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A bipartisan group of Senators want to give the Homeland Security Department more authority over the dot-gov domain. A new bill would make into law the responsibilities and authorities DHS currently has under policy from the White House. Federal News Radio’s Executive Editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with details on the new bill.
July 23, 2015 -
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Small business success for the federal government in the latest contracting numbers as the government as a whole hits its small business contracting goal. The government also hit some other goals in minority contracting. Joe Jordan is CEO of FedBid, and former administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that he likes what he sees in the latest numbers.
July 22, 2015 -
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Postal Service employees know the effects of a major cyber breach all too well. Hackers stole personally identifiable information for more than 800,000 employees back in November 2014. But the USPS Inspector General said the agency from the top to bottom wasn't prepared for the attack. Aron Alexander is the IT audit director in the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Postal Service. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that the agency doesn't have the staffing and the resources to handle cybersecurity functions.
July 22, 2015 -
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Veterans Affairs officials tell Congress today that they will have to begin a partial shutdown of the department unless Congress reallocates money into VA’s medical services accounts by next week. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports, the shutdown would impact virtually every VA medical center in the country.
July 22, 2015 -
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The federal government has a trust problem after the OPM cyber breaches. Federal News Radio wanted to know what the people who were affected by the breach thought about the response from OPM and from the government overall. Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp has a preview of the survey results and she explains what we wanted to know from the people who participated.
July 22, 2015 -
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Jointness is all over the new National Military Strategy. Outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey describes how each armed service will contribute equally to national security. Jim Holmes is a professor of strategy at the US Naval War College. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that he has little sense of what the U.S. maritime strategy will look like and how it function with land and air forces.
July 22, 2015 -
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The military lacks the resources it needs for nearly every one of its forces. The Marines are running with two-thirds of the number of battalions it has needed in the past to meet its daily operational needs. The Army is losing 40,000 active duty troops in the next two years. And advanced missile defense programs are underfunded and behind schedule. Michaela Dodge is a senior analyst for defense and strategic policy at the Heritage Foundation. She tells In Depth with Francis Rose that DoD and the next administration are in desperate need of a new nuclear game plan.
July 22, 2015 -
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A new report from the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology cites OPM's scattered IT governance, lack of cybersecurity experts and lack of cyber threat detection technology as the major pitfalls leading to OPM's cyber breach. The Federal Drive's Tom Temin spoke with Dan Waddell, a lead contributor on the study, about what OPM needs to do to secure its systems for the future.
July 22, 2015 -
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Lockheed Martin plans to sell its IT business and acquire helicopter-maker Sikorsky for $9 billion. It's a deal with far-reaching consequences — not just for Lockheed and Sikorsky parent United Technology, but also for the broader defense industrial base. Jesse Holler is a quantitative analyst at Bloomberg Government. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more analysis on this deal.
July 22, 2015 -
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Your agency will have to help pay for the credit monitoring and identity protection services for the 21 million current and former federal officials whose data was stolen from the Office of Personnel Management. OPM tells agencies it will raise its fees and require agencies to contribute funding for the next three years to help pay for these services. Federal News Radio’s Executive Editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more details and reaction.
July 22, 2015 -
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The OPM data breaches should serve as a wake up call to federal agencies that they can no longer just selectively comply with the findings from security audits. That's according to a new report from the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT). Dan Waddell is the director of government affairs at (ISC)2 and one of the contributors to the report. He joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on what ICIT found and what it recommends.
July 22, 2015 -
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Bloomberg Government\'s Brian Friel and Cameron Leuthy join host Roger Waldron to discuss the current federal budget landscape, and provide an overview of multiple award contracts across government. July 21, 2015
July 21, 2015 -
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The nominee to be the new Army Chief of Staff -- General Mark Milley -- says he believes the troop cutting plans the Army finalized this month will leave a force that’s still capable of doing all it’s being asked to. But that capability also comes with a high level of risk -- including the risk of more casualties in combat. More from Federal News Radio’s DoD reporter Jared Serbu.
July 21, 2015 -
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Lockheed Martin is buying helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky Aircraft for $9 billion. The move pushes Lockheed into the helicopter business, which it wasn't a part of until now. Richard Aboulafia is the vice president for analysis at the Teal Group Corporation. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose the acquisition shows Lockheed is serious about expanding its reach and getting involved in the international defense business.
July 21, 2015
