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The Defense Department has a temporary reprieve from budget uncertainty with the two-year budget deal. Now that the department can look further ahead, two of its top budgetary officials are beating the drum for nuclear modernization. The bill for modernization and sustainment of nuclear weapons could be as high as $1 trillion over the next 30 years. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his look into the nuclear triad question.
December 10, 2015 -
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Within the next year, the Defense Department is likely propose significant changes to two major laws that have governed its personnel system for the last 30 years. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports, the reviews come at a time when Congress is examining an overhaul of its own.
December 10, 2015 -
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Based on the work of two study groups, the Pentagon is likely to ask Congress to revise two key statutes underlying its personnel management system for military officers: the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act.
December 10, 2015 -
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The Congressional Budget Office has found, the Defense Department could save billions by replacing uniformed people with civilian or contractors in certain non-combat, support jobs. But should it? Nora Bensahel, a military analyst and scholar in residence at American University, shared her analysis of the CBO report on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 09, 2015 -
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Service members have the same rights as every other citizen when it comes to voting, financial services and employment. But it can be harder for them to exercise those rights. The Justice Department is asking Congress for stronger sanctions against rogue companies that target service members. Acting Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery told Federal Drive with Tom Temin more about the legislative proposal.
December 09, 2015 -
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Former Pentagon officials told lawmakers that the Defense Department's oversized workforce is not only hurting the budget, but also policy decisions.
December 08, 2015 -
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Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have called on Senate appropriations leadership to stop implementing a Defense Department policy that has cut travel reimbursement since Nov. 2014.
December 08, 2015 -
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DHS plans to release a new terror alert system after its previous system failed to keep citizens informed of threats.
December 07, 2015 -
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Experts say the Defense Department needs to create more flexible career paths that cater to the specialized operations forces the department relies on more now. But decades old laws, like the Defense Officers Personnel Management…
December 07, 2015 -
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Frank Kendall, the undersecretary of Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, said he's got the numbers. They show his Better Buying Power initiatives are working. Kendall said annual contract costs have declined since the reforms were put into place. Even so, he said DoD is still facing a $17 billion shortfall for fiscal 2017. Multiple defense officials have said modernization will take a hit in order to make up for the loss in funds. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione shared the latest on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 07, 2015 -
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The last barrier for women in the military has been removed. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said women in any of the armed services could soon serve in any of the combat responsibilities. The move raises a lot of questions. How will it affect readiness? Combat effectiveness? Logistics? For some possible scenarios, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to retired Army Lt. General David Barno, now a scholar-in-resident at American University.
December 07, 2015 -
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The Defense Department says the cybersecurity verification center had intermittent outages during the first three days it went online. DoD says it has fixed the problems.
December 07, 2015 -
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The Pentagon bolsters its plea for $1 trillion in nuclear modernization funds as the weapons age and funding is limited.
December 07, 2015 -
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Small business advocates inside the Defense Department are concerned about a new set of requirements DoD imposed on a huge number of IT contractors beginning in October.
December 07, 2015
