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As possibly the biggest buyer of fuel in the world, the Defense Department can ill-afford to make mistakes in forecasting prices. If it guesses wrong, it could face billions in unforeseen costs. But the Government Accountability Office found mistakes can happen. And this one was a doozy. Johana Ayers, GAO's director of defense capabilities and management issues, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on all the details.
In anticipation of the upcoming "Star Wars" film, crewmembers from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower created a parody movie trailer: "Sea Wars: The Ike Awakens."
The Navy made its first awards under its new Innovation Cell framework for rapid IT acquisition Tuesday, and will insert new technologies for virtual desktops and military base IT infrastructure within the coming months.
The two-year budget deal agreed to by Congress has left DoD in a hole for its 2017 budget planning.
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.
Richard Lieberman, a consultant and retired attorney, warns government contractors not to begin work until they really have a contract.
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.
The Defense Department is spending more money and getting less out of it, defense analysts told Congress.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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.
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.