Defense Department
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The upper chamber will review IMPROVE Act provisions through the Defense Authorization bill. The Senate also is considering other acquisition bills focusing on the workforce.
April 30, 2010 -
A new report from the Federal CIO Council outlines what federal agencies, and the government as a whole, must do if it wants to get more members of Generation Y into the federal IT workforce.
April 29, 2010 -
The troubled Defense Travel System may never be fixed unless there are drastic changes in the rules themselves about DOD travel. DTS director Pam Mitchell explains.
April 29, 2010 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he\'s satisfied with Pentagon planning to counter the threat posed by Iran\'s nuclear program. During a joint news conference at the Pentagon with Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak, Gates also said, \"We are at a point now where Hezbollah has far more rockets and missiles than most governments in the world.\" Those weapons are a clear threat for Israel. Barak said Israel was closely watching Hezbollah.
April 28, 2010 -
New rule could change how vendors do business with DoD.
April 27, 2010 -
Technology has become crucial for and in federal recruiting of the disabled. Dinah Cohen, director of the Computer and Electronics Accommodations Program at Defense explains.
April 26, 2010 -
EADS North America has announced that it plans to bid on the U.S. Air Force\'s tanker modernization program. Sean O\'Keefe, CEO of EADS North America, explains how the company plans to win.
April 22, 2010 -
New White House guidance calls for agencies to submit data feeds to OMB\'s Cyberscope tool. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra hopes the information will give agencies a better idea of vulnerabilities and threats to computer networks. Agencies may have to shift money away from traditional reports to upgrade systems to meet new FISMA requirements.
April 22, 2010 -
The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan wants to know how the Army is doing in administering services contracts.
April 21, 2010 -
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The House Armed Services Committee has given unanimous approval to a bill that would mandate sweeping reforms of the Pentagon\'s non-weapons system contracting and acquisitions programs. The bill, HR 5013, enjoys broad bi-partisan support and is being fast-tracked for a possible vote as early as next week.
April 21, 2010 -
EADS North America announced on Tuesday that it plans to bid on the U.S. Air Force\'s tanker modernization program.
April 20, 2010 -
Committee Chairman Ike Skelton says fixing the acquisition system at the Department of Defense is a bipartisan goal.
April 19, 2010 -
Value Engineering (VE) is a function analysis process to identify actions that reduce cost, increase quality, and improve mission capabilities across the entire DoD enterprise. Nick Torelli, Deputy Director for Mission Assurance tells us about what it takes to be a winner.
April 19, 2010 -
My countdown of the three biggest news stories of the week, as chosen by experts on the Federal government
April 16, 2010