Department of Defense
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The defense industrial base roster of companies keeps shrinking, and supply chain snags have become constant.
March 14, 2024 -
The Defense Department recently issued proposed rules for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program (CMMC).
March 06, 2024 -
A Massachusetts Air National Guard member has pleaded guilty in federal court to leaking highly classified military documents.
March 04, 2024 -
One reason the Defense Department can't get to a clean financial audit has to do with its multiple and outdated financial management systems. The DoD does have
February 28, 2024 -
The Pentagon keeps tabs on the status and attitudes of military spouses. Its biannual survey asks about satisfaction with military life, finances, employment and a list of other factors.
February 23, 2024 -
DNA has long been used to identify human remains. Such is the case at the identification lab operated by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Now some new scientific methods have emerged called next-gen sequencing.
February 21, 2024 -
Contractors are wary of the latest proposed rule giving DoD access to their IT systems. It is part of an effort to improve cybersecurity with incident reporting and information sharing. Another rule would impose new requirements on contractors unclassified systems.
February 21, 2024 -
Nearly every moment a security issue takes place somewhere in the transportation system. Thousands of incidents each week get reported to the Transportation Security Administration's big operations center in Herndon, Virginia.
February 20, 2024 -
Zero trust cybersecurity is on everyone's mind these days, who is responsible for an information system.
February 12, 2024 -
You may not wake up thinking about Cislunar-space situational awareness, but people at the Air Force Research Laboratories. In fact, AFRL has had two programs for such awareness. Two programs they have brought together. The resulting program is called the Oracle family of systems.
January 25, 2024 -
Sort of lost in all the other activity in the last few months, is a Biden administration proposal to create a new Office of Management and Budget circular. The circular describes a centralized data management strategy to help agencies with acquisition decision-making.
January 23, 2024 -
An organization that supports active duty service members has launched an initiative to make it easier when changing duty stations. The Military Family Advisory Network has partnered with some large retailers to give families a little something when they arrive at the new location.
January 22, 2024 -
Defense contractors are parsing out a nearly 250-page proposed rule. It landed sort like a lump of coal on Christmas Eve. It is all about a program known as Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).
December 28, 2023 -
In 38 years at NASA, today's Federal Drive guest has done lots of things. As an astronaut, he flew three space missions, commanding two of them. He oversaw retirement of the Space Shuttle. He rose to associate administration, the number three ranking person at NASA.
December 08, 2023 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs says its new Electronic Health Record (EHR) hasn't seen a total outage in more than six months.
November 15, 2023