pentagon is pushing Congress for a long list of changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including no more jury sentences. Civilian lawyers, through the American Bar Association, praise some of the changes, but express doubt some of the others. John Altenburg, former Army deputy Judge Advocate General and now with the law firm Greenberg Traurig, shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
May 26, 2016 -
Excited about the possibility of a $40,000 going-away gift from your agency? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there's good news and not-so-good news on the buyout front.
May 26, 2016 -
A top Department of Homeland Security official thinks 2017 is the big year for cybersecurity investment.
May 24, 2016 -
Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu discusses information warfare and Navy weapons systems with Vice Adm. Ted Branch and Rear Adm. Michael Manazir at the 2016 Sea-Air-Space conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
May 24, 2016 -
The House is working on appropriations. The Senate is laboring away on the Defense Authorization Aill for 2017. CQ Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin if this is all business as usual.
May 24, 2016