As for what federal agencies actually spent on AI research last year, the White House expects to release those numbers later this year.
Jon Harper, managing editor at National Defense Magazine, joins host Derrick Dortch on this week's Fed Access to give an update on DoD's top spending priorities and how the tensions between the United States and Iran are affecting defense spending.
The budget the Pentagon will propose next week includes $5.7 billion in program cancellations throughout DoD's "fourth estate," in addition to more than $2 billion in programs it wants to move to the control of the military services.
Esper's memo told military services, combatant commands and Defense agencies to get ready for another iteration of reforms meant to cut lower-priority costs.
In today's Federal Newscast, the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act mandates all three branches have an assistant secretary for installations, energy, and environment.
Data analysts at Govini have been looking at this issue and Senior Vice President Jim Mitre joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share insights.
In today's Federal Newscast, USPS' Ethics Office wants to remind its employees about the restrictions applied to receiving gifts from customers and vendors.
Senior Adviser to the CSIS International Security program Mark Cancian joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to share what it found.
In today's Federal Newscast, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro lays out a litany of changes lawmakers should consider as they update the 1990 CFO Act.
In today's Federal Newscast, the Office of Government Policy clarifies what federal employees need to report when accepting invitations to attend conferences.
The Senate defense appropriations bill give DoD more than $100 billion in research and development spending.
For details, David Berteau, president and CEO of the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Tom Temin argues it's not the idea that's problematic — it's the way Congress presents it.
An appeals court has upheld a freeze on Pentagon money to build a border wall with Mexico, casting doubt on President Donald Trump's ability to make good on a signature campaign promise before the 2020 election
Bloomberg Government looked as far back as World War II, and Senior Analyst Rob Levinson discussed the results on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.