Federal Drive
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By law and regulation, the Veterans Affairs department is supposed to check out the employees used by its contractors. A recent look-see by VA's Office of Inspector General found pretty serious non-compliance.
February 22, 2024 -
This man has spent a career improving the lives of veterans and others with physical disabilities. He has overseen development of vastly improved wheelchairs and prosthetic devices. Now he is an inductee to the Inventors Hall of Fame.
February 22, 2024 -
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Whistleblower protection legislation often has bipartisan support. Yet it seems to take forever. A bill to extend federal protections to contractors was supposed to get marked up in January in the House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. But now it is sidelined.
February 21, 2024 -
DNA has long been used to identify human remains. Such is the case at the identification lab operated by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Now some new scientific methods have emerged called next-gen sequencing.
February 21, 2024 -
Contractors are wary of the latest proposed rule giving DoD access to their IT systems. It is part of an effort to improve cybersecurity with incident reporting and information sharing. Another rule would impose new requirements on contractors unclassified systems.
February 21, 2024 -
One of the National Security Agency’s top cyber officials is stepping down this spring. Rob Joyce, NSA director of cybersecurity, will retire on March 31.
February 21, 2024 -
Nearly every moment a security issue takes place somewhere in the transportation system. Thousands of incidents each week get reported to the Transportation Security Administration's big operations center in Herndon, Virginia.
February 20, 2024