Defense
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Navy and other Defense officials tried, but failed to persuade Congress to make the change as part of the 2017 Defense authorization bill that passed in December. But top Navy personnel officials are lobbying lawmakers to include the language in this year’s bill. It would allow military promotion boards to place officers “of particular merit” at the top of promotion lists, ahead of their peers.
April 06, 2017 -
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter has urged his successor, former Marine Gen. James Mattis, to continue fostering relationships with tech innovators as part of his drive to create a "force of the future."
April 06, 2017 -
DoD's processing of incurred cost contracts is slowing because of the hiring freeze.
April 06, 2017 -
Military leaders converged this week on National Harbor, Maryland for Sea-Air-Space: The Navy League’s Global Maritime Exposition.
April 06, 2017 -
The federal cloud policy makes it easier for agencies to begin replacing legacy systems with commercial applications.
April 06, 2017 -
The top military leaders of each branch say the cumulative effect of years of continuing resolutions is taking its toll. But what makes 2017 so much worse than all the other years?
April 05, 2017 -
The Navy is supporting its sailors and industry with logistics. At the annual Sea Air Space Symposium, Federal Drive with Tom Temin speaks to Rear Adm. Jon Yuen, commander of the Naval Supply Systems Command, about how the service just set up its P-8 Logistics Cell or LOGCELL this year.
April 05, 2017 -
Under a new administration, the Defense Innovation Board is turning its sights on DoD's data collection and storage.
April 05, 2017 -
Like nearly every agency, the Marine Corps is trying to save money on its IT and software. Bill Williford, executive director of the Marine Corps Systems Command, spoke with Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione on Federal Drive with Tom Temin from the 2017 Sea Air Space Symposium in National Harbor, Maryland.
April 04, 2017 -
The Coast Guard almost faced a $1 billion cut to its funding in President Donald Trump's 2018 budget. The service avoided that peril, but there are plenty of other things for the Coast Guard to work on. Adm. Paul Zukunft, the Coast Guard commandant, spoke with Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione on Federal Drive with Tom Temin at the Sea Air Space Symposium in National Harbor, Maryland.
April 04, 2017 -
With upgrades in full swing across the federal government, Vasili Ikonomidis, the service desk program manager at NetCentrics Corp., tells you what you need to know for an easy transition to the new operating system.
April 03, 2017 -
The Navy needs 2,000 civilians to deal with its ship maintenance backlog and even more if the fleet size increases.
April 03, 2017 -
The Strategic Capabilities Office is one of the most lauded organizations in the Defense Department. And its leader says his office doesn’t have to worry about acquisition requirements like the rest of the Pentagon establishment.
April 03, 2017 -
Army officials are in the midst of rethinking everything from how they plan and budget for facility sustainment, to which services truly need to be offered on each post, camp and station.
April 03, 2017 -
The chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps are all taking time from their day jobs this week to testify about why it’s important that Congress actually pass a budget for 2017, now that five months of the fiscal year have elapsed.
April 03, 2017