defense industrial base

• Defense Industrial Base faces short and long term challenges

  The defense industrial base faces many challenges, like inflation and Ukraine, that need to be dealt with this fiscal year.

  Contracting

  May 03, 2022
• Defense industrial base competitiveness report irked some services contractors

  Last week's report from the Pentagon on defense industrial base competitiveness didn't sit well with services contractors.

  Defense

  February 23, 2022
• Pentagon official says CMMC changes will be finalized ‘very soon’

  DoD is eying changes to the sweeping cybersecurity auditing program that could affect potentially hundreds of thousands of federal contractors.

  Cybersecurity

  September 14, 2021
• DoD group partnering with industrial base to look for cyber vulnerabilities

  Deep in the Defense Department, a group is partnering with industry to create a window into the cyber vulnerabilities of the defense industrial base.

  Cybersecurity

  July 26, 2021
• Pentagon CMMC review aims to address small biz cost concerns, ‘restore trust’ in assessment processes

  DoD's review of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification is ongoing, but officials want to address small business concerns about compliance costs.

  Cybersecurity

  June 24, 2021
• DoD’s plan for contractor cybersecurity lacks a few things, money’s only one of them

  Chris Golden of Horizons Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, said the CMMC approach is good in theory, but lacks anywhere near the resources it needs to get it done.

  Cybersecurity

  June 18, 2021
• Were you hazed while serving in the military? GAO may want to hear from you

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Government Accountability Office is looking for service members who were victims of hazing while they served.

  Federal Newscast

  April 14, 2021
• Former HUD official faces punishment for Hatch Act violation during Trump administration

  In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Special Counsel handed down a fine and two-year ban from federal service to a former official at Housing and Urban Development.

  Federal Newscast

  April 07, 2021
• DoD top brass worried about supply chain amidst heavy spending, fewer prime contracts

  The Department of Defense has been steadily spending more and more dollars with fewer and fewer prime contractors, which has top brass and some members of Congress worried.

  Contracts/Awards

  March 25, 2021
• CMMC update: Pilots, 3PAOs and more of what vendors need to know

  The Defense Department continues to test out the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) process with pathfinders and plans to pilot the approach with 10 contracts in 2021.

  Reporter's Notebook

  February 02, 2021
• Pentagon reveals first contracts to serve as pathfinders for CMMC

  The department is only naming seven upcoming procurements as candidates for the CMMC pilot program for the moment, but says more could be announced in the coming weeks.

  Defense

  December 15, 2020
• Federal pay gap between men and women is narrowing, GAO reports

  In today's Federal Newscast: The Federal pay gap between men and woman has narrowed, but it's still there. Two congressmen want to stop government funding that pays for experiments on house cats. And Joint Chiefs' Chairman said America needs a bigger Navy.

  Federal Newscast

  December 04, 2020
• Pentagon ready to name first 15 ‘pathfinder’ contracts for CMMC

  The first pathfinders are expected to be announced in 'the next few days,' just after rules that pave the way for CMMC took effect.

  Defense

  December 03, 2020
• Senators want know what VA has planned for COVID vaccine distribution

  In today's Federal Newscast, a group of Senate Democrats want to know how the Department of Veterans Affairs is planning to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine to veterans and employees.

  Federal Newscast

  November 25, 2020