Defense Department
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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 -
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Tuesday that he would block any effort by the Obama Administration to bifurcate the leadership of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, saying the move would be premature and lacked any input from Congress.
September 14, 2016 -
The Pentagon’s acting inspector general tells Congress budget shortfalls are to blame for delays in investigating whistleblower reprisal claims. Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports on Pentagon Solutions that the investigations took an average of about 300 days last year — much longer than the guidelines in federal law.
September 12, 2016 -
A month after being rebuked by the Government Accountability Office for the way it planned to pick vendors in a ten year, $17.5 billion IT services contract, the Defense Information Systems Agency issued a revised request for proposals Wednesday, giving vendors a little more than three weeks to submit new bid packages.
September 08, 2016 -
The Pentagon’s acting inspector general blames chronic underfunding for extensive delays in its investigations into whistleblower reprisal claims, which averaged about 300 days in 2015.
September 08, 2016 -
In today's Top Federal Headlines, a new report shows that while some agencies are improving, the federal government still ranks among the worst for customer experience.
September 06, 2016 -
Trade groups representing banks and credit unions say they haven’t had enough time to study the DoD’s rules to protect servicemembers from predatory loans.
September 06, 2016 -
The Defense Department appointed 18 members to yet another advisory committee to study the acquisition system. But this one has a much more specific task than the blue ribbon panels that have come in the decades before it.
September 06, 2016 -
GAO explicitly rejected the claim that the agency shouldn't have used LPTA, saying the decision was justified because ENCORE is “a mature program with a substantial commercial application.”
September 06, 2016 -
The Defense Department will delay the rollout of its forthcoming $4.6 billion electronic health record because of newly-discovered technical problems, officials said Thursday.
September 01, 2016 -
The United States Air Force Band, the premier Air Force musical organization, rehearses at its studio on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C.
September 01, 2016 -
Not only is DoD largely unable to detect misuse of the cards on its own, officials responded slowly, inadequately or not at all even after auditors pointed out thousands of specific, glaring examples of misconduct involving casino gambling and adult entertainment.
August 31, 2016