Defense
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The Trump administration needs to work around roadblocks, solidify its plans and use a pinch of skepticism to better the military.
February 22, 2017 -
A Defense Department memo creates cross-functional teams to find where military services are overlapping in business practices.
February 21, 2017 -
Terry Halvorsen retired Feb. 19 after spending the last two-plus years as the Department of Defense chief information officer.
February 21, 2017 -
The Defense Department will move nearly a quarter of a million workers to the New Beginnings system in April.
February 20, 2017 -
Problems transferring licenses from military to civilian world or from one state to another are starting to get attention in Congress.
February 17, 2017 -
The armed services' financial accounting does not have the best reputation when it comes to the accuracy required for clean opinions from auditors. Because of this, they remain on the high-risk list maintained by the Government Accountability Office. Asif Khan, director of financial management and assurance issues at GAO, explained more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 17, 2017 -
This spring will see new acquisition reforms from the House Armed Services Committee along with hopes to pass appropriations bills.
February 16, 2017 -
The Army is required to provide Intel and weather information to soldiers in the field. The military branch opted to solicit for a development contract instead of diving into commercial software to complete the task. What happened next might be surprising, and Joe Petrillo, a procurement attorney with Petrillo and Powell, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to provide some context.
February 16, 2017 -
The Defense Department still has work to do on issues that plagued the department for more than two decades, a Government Accountability Office report stated.
February 15, 2017 -
Created in 1942 to help with efforts against Japan during WWII, the Navy Construction Batallion, or Seabees, is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2017. Navy Capt. Cheryl Hansen, commanding officer of the Seabees in Gulfport, Miss., joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss its history and give a look ahead.
February 15, 2017 -
Almost exactly four years after the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments decided to go their separate ways in their projects to modernize their electronic health records, DoD’s brand new EHR is now up and running, at least at one base.
February 14, 2017 -
DISA is hurrying up its work to deliver unified capabilities to the Defense Department nearly a year early.
February 13, 2017 -
Lawmakers introduced five bills to ensure the readiness of the federal workforce in the face of the hiring freeze or potential furloughs.
February 13, 2017 -
The General Services Administration and schedule contractors continue debating the implementation of the Transactional Data Rule.
February 13, 2017 -
Many federal employees still wonder what direction their agency will head with Donald Trump in the White House - including DoD. Dr. Nora Bensahel and Retired Lt. General David Barno, from the School of International Service at American University, spoke to Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin to provide an analysis of what's ahead for the Pentagon.
February 10, 2017