Defense Department
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GSA, DoD, DHS still need at least another month to finalize the FedRAMP requirements. Agencies and vendors are anxiously waiting the FedRAMP process to speed up the move to cloud computing and save money. The CIO Council also is developing the top 20 cloud security considerations to help agencies mitigate risks.
June 29, 2011 -
Beth McGrath, DoD\'s deputy chief management officer, said reworking acquisition regulations will include new ways to buy technology and promote agile development. The Pentagon is targeting everything from the way it buys technology to standardizing business systems in an effort to save money and become more efficient. DoD wants to standardize 15 common, commercial business processes.
June 29, 2011 -
These are the stories Federal News Radio reporters are working on today.
June 28, 2011 -
Debra Fillippi, former director of the DoD/VA Interagency Program Office is joining Suss after at 34 year federal career
June 28, 2011 -
The new DoD secretary will need to concentrate on military spending cuts and withdrawing troops from the Middle East, according to Lawrence Korb, a former assistant secretary of defense under President Reagan.
June 24, 2011 -
Newscast stories heard on the June 21, 2011, edition of In Depth with Francis Rose.
June 21, 2011 -
The Army has awarded the Oshkosh Corporation a $226 million contract for 5,131 underbody improvement kits for the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All Terrain Vehicle.
June 21, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office says the Defense Department needs to step up its cybersecurity training.
June 21, 2011 -
The National Security Agency wants to be able to outfit military personnel with commercial smartphones and tablets -- but based on a NSA security design.
June 21, 2011 -
The House Appropriations Committee wants DoD to electronically find and track pharmaceutical information for troops at war.
June 20, 2011 -
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is leading the charge on making a virtual Internet to better protect the real Internet.
June 20, 2011 -
Soldiers working at the Pentagon will trade their combat camouflage for business-like uniforms.
June 20, 2011 -
Designing requirements for a big procurement at DoD involves three main elements: cost, schedule, and performance objectives. GAO\'s Mike Sullivan told Federal News Radio that DoD continues to struggle in those areas.
June 20, 2011 -
Fewer than seven months remain before the U.S. military is scheduled to leave Iraq, and the handoff from DoD to diplomats is in full swing. Federal News Radio\'s Francis Rose spoke with former Ambassador Ronald Neumann about the buildup of American soft power.
June 20, 2011 -
Brigadier General Loretta Reynolds has become the first female commander of the Marine Corps\' historic recruit depot at Parris Island, S.C.
June 17, 2011