SDFM The Business of Defense
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This week’s FEDtalk show spotlights the Department of Justice’s post-pandemic reentry plans. As DOJ strives to reach a “new normal,” groups representing Department attorneys discuss how telework availability is impacting employee morale, recruitment, and retention.
May 20, 2022 -
Jeff Schramek, the deputy commissioner for fiscal accounting and shared services at the Bureau of Fiscal Service in the Treasury Department, said taking a human centered design approach to improving its shared services offerings.
May 19, 2022 -
If agencies can overcome cultural resistance and learn to trust and fully leverage cloud solutions, they’ll reap the benefits of scalability, flexibility, specialized security expertise, and an improved user experience.
May 19, 2022 -
In the never-ending work of information technology modernization, federal agencies have been working on three tracks when it comes to cloud computing. They’ve moved at least some legacy applications to the cloud in what’s commonly called lift-and-shift.
May 19, 2022 -
Join us as Coderre answers questions from hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter about SAMHSA’s mission to reduce the impact of substance use disorder and mental illness on America's communities.
May 19, 2022 -
The pandemic we have been experiencing over the last few years has begun to evolve in ways that we have all noticed. Communities are now considering how best to navigate life with endemic COVID-19.
May 18, 2022 -
Digital engineering has become an important strategy in the defense domain for a faster, more efficient route to new platforms and systems. By constructing digital representations of a system that includes all the characteristics it would have as a physical entity, digital engineering saves much of the costs and time required to build and test physical prototypes.
May 17, 2022 -
The U.S. Army is called upon to help the nation not only because it has warfighting responsibilities, but also because it has vast resources and capabilities that can be utilized to assist local authorities when a disaster hits.
May 17, 2022 -
Two things the federal government is looking at for its data center strategy going forward are better locations and greener technologies.
May 16, 2022 -
Agencies face a major year-end deadline to phase out paper as part of their records management procedures.
May 16, 2022 -
During 42 years working in the Army, Larry David Leiby tested critical weapons systems, including the Patriot missile system and Apache attack helicopter. Learn about him now during Federal News Network’s May We Say Thank You event.
May 16, 2022 -
The pandemic was the final straw that instigated global supply chain disruption. But various factors have been building for decades, and they aren’t going to get better soon.
May 13, 2022 -
Federal agencies have clearly gotten the cloud memo. Agencies are storing and running more mission-critical workloads in the cloud than ever, typically relying on the “big three” federally authorized cloud providers.
May 12, 2022 -
Moving databases and workloads to the cloud is no longer a seriously debated topic in the private sector, as it is now considered standard operating procedure. Companies in competitive industries are accelerating the process of untethering on-premises assets to advance productivity and efficiency and to gain a competitive edge. The goal is to move assets to the cloud quickly and in a way that maximizes benefits.
May 12, 2022 -
Conversations on Health Care hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter ask him about efforts to build public awareness and support for those with mental health issues.
May 12, 2022