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The State Department claims it can save up to $10 billion by revamping its structure, but some lawmakers are skeptical of the intentions.
A group of foreign policy experts assembled by the Atlantic Council advocates a "de-layered" State Department, saying the current structure is "unmanageable."
More than 30 think tank experts are calling for military base closures. The Defense Department says it is operating with a 22 percent excess of infrastructure.
President Trump's pick to head the Air Force is highly qualified, but some experts think her business connections are dubious.
Viola's nomination was out of the blue, but experts say that might work to his advantage. Outsiders can create an opportunity for change through new perspectives.
As some of the best officers leave the Army, the service's personnel evaluation system is stuck in the 1950s and it's still years before anything can change. Federal News Radio's special report, The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force, shows the Army is starting to take steps to address the problem to meet its Force of the Future goals.
Officers with advanced civilian degrees are getting pushed out of the Army. But they are the very people Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants in the military. The Army's aging personnel evaluation system may be to blame.
Defense-minded voters have been left with relatively little to go on as the nation nears the end of a presidential campaign that’s included only scant discussion of military issues.
Nora Bensahel, distinguished scholar in residence at American University, and retired Lt. Gen. David Barno, a distinguished practitioner there, are co-authors of The Future of the Army, published by the Atlantic Council. They walked Federal Drive with Tom Temin through some of the budget challenges the Army currently faces.
Intelligence analysts say a new Defense Department data gathering policy helps civil liberties and intelligence work.
DoD is trying to make sure its chosen strategy is easily picked up by the next presidential administration.
The Navy's top energy official said he thinks the tide is turning in Congress when it comes to green energy and the military.
The Marine Corps is looking toward personnel for ways to meet its cyber mandates in a time of budget cuts.
The National Security Agency has retained almost 97 percent of its employees in 2015.