On DoD
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You're heard of the term cancel culture: getting rid of people with unpopular opinions. It's not all that new. The popular new movie Oppenheimer re-enacts the revocation of the scientist's security clearance in the 1950s, because of his opposition to the hydrogen bomb. What about today?
August 18, 2023 -
A report on sexual assault and harassment at the military academies recommends better access to mental health care and restructuring peer leadership.
August 18, 2023 -
The Army’s expanding technical specialties require leaders with the knowledge to train its young soldiers while keeping them up to date.
August 17, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The FBI is getting a new leader to take on insider threats. The Defense Department mobilizes resources to help in Hawaii. And the saga of the CIO-SP4 contract continues.
August 16, 2023 -
Lily Zeleke, the deputy chief information officer for the information enterprise at DoD, said the move to the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability is as much about taking advantage of enterprise services as it is about not breaking mission outcomes.
August 15, 2023 -
Venice Goodwine replaces Lauren Knausenberger, who departed in June, as the Air Force chief information officer.
August 15, 2023 -
Intelligence agencies are bringing more of a top-down focus to open-source intelligence (OSINT).
August 14, 2023 -
Melissa Vice, the director of the Department of Defense’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program, said the 12-month voluntary pilot with defense contractors found vendors faces similar challenges as the department in securing their networks.
August 14, 2023 -
Defense officials say the organization aims to make sure DoD takes a coordinated, responsible approach to adopting generative AI for military applications.
August 10, 2023 -
The “AI Cyber Challenge” announced today will be a two-year effort with involvement from leading companies Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.
August 09, 2023 -
Buy-American and not-buy-from-China rules have raised concerns from contractors. Meanwhile the FTC proposes new rules on contractor mergers that look practically unworkable.
August 08, 2023 -
The proposed House and Senate NDAA bills have language to create new oversight and accountability for defense contractors.
August 07, 2023 -
Protests of agency solicitations or contract awards draw protests about two thousand times every year. It's no fun for either side. But there are things the government can do in crafting an acquisition to lower the chances of a protest.
August 07, 2023 -
When Congress left for recess this month, it left lots of Defense Department questions up in the air. When it returns in September, it will have just a few short weeks before the end of the federal fiscal year.
August 07, 2023 -
When Congress abolished the role of chief management officer, it left a void that the Defense Management Institute is trying to help fill.
August 04, 2023