Defense Department
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Saying it’s seeking more inclusion and a broader range of experience within its enlisted ranks, the Navy is moving ahead with the latest in a series of changes to its personnel system.
October 03, 2016 This week on Federal Tech Talk, Steve Bilbo, Army enterprise architect at Iron Bow Technologies joins host John Gilroy to discuss what federal agencies should consider when making the transition to Windows 10. October 4, 2016
October 02, 2016-
In today’s Top Federal Headlines, President Barack Obama has nominated Glenn Fine as the new Defense Department inspector general.
September 29, 2016 -
When it comes to the technological superiority of the Army’s battlefield equipment, officials worry it’s on the wane because of a sort of a perfect storm
September 28, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is planting so-called innovation centers all over. First came San Jose, then Boston and now, Austin Texas. Is he overdoing it? Will these DIUXs produce tangible results? And what do they mean for companies in the D.C. region. For some possible answers, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to Jonathan Aberman, chairman of Amplifier Ventures.
September 27, 2016 -
Beyond the headlines involving a new name for the B-21 long-range strike bomber, a doubling of the Air Force’s drone pilots and several new initiatives by the new chief of staff, there was an abundance of lesser-noticed news during the three days of events at the Air Force Association’s annual conference.
September 26, 2016 -
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter expressed deep displeasure with the congressional budgeting process Thursday, calling it “deplorable” that the government seems poised to begin a new fiscal year under a continuing resolution for the eighth year in a row.
September 23, 2016 -
The Air Force is beginning to see glimmers of progress under a sweeping plan that aims to eventually give its weapons systems the same amount of cybersecurity attention the service devotes to its traditional IT networks.
September 22, 2016 -
The Air Force is set to begin training some of its enlisted members to fly aircraft next month — the first time it’s done so since it became a separate military service in 1947.
September 20, 2016 -
The Army is reexamining the cases of at least 73 soldiers who it kicked out under other-than-honorable circumstances between 2009 and 2015 because it may have run afoul of a federal law intended to help ensure troops aren’t punished for mental health issues.
September 19, 2016 -
Defense Department spending on research and development has suffered historic declines during the budget drawdown that’s been in progress since 2009.
September 19, 2016 -
The DoD IG has been posting public summaries or redacted versions of its classified or “for official use only” reports — sometimes on the same day the full versions are released to the folks with security clearances.
September 19, 2016 -
What would it take to lure you out of your federal job? Senior correspondent Mike Causey asks if a $40,000 buyout would make you think of taking retirement.
September 19, 2016 -
DIUx is panning for diamonds. The Pentagon may not really need this elaborate apparatus.
September 16, 2016 -
The Government Accountability Office is not convinced that getting rid of a 40-year-old fighter jet is as good an idea as the Air Force seems to think.
September 16, 2016