Defense
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The Defense Department has begun initial steps to create a new civilian cyber workforce outside the strictures of the traditional civil service system.
July 15, 2016 -
Marine Corps brass will be reviewing responses to a challenge for ways to improve the Corps. Marines and sailors both have had the chance to submit ideas for wearable technologies and creating products with three-dimensional printing.Sponsored by the Army Research Lab and the National Security Technology Accelerator, the challenge embodies the Marine Corps bias for action. Marine Maj. Gen. Vincent Coglianese, the assistant deputy commandant for installations and logistics, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 14, 2016 -
The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs certified to Congress that their electronic health records could finally exchange data in a meaningful way. But lawmakers aren’t satisfied with that assertion.
July 14, 2016 -
Maj. Gen. Thomas Seamands joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to discuss the goals and mission of the Army Human Resources Command. July 22, 2016
July 13, 2016 -
The leader of the Strategic Capabilities Office says acquisition can be bettered through looser requirements.
July 13, 2016 -
The Defense Department is considering another emergency fund to pay for wartime expenses, leaving some to ask have supplemental funds gone too far?
July 11, 2016 -
Now that high baseline for cloud security standards is finalized, the program looks to normalize the controls with the Defense Department’s security requirements guide under level 4 systems.
July 11, 2016 -
Former military officials are trying to keep the Missile Defense Agency director a three or four star general.
July 08, 2016 -
Lack of data is the main hurdle keeping the Department of Defense from saving billions on its budget.
July 08, 2016 -
Former DoD officials told the House Armed Services Committee that most of the Senate's reforms to the Pentagon are a good idea.
July 07, 2016 -
The Defense Department released a directive explaining how it's going to handle having East and West coast DIUx sites.
July 07, 2016 -
The United States is hiring contractors to maintain aircraft in Afghanistan to keep the number of deployed troops lower.
July 06, 2016 -
Ten months after Defense Secretary Ash Carter sanctioned Lean In Circles for DoD agencies, women are using the circles to fight gender bias.
July 05, 2016 -
In October, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced Lean In Circles, which are sanctioned by the Defense Department. The idea is to give some space for women to talk freely about their challenges in the workplace. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione sat in on a Lean In Circle at the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency to see how they’re actually getting along. He shares the experience on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 05, 2016 NARFE's Jessica Klement and John Hatton join host Mike Causey on the first half of today's Your Turn to discuss reforms to the Windfall Elimination Provision or WEP. Later in the show. Brig. Gen. Mike Meese (Ret.) will talk about what's pending in the Defense Authorization Act and a change to the military TSP plan. July 6, 2016
July 04, 2016