Defense
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The Pentagon in 2016 aims to get a least step closer to a clean financial audit. Well, maybe a baby steb. But an expensive one DoD reporter Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Read Jared's related story.
November 24, 2015 -
Richard Lieberman, a consultant and retired attorney, warns government contractors not to begin work until they really have a contract.
November 24, 2015 -
Cyber breach victims who haven't yet received a notification letter from the Office of Personnel Management can visit a verification center in the next few weeks for extra help. OPM said its verification system is live but won't be made available to the public just yet.
November 23, 2015 -
The Defense Department is spending more money and getting less out of it, defense analysts told Congress.
November 23, 2015 -
Think health IT and what comes to mind? Doctors pulling up your health record at a visit? You, downloading your medical information? Probably with the Blue Button — a federal invention? Nearly all hospitals and doctors’ offices use health technology in some fashion thanks largely to a big push from the federal government. Dr. Jon White is deputy national coordinator for health IT, the office charged with taking the initiative to the next level. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, he spoke with Federal News Radio’s Emily Kopp.
November 23, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management's watchdog says a quality assessment conducted by the agency on questionable background investigations has some problems of its own.
November 23, 2015 -
For the first time, nearly all of the Defense Department’s budget is under professional audit, the Pentagon told Congress in a report last week, making 2015 a “pivotal year” in getting the entire department’s books in audit-ready condition by the end of fiscal 2017.
November 23, 2015 -
It was a big week for personnel moves within the military’s acquisition leadership. Last Monday, Heidi Shyu, the Army’s top acquisition executive sent a note to staff saying she’d be moving on from government, and just…
November 23, 2015 -
DoD leaders attested last week that they’ve now come up with a way to seamlessly share data outpatient data with the Department of Veterans Affairs using their existing systems, even though it was a year later than Congress wanted.
November 23, 2015 -
For the first time, nearly all of the Defense Department’s budget is under professional audit, the Pentagon told Congress in a report last week, making 2015 a “pivotal year” in getting the entire department’s books in audit-ready condition by the end of fiscal 2017.
November 23, 2015 -
Sen. John McCain sent two letters to White House officials expressing the concerns of a growing bloc of lawmakers over a lack of cyber deterrence policy.
November 20, 2015 -
The federal IT budget will to grow in both the civilian and Defense sectors over the next few years. That’s the conclusion from research with dozens of federal IT executives as part of the Professional Services Council’s annual Vision Federal Market Forecast. On Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Robert Haas, chairman of the PSC budget team, tells Executive Editor Jason Miller why agencies and industry are optimistic.
November 20, 2015 -
The Professional Services Council’s 51st annual Vision Forecast found Defense Department and civilian agency spending on technology spending to increase over the next few years.
November 20, 2015 -
Vendors chide the government for keeping programs running that were coded in COBOL. But there's still life in the market of this much maligned language.
November 19, 2015 -
The Air Force’s Air Mobility Command stumbled onto some surprising findings when using big data to save on fuel costs.
November 19, 2015