Defense Department
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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 -
The tri-service proposal would elevate IT issues in each service's organizational chart. Its chief advocate is the Department of the Navy, which has already expressed its desire to appoint an assistant secretary for information management.
May 08, 2019 -
Chris Gorman, COO at Monkton, discusses his company's method of employing common security standards to allow government workers to work from more places and be more productive.
May 08, 2019 -
DIB SCC's Mike Gordon and Steve Shirley joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to detail how they plan to help companies shore up the defense supply chain.
May 06, 2019