National & World Headlines

• Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, Assistant Chief of Staff, Air Force

  The Air Force owns a huge stockpile of intercontinental ballistic missiles and bombers that are quickly aging in place. It owns two out of three legs of the US nuclear triad; the Navy owns the third. Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, assistant chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration for the Air Force, tells Federal News Radio's Jason Fornicola how the service is modernizing its two legs of the US nuclear triad.

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  March 17, 2015
• Gary Schmitt, Co-Director, Marilyn Ware Center for Strategic Studies, AEI

  The House of Representatives released its fiscal 2016 budget proposal. It would parse back the strict spending limits on the Defense Department while keeping in place a range of cuts for domestic programs. Gary Schmitt is co-director of the Marilyn Ware Center for Strategic Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, and former staff director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he broke down the House Budget Committee's plan.

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  March 17, 2015
• House GOP budget calls for increase in feds’ retirement contributions

  House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.) released his $3.8 trillion budget plan, which includes language calling for an increase to federal employees' contributions to their retirement plans. All federal employees would pay 6.6 percent of their pay into their retirement plans. The bill also increases funding to the Defense Department's Overseas Contingency Operations fund, while keeping total DoD spending under sequestration caps.

  Budget

  March 17, 2015
• Coming to a theater near you: esports

  By DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Competitive gaming is ready for its close-up. The Electronic Sports League and live event broadcaster BY Experience announced plans Tuesday to bring a series…

  Technology

  March 17, 2015
• Improper payments by federal agencies reach a record $125B

  By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal agencies set a new record for improper payments last year, shelling out $125 billion in questionable benefits after years of declines. The payments included tax credits…

  Management

  March 17, 2015
• Trending at SXSW: Mind cloning, off-the-grid messaging

  By MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As a plane with a Grumpy Cat flag flew overhead, courtesy of Friskies, the Technorati flooded into panel discussions and happy hour spots at the…

  Technology

  March 17, 2015
• Budget fight: Obama claims the upper hand over Congress

  By JOSH LEDERMAN and JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bolstered by a spate of upbeat economic news, President Barack Obama is claiming the upper hand in the budget fight unfolding in Congress, aiming…

  Budget

  March 17, 2015
• Cablevision hopes to attract Internet customers with HBO Now

  By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cablevision is offering the new HBO Now online service to its Internet customers, even though the service could persuade more people to drop their cable…

  Technology

  March 17, 2015
• Live-streaming apps dominate buzz at South by Southwest

  By MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A live-streaming app called Meerkat, calls to online activism and pedicabs with a “Game of Thrones” Iron throne seat were the top topics of conversation…

  Technology

  March 17, 2015
• Dr. Wendy Dean, Tissue Injury and Regenerative Medicine Program Management Office, U.S. Army

  You might remember Charla Nash. She's the woman who was horribly disfigured when attacked by a friend's pet chimpanzee back in 2009. The Pentagon has been closely watching her long recovery. More than watching, actually. The Army has paid hundreds of thousands of dollars of Nash's medical bills. The hope is Nash's ordeal can help the military learn to care for disfigured soldiers returning from war. Dr. Wendy Dean, a medical advisor in the Army's Tissue Injury and Regenerative Medicine Program Management Office, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the effort and what the military hopes to learn.

  Federal Drive

  March 17, 2015
• Army commits $500 million to GSA’s OASIS contract

  Under a new agreement, GSA would reduce the Army's fee to use the professional services governmentwide acquisition contract to 0.1 percent from 0.75 percent. This is the second major MOU signed by GSA and a military service.

  Defense

  March 17, 2015
• House vets chairman: VA impeding congressional oversight

  The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee on Monday accused the inspector general and other officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs of withholding reports from his panel, despite pledges to be transparent.

  Congress

  March 16, 2015
• What happens when the Treasury IG disputes findings of a VA IG report?

  The Treasury Department's inspector general reviewed a recent Veterans Affairs IG report and concluded the actions of a former VA acquisitions official "did not violate applicable law."

  Defense

  March 16, 2015
• US at odds with Google on computer search-warrant proposal

  By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department proposal that could make it easier to locate and hack into computers that are part of criminal investigations is raising constitutional concerns from privacy…

  Technology

  March 16, 2015