Defense Department
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Although Congress failed to set any productivity records this year, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it may OK three big-ticket items for federal workers.
November 03, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced a series of recruiting changes on Tuesday that he said would let the armed services recruit from a broader swath of the American population, rebuild lost ties with local communities and reduce growing misconceptions about military service.
November 02, 2016 -
Here's a quick overview of the Federal News Radio's special report The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force.
October 31, 2016 -
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.
October 31, 2016 -
With only a few months left before his tenure as Defense secretary expires, Ashton Carter took one more step to drive home his point that the Pentagon needs more "innovation" in its bloodstream.
October 31, 2016 -
It’s a good bet that most Americans have never heard of the military’s Joint Task Force Civil Support. That’s due, in good measure, to the fortunate fact that it’s never had to perform its primary mission during its 17 years in existence: deploying military forces to the site of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) disaster.
October 27, 2016 -
Welcome to the #FedFeed, a daily collection of federal ephemera gathered from social media and presented for your enjoyment.
October 26, 2016 -
Former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal says agencies handle overpayments in different ways, but the basic processes are similar.
October 26, 2016 -
If the Defense Department is getting financial savings from its contracted work, it either doesn't know or just isn't reporting it. Nor has the department developed a plan for getting more efficiency out of its staff and contractors. A lot of work yet to be done. Brenda Farrell, director of defense capabilities and management issues at the Government Accountability Office, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about GAO's latest work on civilian workforce costs
October 26, 2016 -
For the Navy, virtual reality is more than a training tool. It's also becoming a novel way of public outreach. The Recuiting Command plans to field trailer-sized virtual reality chambers to let citizens experience a real-life Navy Seal operation. Capt. Dave Bouve, the national director of Navy Marketing and Advertising. He talked about the VR project on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
October 26, 2016 -
The time has come to split U.S. Cyber Command from the National Security Agency and assign separate leaders to each organization, the nation’s top intelligence official said Tuesday.
October 26, 2016 -
The Pentagon last week made contract awards in its promised expansion of federal government’s first-ever bug bounty — the “Hack the Pentagon” challenge which would up finding and closing 138 separate cybersecurity vulnerabilities in DoD’s public-facing websites earlier this year.
October 24, 2016 -
Congress and the Government Accountability Office are asking new questions about the long-term viability of the Military Privatized Housing Initiative.
October 24, 2016 -
The Air Force is standing up a new human capital analytics office, hoping to make better use of the data it already has in order to help solve ongoing recruiting and retention challenges.
October 20, 2016 -
The Chief of Naval Operations is in charge of manning, training and equipping the Navy. And Adm. John Richardson, the current CNO, says that means civilians too. In a bit of an unusual step for a military service chief, Richardson issued his own framework for improving the health of the civilian workforce on Friday.
October 19, 2016