Defense Department
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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 -
The Pentagon has launched a new data gathering effort to try to detect sole-source vendors who are making excess profits by hiding their cost data from contracting officers.
May 16, 2019 -
The Marine Corps plans to convert all of the civilian billets within its cyber command to the new Cyber Excepted Service starting next month.
May 14, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new bill would grant OMB, GSA the authority to draft plans for moving non-national security agencies to other areas.
May 13, 2019 -
Connected Health's Dr. Kelly Blasko joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the DoD's program to help children of service members a communicate.
May 09, 2019 -
Space Development Agency director Fred Kennedy joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to give details about what the new DoD agency will be doing.
May 09, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a new Senate bill looks to improve the Defense Department’s Mentor-Protégé Program, which expired last year.
May 09, 2019