On DoD with Jared Serbu
Each week, Deputy Editor Jared Serbu speaks with the managers of the federal government's largest department.
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After its first two years of full-scale financial audits, the Defense Department is starting to get some of its first concrete indications of how much work likes ahead of it before it can finally earn…February 12, 2020 -
For almost a decade now, Congress has been pressing the Defense department to modernize and consolidate the IT systems it uses to write contracts. This is a pivotal year in accomplishing that: The Army is…February 5, 2020
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It’s been five years since the Defense Department adopted the Risk Management Framework to assess the cybersecurity of its IT systems. It was a rough ride at first, but DoD organizations have started to work…January 22, 2020
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The Defense Department Inspector General has released its annual list of the top ten management challenges facing the Pentagon. Most of the items in the 2020 edition are familiar: shoring up financial management, countering challenges…December 4, 2019
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It’s been a little more than two years since the Army’s chief information officer memorably declared that the battlefield network it has is not the network it needs. Now the service is nearly ready to…November 26, 2019
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The Army’s newly-christened marketing office is set to launch its first ad campaign on Monday, and if there’s one consistent theme that ties the multi-platform messaging strategy together, it’s that the Army wants to pivot…November 8, 2019
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Dr. Bruce Jette, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology sits down with Jared Serbu for a wide-ranging discussion on the Army’s intellectual property strategy, advanced manufacturing, and how the service’s…October 23, 2019
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On this edition of On DoD, Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford, the Army’s Chief Information Officer/G6 talks with Jared Serbu about the Army’s forthcoming data strategy — and the new standards the service will use to…September 26, 2019
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On this week’s show, an extended discussion with Matthew Donovan, the undersecretary of the Air Force, and Gen. Stephen Wilson, the service’s vice chief of staff. They discussed the rollout of the “Digital Air Force”…September 11, 2019
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For decades, the Navy’s relationship with its spare parts suppliers has been relatively straightforward: when the service needs a batch of items, it places an order, and industry fulfills it. But officials at Naval Supply…August 30, 2019
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In the Defense world, formal investigations rarely substantiate whistleblower retaliation claims, especially those from contractor employees. But a new alternative dispute resolution program has already resolved more than 80. Nilgun Tolek, the DoD OIG’s director…July 25, 2019
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First on this weeks show, officials from Army Cyber Command and the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems join Jared Serbu to talk about the kickoff of the Army’s Enterprise IT-as-a-Service pilot, which will…July 17, 2019
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The Army is front and center in this episode. We begin with an exclusive interview with Mark Esper, the Army secretary. Later, Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins from the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command discusses where…June 12, 2019
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A special edition of On DoD, featuring an abridged version of a panel discussion Jared Serbu moderated at this year’s Navy League Sea-Air-Space expo in National Harbor, Maryland. This conversation is focused on personnel, and…May 22, 2019