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The Government Accountability Office has revisited the weapon system acquisition programs at the Defense Department, only to find that many of its recommendations haven't been hold yet.
Only eight weeks into the job, David Shulkin is rethinking health care goals within the Veterans Affairs Department
GSA's office of integrated technology services and the Defense Information Systems Agency are in discussions to determine whether cloud is a "sufficiently defined" market to warrant a new multiple award contract of its own.
More than 150 national defense projects would be at risk if the Defense Department enters fiscal year 2016 under a Continuing Resolution. The Air Force could take the brunt of that with depleted ranks and 50 programs on the potential chopping block. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, tells In Depth with Francis Rose there's not much you can do, if you sell to the Pentagon, except prepare for the worst.
The Defense Department is trying to alleviate concerns from industry about new procedures for independent research and development and getting paid for it. DoD laid out new requirements in its Better Buying Power 3.0 plan in April to increase oversight of independent R&D. Federal News Radio’s Executive Editor Jason Miller joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin discuss why industry is concerned and what DoD is doing about it.
Early in the Iraq war, substandard electrical wiring at U.S. bases caused the deaths of soldiers. The lawsuits are still dragging on. Construction contractor KBR has sued the Pentagon for documents it says it needs in lawsuits against the company. The DoD hasn't complied. Joe Petrillo, a partner at the law firm Petrillo and Powell, joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin to the sort out this case and its implications.
Frank Kendall, DoD’s undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, clarifies new rules about public funding as the Pentagon begins investing in Silicon Valley.
Former Defense Department Comptroller Bob Hale wants Congress to learn from the past five years of budgetary turmoil. Congress has about 10 work days when it gets back from recess Sept. 8. – with no immediate sign of a budget deal for fiscal 2016.
Susan Kelly introduced sweeping changes to the Defense Department's Transition Assistance Program, improving the transition of service members to civilian life.
The Office of Personnel Management and Department of Defense have awarded a $133 million contract to help protect the personal information of people impacted by the cyber breach.
Contractors, government relationship feeling the impact of cutting-edge technology, resulting in potentially cheaper and more efficient manufacturing.
The Defense Department will test its new F-35 joint strike fighter against an aging A-10 Warthog starting in 2018. The Pentagon says it wants to see whether both jets can perform high-threat close air support. But Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh calls the testing a "silly exercise." Richard Aboulafia is vice president for analysis at the Teal Group Corporation. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose what the F-35 can do that the A-10 can't.
The Defense Department needs a 21st century security network that can handle a growing number of sophisticated threats. The Pentagon has already put a lot of work and resources into the Host-Based Security System. It's part of DoD's first coordinated departmentwide security system. Dan Goure is vice president of the Lexington Institute. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about a six-step strategy the Pentagon should pursue to build off the system it already has.
The Pentagon says its contribution for a new manufacturing institute dedicated to flexible electronics will be matched by $96 million in corporate and institutional funding. Officials say it could lead to a significant lightening of a soldier's loads and real-time damage reports from individual bulkheads aboard Navy ships.