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This week marks the two-year point since the Defense Department — worried that only 56.5 percent of its contracted dollars involved a meaningful competition between two or more vendors — issued a series of corrective actions to reverse a downward slide that's been ongoing for nearly a decade.
The General Services Administration held a reverse auction to set up contracts for five agencies to buy more than 45,000 laptops, desktops as part of a centralized procurement.
DoD will ask around 3,000 current employees to move from the traditional civil service system to one that offers them fewer job protections but might also boost their pay and promotion prospects.
Dave Milhecic, DISA’s chief technology officer, said a big data platform and an application that runs on top of it called Fight by Indicator (FBI) is giving analysts the information and tools to improve network defenses.
The Defense Department on Thursday rolled out a new outline of its IT modernization priorities, calling it a “living document” whose goals include better cooperation with industry.
Vendor past performance is a big factor in awarding federal contracts. Or it should be. It's a smart practice and at the Defense Department, it's also a requirement. That's why the DoD inspector general looked at 56 Army contracts awarded by five Army contracting shops to see whether the Army was consistent in evaluating past performance. Michael Roark, DoD's assistant inspector general for contract management and payments, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with the results.
Members of the National Guard, Coast Guard and Air Force pitch in to help Louisiana residents dealing with massive flood.
Leaving the military is hard enough without worrying about civilian employment. But there are initiatives to help Army vets get on their feet post-military.
As the Army migrates all its PCs to Windows 10 over the next year, and the Army’s helpdesk isn’t yet equipped to handle the surge of tech support calls.
U.S. Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Sam Kendricks won the bronze medal for men's pole vaulting during his first Olympic competition.
DIUX, the Defense Department innovation unit in Silicon Valley, is expanding to Austin, Texas and other places. Does that mean Secretary Ash Carter is dissing the companies right here in the D.C. region? Venture capitalist Jonathan Aberman, chairman of Amplifier Ventures, gives his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
A new bill in the House would take a novel approach to increasing the numbers of women and minorities in high ranking positions in the Defense Department, both uniformed and civilian. It would use grants to fund organizations devoted to leadership development and mentoring.
Dave Nelson is leaving the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to be the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s CIO while Karen DeSalvo left her role as coordinator for health IT to focus full time on being acting assistant secretary for health.
Jacques Reifman, senior research scientist at the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, and his team are finalists in the science and environment category in the 2016 Service to America medals for their work on APPRIASE, which is now in the process of being licensed for civilian use. He spoke with Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the system.