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Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James assured mothers she would change Air Force maternity leave policy if the Defense Department does not.
January 15, 2016 -
Air Mobility Command Assistant Director for Analytics Don Anderson said sharing information with other services cuts back on operational redundancies.
January 15, 2016 -
Even though Congress gave the Air Force every dollar it asked for in its 2016 budget for facility upkeep, the service estimates it will have 20 percent less funding than it needs. Leaders say it’s enough to patch and mend their existing facilities, but that approach will only work for so long. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu provides all the details for Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
January 14, 2016 -
Air Force says it is "patching and mending" its existing facilities, but the approach isn't a long-term solution.
January 14, 2016 -
Navy brass say they're losing a game of catch up when it comes to taking care of critical facilities. They say a lack of funding and the continued deterioration of installments has led to cuts in quality of life programs. While the recently-enacted, two-year budget deal gives Navy personnel programs some reprieve, officials say they still don't have enough to keep up with crumbling buildings. Federal News Radio's Scott Maucione fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin on all the details.
January 13, 2016 -
DoD's forthcoming update to enterprise email is likely to include several other business collaboration tools, and will be rebranded as the "Defense Office Automation Service."
January 13, 2016 -
Why is a government reduction in force like giving yourself a haircut? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says both should be options of last resort with Band-Aids at the ready.
January 13, 2016 -
The Department of the Navy will soon announce the creation of a new rapid acquisition office whose mission will be translate emerging technologies into actual weapons systems much more quickly than the Navy and Marines can do today. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu shares the details on Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Read Jared's related story.
January 11, 2016 -
The Defense Department can be surprisingly vague in how it expresses the cost of flight, and how to interpret it.
January 11, 2016 -
The Air Force said last week that it has about 1,000 civilian “overages” across all of its major commands, and needs to use reduction in force (RIF) authorities to eliminate those positions.
January 11, 2016 -
Navy officials told lawmakers facilities sustainment cuts have hurt personnel services and building modernization efforts.
January 08, 2016 -
The Navy plans a formal announcement regarding the creation of a rapid acquisition office within the next several months. Each of the military services would like Congress to allow more flexibility so that weapons system funding can be spent on protoypes.
January 08, 2016 -
In the aftermath of the botched transition of a childcare subsidy program for military families, the Army and the General Services Administration say they’ve now cleared a backlog of thousands of overdue payments to soldiers. But as Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, it will take several more months to get the fee assistance program on even footing.
January 07, 2016 -
The Army and GSA say most families who've been waiting months for promised childcare subsidies have been compensated. But several other aspects of the Army's Fee Assistance Program will take months more to correct.
January 07, 2016 -
The budget deal cuts $250 million in civilian headquarters and mandates a report from the inspector general.
January 06, 2016