Defense Department
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Today marks the final day on the job for John Young, the Pentagon’s Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Before leaving, he sat down for one last exit interview with reporters. FederalNewsRadio’s Max…
April 27, 2009 -
The Pentagon is not going to renew its contract with Lockheed Martin to process information for U.S. veterans. Bloomberg is reporting that the current contract will expire soon and the Pentagon will not excercise its…
April 20, 2009 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a tour of the military’s war colleges. On Friday he spoke at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island. Among the topics of discussion: what the military can…
April 20, 2009 -
This has been buzzing around for a few days now — a paper looking at the relationship between social software and national security. Wired blogged about it … FCW’s Ben Bain had a good piece…
April 18, 2009 -
GAO finds that the use of alternative dispute resolution is up by 25 percent in 2009
April 17, 2009 -
By Jane Norris FederalNewsRadio Are Facebook and Twitter essential to national security? Two researchers at the National Defense University say the answer is yes and they are calling on the Pentagon to use social media…
April 17, 2009 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates delivered a speech yesterday at the Air War College in Montgomery, Alabama. He is speaking at all of the service war colleges this week to discuss his budget recommendations for FY…
April 16, 2009 -
On Tuesday we featured a conversation with Iraq Reconstruction Special Inspector General Stuart Bowen and Afghanistan Reconstruction Special IG Arnold Fields on lessons learned from rebuilding Iraq. The RAND Corporation is focused on this issue…
April 16, 2009 -
FederalNewsRadio has been telling you about the military’s efforts to confront issues of traumatic brain injury among military personnel. Now it appears that there could be a disconnect over the symptoms of “traumatic brain injury.”…
April 16, 2009 -
By Jason Miller Executive Editor FederalNewsRadio Fewer companies are protesting contract awards made by the Defense Department over the last five years. Between 2004 and 2008, the Government Accountability Office found the number of protests…
April 15, 2009 -
Cost-type contracts nearly double over the last eight years.
April 13, 2009 -
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has called for, “a dramatic change in the way we acquire military equipment.” Gates has also said that he wants to rely less on contractors and more on civilian civil…
April 09, 2009 -
We learned earlier this week about Defense Secretary Roberts Gates’ proposed budget for 2010. Gates is calling for 39,000 full-time civil servants to be hired in the next five years, but how will that affect…
April 09, 2009 -
The House’s oversight of reform for the acquisition system at the Pentagon is done by the Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, under the auspices of the House Armed Services Committee. Last week the panel heard from…
April 07, 2009 -
Defense Secretary Gates is taking a new look at Pentagon spending. FederalNewsRadio’s Max Cacas has been monitoring today’s briefing and tells us more.
April 06, 2009