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Although Congress failed to set any productivity records this year, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it may OK three big-ticket items for federal workers.
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced a series of recruiting changes on Tuesday that he said would let the armed services recruit from a broader swath of the American population, rebuild lost ties with local communities and reduce growing misconceptions about military service.
As some of the best officers leave the Army, the service's personnel evaluation system is stuck in the 1950s and it's still years before anything can change. Federal News Radio's special report, The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force, shows the Army is starting to take steps to address the problem to meet its Force of the Future goals.
The election is thrown into turmoil, and members of Congress are calling for the FBI director's scalp. But other things are going on atop Capitol Hill. Like a threatened veto of the crucial National Defense Authorization Bill. Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
Officers with advanced civilian degrees are getting pushed out of the Army. But they are the very people Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants in the military. The Army's aging personnel evaluation system may be to blame.
The Air Force is cutting ancillary and computer-based training so its airmen can have more time for family and profession development.
Here's a quick overview of the Federal News Radio's special report The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force.
Defense-minded voters have been left with relatively little to go on as the nation nears the end of a presidential campaign that’s included only scant discussion of military issues.
With only a few months left before his tenure as Defense secretary expires, Ashton Carter took one more step to drive home his point that the Pentagon needs more "innovation" in its bloodstream.
It’s a good bet that most Americans have never heard of the military’s Joint Task Force Civil Support. That’s due, in good measure, to the fortunate fact that it’s never had to perform its primary mission during its 17 years in existence: deploying military forces to the site of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) disaster.
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The Air Force is still struggling to shorten its contract award times as it begins a big modernization push.
Former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal says agencies handle overpayments in different ways, but the basic processes are similar.
If the Defense Department is getting financial savings from its contracted work, it either doesn't know or just isn't reporting it. Nor has the department developed a plan for getting more efficiency out of its staff and contractors. A lot of work yet to be done. Brenda Farrell, director of defense capabilities and management issues at the Government Accountability Office, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about GAO's latest work on civilian workforce costs