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GSA made an award to Booz Allen Hamilton under the OASIS multiple award contract on behalf of the Defense Department for a host of global threat mitigation services.
September 28, 2015 -
In this week's "Inside the DoD Reporter's Notebook," the Army hopes the project will help answer some of its lingering questions the potential savings of transitioning to commercial cloud offerings.
September 28, 2015 The Defense Department has greenlighted three dozen commercial cloud offerings since it first overhauled its commercial cloud security processes in January.
September 28, 2015-
The Army hopes the project will help answer some of its lingering questions about the potential savings of transitioning to commercial cloud offerings.
September 28, 2015 Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michelle Howard said cyber weapons are following a similar trajectory as nuclear weapons and for now need top command and control authorities to be used.
September 25, 2015-
Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and Gigi Schumm talk to Amie Hoeber, a congressional candidate for Maryland’s 6th Congressional District and former deputy assistant secretary for Army research and development.
September 23, 2015 -
U.S. Air Force policy states “It is the responsibility of all Airmen to tell the Air Force story.” But telling a story can put you face to face with a bully. Lt. Colonel Dan Ward,U.S. Air Force retired, is the author of "The Simplicity Cycle: A Field Guide To Making Things Better Without Making Them Worse" and "F.I.R.E.: How Fast, Inexpensive, Restrained and Elegant Methods Ignite Innovation." He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about his bullying experience in the Air Force and what you can learn from it.
September 23, 2015 -
The Defense Department is attempting to empower its female employees and service members by officially supporting Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s nonprofit group Lean In.
September 22, 2015 -
The FBI, NARA and the Navy see turnover at the executive levels. The Navy gets a new director of information dominance who is allowed to look at classified data.
September 21, 2015 -
The Joint IT Single Service Provider-Pentagon is moving toward full operational capability and the lessons from the effort will influence similar efforts in the future.
September 21, 2015 -
Undersecretary of the Army Eric Fanning has been nominated by the president to serve as Army Secretary.
September 18, 2015 -
On Wednesday, DISA released a request for information as it prepares to migrate its Enterprise Email service to a commercially-hosted cloud and telling industry that it wants the new solution to beat the current system's costs by 50 percent.
September 18, 2015 -
The Pentagon has already signaled its intent to move its massive enterprise email service to a privately-operated, commercially-based cloud environment. This week, DoD officially kicked off the planning process for a procurement that will affect more than one and a half million users. Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
September 18, 2015 -
The Marine Corps pays almost three times as much to move a vehicle for a permanent change of station as the Army does. The Government Accountability Office found the military is spending more on PCS moves even though the forces are actually making fewer reassignments. Retired Navy Adm. John Harvey is former Commander of the Fleet Forces Command and former Chief of Naval Personnel. He's now Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs for the Commonwealth of Virginia. He told In Depth with Francis Rose what's driving the increase in costs.
September 17, 2015 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Air Force will invest further in space, cyber and nuclear deterrence in President Barack Obama's 2017 budget request. The announcement comes as the clock continues ticking for Congress to avoid sequestration in the 2016 budget, and even a possible shutdown by the end of the month. The Defense Department’s intentions to amp up investments in 2017 signals an unwillingness to back down on its priorities in the face of budget uncertainty. Federal News Radio reporter Scott Maucione says Carter's announcement is based in an initiative his predecessor started.
September 17, 2015