Department of Defense
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The detailed work in Congress is done not by members, but rather by the 30,000-odd staff members. Right now, a group of overworked, and probably underpaid, minions are what they call "conferencing" over one of the most important yearly laws: the National Defense Authorization Act.
September 06, 2023 -
Few people know the innards of Defense department finance, as well as Bob Hale. He was comptroller and chief financial officer. He was an assistant Air Force secretary for financial management.
September 05, 2023 -
The AbilityOne program employs people with disabilities to manufacture many commodities for the government, from military uniforms to those wonderful ball point pens. A big focus for AbilityOne is office supplies and furnishings.
September 01, 2023 -
If the COVID virus showed anything, it's the potency of the biology threats. The Defense Department recently completed its 2023 biodefense posture review.
September 01, 2023 -
Should the United States need to project kinetic power far away, the decisive factor would be logistics. Yet, according to a detailed study by Brookings, the military has neglected logistics in recent years.
August 29, 2023 -
Vulnerability disclosure has proliferated across federal agencies in recent years. A new House bill would make them mandatory for contractors, too.
August 24, 2023 -
Defense contractors are scratching their collective head, after a procurement reform commission released some early findings.
August 22, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department needs to do more to avoid recruiting criminals or political extremists.
August 08, 2023 -
The proposed House and Senate NDAA bills have language to create new oversight and accountability for defense contractors.
August 07, 2023 -
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is about, well geography of course. And data. And now it's about artificial intelligence.
July 24, 2023 -
Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution. PPBE has been the way of the Pentagon since the 1960s. Nobody is thrilled with it, but it persists. The latest set of recommendations for reforming Pentagon acquisition comes in a letter signed by a dozen contractors and venture capital outfits.
July 18, 2023 -
In war, the only thing worse than getting there late is running out of ammunition. No one has infinite stockpiles. The drawdown in support of Ukraine has shown the need to boost the surge capacity of the defense industrial base.
July 13, 2023 -
A threat to U.S. abilities to function in space spur Space Force to develop new capabilities and change training models.
June 29, 2023 -
Nobody loved the deal Congress worked out to raise the debt ceiling. But it did avoid default and gives a spending blueprint for fiscal 2024.
June 27, 2023 -
Last month, the Defense Department announced $18 million in Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research or DEPSCoR awards to 28 academic teams. The teams hail from all parts of the country and the competition aims to help introduce potential researchers to DoD’s unique research challenges and supportive research ecosystem.
June 26, 2023