Tom Temin Commentary
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In 2000, 4 percent of Navy ship deployments lasted longer than six months. Now they all do.
August 24, 2017 -
The second ramming of a Navy ship this summer brings the total loss of life to 17 sailors.
August 22, 2017 -
Lessons learned from a very big, but very short event.
August 18, 2017 -
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Innovation might be part of DIUx's name, but velocity is one of its main benefits.
August 15, 2017 -
The VA secretary is not merely angry at the MPSB's recent request to reinstate Brian Hawkins, he's determined to fire him
August 10, 2017 -
Federal Drive's Tom Temin encounters a powerful reminder from a small church.
August 08, 2017 -
The government has a history of building monumental projects. In that sense, it's always acted like great American companies.
July 31, 2017 -
Forces are building for fundamental reform. But the White House needs to lead more.
July 26, 2017 -
In a sense, it also take a village to take down a major Medicare fraud ring — 400 defendants, including 57 doctors, 162 nurses and 36 pharmacists.
July 24, 2017 -
Slew of bills helping the Veterans Affairs Department shows how much Congress can get done within a limited scope.
July 20, 2017 -
The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments are saddled with real estate they can't get rid of. Agencies are adept at adding, but slow to eliminate the obsolete.
July 19, 2017 -
You've heard of agile software development? This Marine Corps engineer took an agile approach to re-designing body armor.
July 14, 2017 -
After the collapse of the FBI headquarters project, will some sort of sanity or regulation ever come to federal construction?
July 12, 2017 -
VA fired, demoted or gave long suspensions to 749 people since Jan. 20. But it doesn't say what they did.
July 10, 2017