Defense Department
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On this week\'s On DoD, Jared Serbu talks to two of the officials overseeing the Joint Information Environment effort from the DoD CIO\'s office.
June 17, 2015 -
A lot of female veterans feel invisible, both on active duty and at home. That\'s according to a new survey released by the non-profit The Mission Continues. The survey found that female veterans feel a need to prove themselves twice: First to be recognized as warriors by their male peers in the military, and then for their service when they return home. Mary Beth Bruggeman is the southeast executive director for The Mission Continues and a Marine Corps veteran. She joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the survey.
June 17, 2015 -
The Pentagon has plenty of rules and regulations designed to enforce good cyber behavior. But DoD\'s chief information officer says as of now, there are far too few consequences for users who violate those rules. Federal News Radio\'s DoD reporter Jared Serbu tells In Depth with Francis Rose that\'s about to change.
June 16, 2015 -
The Army is reexamining its recruitment process. The ultimate goal is to refine the recruiting process so the service still attains top-notch soldiers without \"industrial age\" metrics that only measure raw numbers of recruits.
June 16, 2015 -
The latest iteration of Better Buying Power from the Department of Defense and legislation coming out of the Senate Armed Services Committee are two of the most recent efforts to help DoD buy better. Michael O\'Hanlon is co-director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, and director of foreign policy research at the Brookings Institution. His latest work is titled, \"Pentagon Acquisition Policy: Three quarters right, one quarter broken\". He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about what he calls the JIEDDO model of acquisition.
June 15, 2015 -
Civilian personnel cuts are on the table as Congress debates the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act and defense appropriations bills. The Office of Personnel Management says seniority is the first factor agencies should consider when making reductions in force. Justin Johnson is a senior policy analyst for defense budgeting policy at the Heritage Foundation. He tells with Francis Rose that DoD shouldn\'t decide who to cut based on how much experience they have, but how well they\'re performing.
June 12, 2015 -
The latest iteration of Better Buying Power from the Department of Defense, and legislation coming out of the Senate Armed Services Committee, are two of the most recent efforts to help DoD buy better. Michael O\'Hanlon is co-director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, and director of foreign policy research at the Brookings Institution. His latest work is titled \"Pentagon Acquisition Policy: Three quarters right -- one quarter broken\". He tells In Depth with Francis Rose whether three-quarters right is enough to get the job done for the military.
June 12, 2015 -
The Air Force offers a third and final round of early retirement and buyout offers this fiscal year. The service said this time it\'s targeting civilian employees, mostly at Air Force headquarters.
June 12, 2015 -
The Partnership for Public Service recently named Charles E. Milam, the Defense Department\'s principal director of Military Community and Family Policy, as a Service to America Medal finalist.
June 11, 2015 -
Defense budget planners debating the Overseas Contingency Operations fund are forgetting about one major national security service. The Coast Guard has an annual budget of about $10 billion a year. And its active duty roster is smaller than the number of employees at the New York City Police Department. Retired Rear Adm. Terry McKnight is the former commander of the Expeditionary Strike Group. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose that no other service \"does more with less\" than the Coast Guard.
June 11, 2015 -
Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Brad Carson calls the military\'s personnel system \"almost Soviet\" because of how rigid it is. He will deliver a new plan to Defense Secretary Ash Carter by Aug. 19. Retired Army Lt. Gen David Barno is a distinguished practitioner in residence at American University. On In Depth with Francis Rose, he says if anyone can drive progress in DoD\'s personnel system in the year and a half the administration has left, it\'s Brad Carson.
June 10, 2015 -
Shay Assad, the director of Defense pricing, said the Defense Contract Management Agency will open an additional five centers of excellence over the next few months to help military services and agencies make better decisions when buying commercial items. Assad said DoD also needs to move to value-based pricing.
June 10, 2015 -
Brad Carson, DoD\'s new acting undersecretary for personnel and readiness has until August to deliver recommendations on how to revamp the military personnel system. But in public comments Tuesday, he suggested a major shakeup is in order.
June 10, 2015 -
The Defense Department\'s new personnel chief says the entire military personnel system is in \"urgent\" need of reform. And since there\'s only 18 months left before a new administration comes into office, he intends to get to work quickly to overhaul a talent management infrastructure that\'s 50-years old and has failed to keep pace with the private sector. Federal News Radio DoD Reporter Jared Serbu has more on his plans.
June 09, 2015 -
The Defense Authorization Act is the main piece of business for the Senate this week. The House will debate its version of the appropriations bill for defense spending. Those two bills have a big difference in their top-line numbers. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, writes the Hawkings Here blog. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose how much the Overseas Contingency Operation is at play.
June 08, 2015