Defense Department
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Another group has recommended the Social Security Administration share its Death Master File with Treasury to cub improper payments.
June 20, 2019 -
Federal Advisory Committees number more than a thousand. Maybe it is time for a little review.
June 19, 2019 -
Government Accountability Office says the Defense Department’s installations lack the resilience to combat and recover from extreme events.
June 19, 2019 -
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is stepping down before his formal nomination ever went to the Senate
June 18, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a provision in the annual Defense bill the Senate Armed Services Committee released this week would order a top-to-bottom review of the contractor, civilian and military IT positions in each military service and DoD agency.
June 14, 2019 -
A proposed rule would give administrators of the DoD's primary health care delivery system, Tricare, power to impose civil penalties on fraudsters.
June 07, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Navy’s Fleet Cyber Command started wide-scale implementation of the Cyber Excepted Service this month.
May 31, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a White House plan to take away some workers rights from civilian Defense employees was denied support from the Senate.
May 30, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, as part of a new pilot program, the Defense Department awards contracts to five companies to actively recruit technical talent from the private sector.
May 23, 2019 -
The Navy, Marines and Coast Guard are looking for new ways to apply technology to their training curricula, but only where it makes sense to do so.
May 23, 2019 -
Buzz about artificial intelligence has led to increased spending and put several Trump administration directives in motion, but only a handful of agencies have gotten into the early stages of AI adoption.
May 22, 2019 -
With looming Metro station closures this summer, OPM is recommending federal agencies adjust their teleworking policies to accommodate disruptions to employees commutes.
May 22, 2019 -
The Defense Department awarded a $75 million other transaction agreement to Perspecta, the contractor it hired a year ago to construct a separate piece of the National Background Investigation System.
May 22, 2019 -
House appropriators want to prevent the Pentagon from spending money to information to the JEDI Cloud contract until it meets several conditions.
May 21, 2019 -
Jon Etherton, president of Etherton and Associates, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf to discuss eCommerce, supply chain security and potential acquisition related provisions under consideration for the National Defense Authorization Act.
May 20, 2019