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Silicon Valley technology company Palantir plans to sue the Army, claiming that the military service has shown bias against off-the-shelf products in its solicitation for a $206 million intelligence IT contract.
Paige Hinkle-Bowles is taking over for retired Deputy Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Navy for Civilian Human Resources Patricia Adams.
Marine Corps graduates of the USMC Command and Staff college have a new opportunity for continuing education. That's thanks to a partnership between the Corps and the American University. James Goldgeier, dean of AU's School of International Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin distance learning classes will give officers the chance to get new perspectives on modern warfare.
The Air Force is beginning to explore the idea of asking a single provider to take over the complicated web of business arrangements that power its bases and support its energy resiliency strategies, and replace them with a new model: Energy as a service.
Congressional staffers addressed some of the President's concerns with the 2017 defense authorization bill.
The Defense Department announced Tuesday that members of its civilian workforce can now seek phased retirement from their positions, a concept that’s received little attention from federal agencies until now.
The U.S. Naval Academy is preparing officers for conflict on the next battlefield with a cybersecurity major.
Even before the blended retirement plan goes into effect, the Pentagon is monkeying with it, and that's got the ire of retired officers.
The Defense Department is moving ahead with new rules for defense contractors aimed at limiting damage from insiders with security clearance. Jim Harris, senior counsel for the law firm Holland and Knight, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer his insight.
Commands and agencies throughout the Defense Department have identified the precise civilian jobs they intend to eliminate or restructure under a Pentagon initiative to cut back layers of administration.
DoD's Third Offset strategy started investing in new areas last year to give the U.S. a technological advantage.
Both the House and Senate are proposing protest reform in their versions of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, but would these reforms be helpful? Stuart Turner, a counsel at the law firm Arnold and Porter, offers his analysis on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
When the Naval Academy graduated its first set of cybersecurity majors a year ago, the group included submariners, surface warfare experts, pilots and Marines. Many seemed destined for great careers. Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Retired Capt. Paul Tortora, director of the center for Cybersecurity Studies at the Academy, and Ensign Zac Dannelly, the top performer in that first graduating class, to find out how cybersecurity education is changing the Navy.
Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, racked up some frequent flier miles recently as he traveled from New York City to speak for the first time at the United Nations and then on to Vatican City to tour St. Peter's Basilica. While there, he spoke to members of the U.S. Military Seminary program.