On DoD
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The Air Force is using multiple programs to push back its security clearance backlog.
February 05, 2019 -
Former federal IT executives say the 1996 law is not the problem, but it’s the processes that grew up around the Clinger-Cohen Act are making IT acquisition too difficult.
February 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general found that when it comes to detention facilities contractors, Immigration and Customs Enforcement doesn't adequately hold them accountable for written performance standards.
February 05, 2019 -
Senior Defense IT officials said 2019 will be a year of action as they order a halt to legacy, one-off IT solutions.
February 05, 2019 -
On time and on budget — that's really never been the case for new military weapons systems. But it's not that they don't try.
February 05, 2019 -
The Pentagon's new cloud strategy says defense organizations will need the CIO's permission to create or use cloud services other than JEDI.
February 05, 2019 -
For the second year in a row, the director of Operational Test and Evaluation said the Joint Regional Security Stacks are neither operationally effective nor operationally suitable.
February 05, 2019 -
After years of preparing companies for stricter cybersecurity requirements, DoD is finally cracking down.
February 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, an internal email to staff at the National Park Service explained the effect the partial government shutdown had on the agency.
February 04, 2019 -
Five years after it broke open, the Navy's contract scandal, "Fat Leonard," is still producing indictments and prison sentences. For some perspective, Bruno Wengrowski joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
February 04, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new report from the Defense Department shows there was a slight increase in the amount of sexual assaults reported at military academies.
February 01, 2019 -
Top House Armed Services Committee Democrats think the Defense Department skimped on its climate change study last year.
February 01, 2019 -
A Pentagon report says the total number of sexual assaults at the three U.S. military academies increased slightly last year, but an anonymous survey suggests far more encounters are going unreported
January 31, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Veterans Affairs Department releases its much anticipated community care standards, which lay out what veterans are allowed to get medical treatment from non-VA doctors.
January 31, 2019 -
The Army Reserve is placing itself in strategic locations to get talented people to become soldiers.
January 30, 2019