On DoD
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The two agencies released a joint statement on April 12 “reaffirming the importance of preserving competition in the defense industry.”
April 14, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says it’s time for an upgrade to the Goldwater-Nichols Act, but the Pentagon will need help from Congress.
April 12, 2016 -
Assuming the Army completes its planned drawdown to 450,000 active duty soldiers by the end of next year, the service will own and operate 21 percent more real estate and facilities than it can conceivably put to productive military use.
April 11, 2016 -
Gen. Mark Milley, the Army’s chief of staff, said his service will arrive at decisions within a matter of weeks on a new way forward for the Modular Handgun System, which has been in the works since 2011.
April 11, 2016 -
It's hard enough to make it Army Rangers. But how to you get to be the "Best Ranger" in the Army, and by extension, the best man in the armed forces? We'll find out in a few days when the Army stages the 33rd annual Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia. Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Nelson, one-time Best Ranger, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the 33rd annual Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia.
April 08, 2016 -
Generals say current analyses show the U.S. will need more land forces for future conflicts, precisely at the time the Army is shrinking to its smallest size since before World War II.
April 07, 2016 -
In a marathon, you're done in three or four hours. The Best Ranger runs from 6 a.m. on a Friday morning until sometime around 4 or 5 Sunday afternoon. No rest or sleep
April 06, 2016 -
Federal workers are finding that mobile tech offers them flexibility and freedom that has the potential to vastly improve performance. But the downside is that these devices present a number of unique security risks.
April 06, 2016 -
Jack Midgley, executive officer, Defense and Social Infrastructure, Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting Co. Ltd, joins host Roger Waldron on Off the Shelf to discuss Deloitte's Asia-Pacific Defense Outlook for 2016. April 5, 2015
April 03, 2016 -
The Secure Computing Environment for the Air Force District of Washington is nearing its final phase for the non-secure network, but budgeting challenges have kept the secure network behind.
April 01, 2016 -
A reduction in soldiers' housing allowances cut revenues of private companies that operate military housing. The Army may allow those firms to assess rental costs to make up part of the difference.
April 01, 2016 -
The Army will release a new policy in June that will give deadlines for data centers to close and incentives for their data migration.
March 31, 2016 -
Cheating on tests by the nation's nuclear warriors, bribe-taking for military contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and now a nearly five-year sentence for a flag-rank naval officer for steering contracts for ship provisioning in the infamous Fat Leonard scandal. Is corruption on the rise in the military? Brian Bouffard, a former JAG staff member, answers the question on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 31, 2016 -
The Army is expanding its use wireless WiFi networks, both indoors and outdoors. By getting rid of heavy cabling that takes hours to install, the Army is hoping to make command posts and tactical units more mobile and agile. Lt. Col. Mark Henderson, product manager for WIN-T Increment One, shares details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
March 28, 2016 -
Within the next month, the Navy expects to issue a request for proposals to support a new concept it’s calling the “Cloud Store.”
March 28, 2016