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The highly publicized alcohol ban, dutifully reported by every outlet in the world, strikes me as theatrical.
The Defense Department shot down a recommendation to reduce basic housing allowance for dual military couples.
The Federal Headlines is a daily compilation of the stories you hear discussed on the Federal Drive. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee asked the Defense and Homeland Security departments for details about their…
Steve Blank teaches Hacking for Defense, a new course at Stanford University that links students with defense agencies to promote innovation in engineering.
Spring in Washington is when federal agencies open up to more buying and more vendor days. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners, shares the three things contractors need to know in early June on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Blockchain has emerged as a potential solution to the need for information security, accuracy and reliability. Shawn McCarthy, research director for IDC Government Insights, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to explain why he’s one…
TSA is wise to start looking at technologies that will speed the dreary process of passenger screening by a factor of at least two.
Maybe it takes a 35-year-old to work 60 days in a row to get a new federal regulation established. That’s just one of several things EPA attorney Jessica Hall Zomer did to get industry to reduce heavy metals going into the nation’s waterways. She’s a finalist in the Service to America Medals program, and joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on her work.
It doesn't get as much exposure or discussion as the main military budget, but the military construction VA spending measure, at $190 billion, has some big opportunities for 2017. Contractors might find some surprises buried in there. Bloomberg legislative analyst Stacy O'Mara shares some analysis with Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
The only thing worse than PowerPoint may be gigantic spreadsheets. Difficult to read or get data out of. Yet that's how the General Services Administration was publicizing its numerous small business contracting opportunities to industry. Giant Excel spreadsheets that required constant manual updating. Now that's changed. Jerome Fletcher, GSA's associate administrator of small business utilization, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on the latest developments.
The Federal Headlines is a daily compilation of the stories you hear discussed on the Federal Drive. Shrinking and aging fleets have Air Force brass worried it won’t be able to stop well-coordinated attacks in…
Blue Cross Blue Shield has joined the growing number of health insurers who have sued the federal government over a shortfall in pay-outs under provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
Federal websites have lots of information, but they occasionally wander into propaganda territory.
The policy package the House Armed Services Committee's Defense bill includes several measures meant to address hazing. Congress and the Government Accountability Office both say DoD hasn’t done enough to track and punish behavior that crosses the line between rites of passage and downright cruelty. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) is the prime sponsor of the legislation. Her nephew, Harry Lew, took his own life after abuse by fellow Marines. She tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the military’s first step should be to come up with a common definition of hazing.