Defense Department
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DoD's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation urges the Pentagon to put further JRSS deployments on hold.
January 30, 2018 -
The Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is the latest DoD organization to jump on the OTA bandwagon with an arrangement that would spend $100 million on 14 cyber technology areas.
January 30, 2018 -
The Defense Innovation Board, tasked by Congress to deliver report on software acquisition, is doing all it can to avoid writing a long document that will gather dust on a shelf.
January 30, 2018 -
NDAA gives agencies special funds for contractors dedicated to modernizing IT systems, cybersecurity, etc.
January 26, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Special Counsel presents its findings from two investigations involving employee misconduct and negligence at the Veterans Affairs Department.
January 26, 2018 -
Rep. Mike Conaway, one of just a few financial accounting experts in Congress, says the Defense Department has already shown tremendous progress as it undertakes its first-ever audit.
January 26, 2018 -
Military personnel say DOPMA is foundationally sound, but needs more workarounds, especially for highly-technical fields
January 25, 2018 -
The federal government may be open for business again, the military members have been told it's unclear when they will receive back pay for the past three days.
January 23, 2018 -
No cable, canceled field trips and other unexpected results of a government shutdown.
January 19, 2018 -
How to keep military bureaucracy from squelching new and better solutions
January 19, 2018 -
Navy says all of its Japan-based ships are caught up on training, certification standards, a dramatic departure from a year ago.
January 19, 2018 -
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says Defense has been offering $40,000 buyouts since last year, but finding anybody who actually got the bigger bucks is tough.
January 18, 2018 -
In most of the recent political death matches on Capitol Hill, defense spending was at the center of the fight. This time it's immigration. Still, the threat of a shutdown and a lack of resolution over defense priorities has a lot of Washington nervous. Todd Harrison, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin there's more talk about holding out on passing another short-term continuing resolution until some of the key issues are resolved.
January 17, 2018 -
Navy could announce 21 weeks of paternity leave as soon as next month, but the boost would require a change in DoD policy.
January 17, 2018 -
A team of Booz Allen subject matter experts join host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss DoD's network resilience efforts and the delivery of future IT networks. January 16, 2018
January 16, 2018