Ash Carter
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The Army is taking a hard look at its childcare and expects a report by the end of the month.
October 06, 2016 -
The Defense Department's newest advisory board has a handful of all-stars in it, but is it up for the challenge?
October 05, 2016 -
The Army is changing and with it are the demands on its individual soldiers. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley explained what characteristics the next generation soldier will hold.
October 03, 2016 -
Congress bought itself more time to work out a fiscal 2017 budget by passing a continuing resolution, but an intractable fight remains on the defense spending front.
September 29, 2016 -
A prominent Republican on the House Armed Services Committee is the newest lawmaker to ask the White House for a budget request to pay for additional troops in Afghanistan.
September 29, 2016 -
The Defense Department will ask Congress for another wartime find when lawmakers come back from their fall recess.
September 27, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is planting so-called innovation centers all over. First came San Jose, then Boston and now, Austin Texas. Is he overdoing it? Will these DIUXs produce tangible results? And what do they mean for companies in the D.C. region. For some possible answers, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Jonathan Aberman, chairman of Amplifier Ventures.
September 27, 2016 -
DoD's Defense Innovation Unit Experimental fell on hard times, but it could be hitting a resurgence.
September 14, 2016 -
A former DoD official says the 2017 defense authorization bill is as good as vetoed, but will it make it into law?
August 30, 2016 -
The Defense Department talks a big game on innovation, but that doesn't mean it's going to take big risks with investments.
August 26, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is looking to the military as it sets up its new cyber workforce strategy.
August 02, 2016 -
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter's defense innovation hub continues to live up to its concept, iterating and improving rapidly as it becomes bi-coastal.
July 27, 2016 -
House Armed Services Chairman Mac Thornberry says the Defense Department is already spending $6 billion it hasn't budgeted for in 2017.
July 25, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, the new FOIA Improvement Act won’t patch every hole in the information request process, and the Senate Armed Services Committee holds a closed door meeting on cybersecurity.
July 13, 2016 -
The Defense Department released a directive explaining how it's going to handle having East and West coast DIUx sites.
July 07, 2016