Defense
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The Defense Department wants to find more ways to use alternative fuels.
December 02, 2011 -
A week of simulated cyber battling took place at Nellis Air Force Base just outside Las Vegas.
December 02, 2011 -
A bill to let spy agencies share intelligence on cyber threats with private companies was backed by a House of Representatives intelligence panel.
December 02, 2011 -
Agencies must look for projects to enter into Energy Savings Performance Contracts over the next two years. The effort will cost the government no upfront money. The contractors pay for the energy efficiencies and get paid by the utility savings the department receives. The Army, the Air Force and GSA already are using these contracts.
December 02, 2011 -
Col. Carey Tucker, the chief of the Munitions Division at the Air Force Global Strike Command, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how the realignment is going.
December 01, 2011 -
The Air Force has reinstated Advanced C4 Solutions, Superior Communications Solutions and Iron Bow Technologies after the government reviewed all the facts. The contractors, who were suspended on Oct. 24th, were working on a project at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.
December 01, 2011 -
Shay Assad, the department\'s director of procurement and acquisition policy, said the department won\'t target contractors\' profits, even as the Pentagon aims to make cuts. The Pentagon has said its concerned with cost reduction, not margin reduction.
December 01, 2011 -
Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) had objected the move that he said would further exacerbate traffic in the area. Now the Army\'s inspector general is issuing a report this week concluding the Army used flawed traffic data to make its case for locating workers to the current location along Interstate 395.
December 01, 2011 -
Work begins in January on 20,000-niche columbarium that will will extend the cemetery\'s inurnment space to 2024.
December 01, 2011 -
Agencies have tons of data but don\'t always use it wisely. A new report examines how a few agencies are analyzing statistics to reach their goals. The Partnership for Public Service and IBM suggest in their report agencies try the 2002 Oakland A\'s approach to using statistics to build a winning team.
December 01, 2011 -
The department must decide by Dec. 15 whether or not it will follow GAO\'s recommendations after losing a bid protest decision. VA tries to explain why service-disabled veteran owned firms do not receive the highest priority for all contracts. Lawmakers express frustration over the agency\'s explanation.
December 01, 2011 -
The Defense Department\'s new strategic management plan includes changes to the department\'s previous business goals, as well as new areas DoD plans to focus on in the coming year.
November 30, 2011 -
DISA wants improve its enterprise information visibility for the department\'s 15,000 unclassified networks by creating an Enterprise Information Web. The semantic Web will allow data to be more easily shared and reused across the department.
November 30, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told DoD he wants it to be ready for a partial audit by 2014. The Senate this week is considering taking that goal and making it law.
November 30, 2011 -
The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Amy Morris discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories you hear on the air.
November 30, 2011