On DoD
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DoD’s new guidance clarifies what FedRAMP equivalency means and requires cloud service providers handling controlled unclassified information to get a letter of attestation from a third-party organization that says they meet the FedRAMP Moderate baseline standards without plans of action and milestones.
January 23, 2024 -
TMF has a new acting leader, a long-time Senate staffer heads to the White House cyber office, and three federal acquisition and IT leaders head out the door.
January 23, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The SEC has figured out how its official X account was hacked. The Technology Modernization Fund program management office has new temporary leadership. And the U.S. Navy gives birth to a new pregnancy policy.
January 23, 2024 -
An organization that supports active duty service members has launched an initiative to make it easier when changing duty stations. The Military Family Advisory Network has partnered with some large retailers to give families a little something when they arrive at the new location.
January 22, 2024 -
Armies in other parts of the world have called on the U.S. Army, and other armed forces, for platforms and ordnance. This as the U.S. military ponders its own supplies, readiness, and the overriding question of the capacity and resilience of the defense industrial supply base.
January 19, 2024 -
Yvette Bourcicot, the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, said with 500 occupations separated into 11 career fields, the service is reimagining how it attracts, retains and develops civilian employees.
January 19, 2024 -
DoD’s space office is “assigning minimum classifications to a various number of things,” which will allow the services to take a look at their space programs and decide if some information can be made available to lower classification levels.
January 19, 2024 -
MaryKathryn Robinson, the director for contract policy in the Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting, said in 2022 92% of the OTAs were awarded to those OTA contractors or performers that had a non-traditional defense contractor performer.
January 18, 2024 -
Several years in, and still no national guard component for the Space Force. What Space Force got in the most recent Defense Authorization bill is a feasibility study. For what that means, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Brig. Gen. Michael Bruno from the Colorado National Guard.
January 18, 2024 -
The Atlantic Council’s Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption says that Congress and DoD are making progress on its recommendations but acknowledges that "broader, strategic matters” will take some time to reach full implementation.
January 17, 2024 -
The latest must-read, issued by the Pentagon last week, is the first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy. It acknowledges that America's manufacturing might isn't what it used to be. And that it's not really up to the task of supporting great powers competition.
January 16, 2024 -
DoD's overhaul of its system to move servicemembers' goods from place to place was supposed to have been implemented by now. But so far, no major moving companies have signed up.
January 16, 2024 -
The service is currently selecting specific programs to be the first ones to implement the unified data reference architecture.
January 16, 2024 -
The Army is in the midst of collapsing all of its networks, aiming to achieve a "unified network" within the next three years.
January 12, 2024 -
It is no secret the the U.S. armed forces are dealing with a recruitment shortfall. And they often cannot retain the experienced people they need. Maybe it is because of a changing military culture.
January 12, 2024