Defense
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Young provided an update on mobility in the military and how the Pentagon is leveraging and tweaking commercial solutions to put mobile tools in troops' hands.
October 24, 2011 -
The Joint Staff is reviewing the doctrine, which should define when the military can go on the cyber offensive. Once it is approved, Cyber Command will put out guidance and tailor its training accordingly.
October 21, 2011 -
Capt. Duane Ashton, the program manager for unmanned systems in the Navy\'s program executive office for Littoral Combat Ships. He joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the new device and how it furthers Navy\'s trend toward using more unmanned vessels.
October 21, 2011 -
Chief information officers in the intelligence community said despite cultural challenges, it makes sense to treat the IC as one IT enterprise. They owe an implementation plan to IC agency heads by the end of this year.
October 21, 2011 -
Winslow Wheeler is the director at the Straus Military Reform Project for the Center for Defense Information.
October 20, 2011 -
In a blog post on DoDLive.mil, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said he rejects the comparison of the military retirement system to a civilian retirement system, after the Defense Business Board has recommended changes to the military retirement system to something more like what is available for private-sector civilians.
October 20, 2011 -
Bill Bransford, a partner at Shaw, Bransford and Roth joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morristo discuss the latest developments in the case and what veterans should know about securing loans.
October 20, 2011 -
A new Center for Strategic and Budgetary Analysis report says the Defense Department should look at improving value in military pay and benefits, not simply cutting. The report also calls for a BRAC-like commission to study service members\' benefits.
October 20, 2011 -
Senior defense leaders told Congress they\'ve already made huge steps toward implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting. Former members of the panel say DoD still has a lot of work to do.
October 20, 2011 -
The agency\'s task force detailed potential areas to cut the cost of technology in a 104-page report sent to the chief information officer this week. Stephen Warren, VA\'s principal deputy CIO, said the agency expects to save at least $50 million over the next year.
October 19, 2011 -
Davin Knolton, the assistant chief of staff at the Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., who created a system that searches for, finds and remediates classified information on unclassified systems, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss his idea.
October 19, 2011 -
While agencies and employees are reaping the benefits of telework, many frontline supervisors remain reluctant. They have to learn to manage the work, not the workers, experts say.
October 19, 2011 -
The Pentagon will soon announce winners of its latest round of grant funding to try out new energy technologies at its U.S. bases. The response from industry and other government agencies has been overwhelming, officials said.
October 19, 2011 -
The training would show how to handle personal information, government records and show restrictions on how the data is stored.
October 18, 2011 -
VA will test the use of the ideas in the agency\'s Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program, according to a VA release.
October 18, 2011