Defense Department
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Four years after launching the General Fund Enterprise Business System, Project Manager Col. Matt Russell said that most users in the organization have fully adopted it, and it’s time to focus on upgrades.
June 17, 2016 -
Being on GAO's high-risk list isn't meant to be a life sentence for agencies and programs. The list is a way to encourage agencies to take improvement actions on their own and lead by example.
June 17, 2016 -
The Defense Department has spent the last seven years getting itself ready for its first-ever financial audit. But the congressionally-mandated timeline for DoD to become “audit ready” means a new administration will have taken office before the final test.
June 16, 2016 -
Common access cards work. They get you on the network. They open gates and doors. But DoD CIO Terry Halvorsen is right. It's time for them to go.
June 16, 2016 -
A new report from a Washington-based think tank points to an ever-widening disconnect between the size of the Defense Department’s Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) fund and the troop levels it was originally meant to pay for.
June 15, 2016 -
Decision day on those proposed $40,000 federal buyouts is approaching and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there's lots more than bigger buyouts on the congressional shopping list.
June 15, 2016 -
The blended retirement system for those exiting a military career goes into effect in 2018. It substitutes future annuity levels with matching funds in the Thrift Savings Plan. Even before the plan goes into effect, the Pentagon is monkeying with it, and that's got the ire of retired officers. Retired Marine Corps Col. James Sweeney, president of the Reserve Officers Association, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to offer his insight.
June 13, 2016 -
The Defense Department decides to reject a recent audit's recommendation to reduce the housing allowance benefits for dual military couples.
June 13, 2016 -
After slow start, the Defense Digital Service is now working on projects ranging from GPS to travel reimbursements.
June 13, 2016 -
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter announced sweeping changes to DoD's personnel system for both military officers and civilian employees, saying it needs more flexibility to control military promotions and to hire qualified civil servants.
June 09, 2016 -
The policy package the House Armed Services Committee’s Defense bill includes several measures meant to address hazing. Congress and the Government Accountability Office both say DoD hasn’t done enough to track and punish behavior that…
June 08, 2016 -
President Barack Obama has named Rear Adm. Michael Gilday to be the next commander of the Navy’s 10th Fleet and Fleet Cyber Command, the Defense Department said on Tuesday.
June 08, 2016 -
The Defense Department shot down a recommendation to reduce basic housing allowance for dual military couples.
June 07, 2016 -
July 1 will mark exactly three years since stronger whistleblower protections went into place for employees of defense contractors.
June 06, 2016 -
The Navy’s top cyber commander says her service needs to spend the next one thinking about a broad array of new activities that fall under the general heading of “procedural compliance.”
June 06, 2016