Industry
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A new executive order President Donald Trump issued 11 days ago tells federal agencies to spend the next nine months studying the health of the Defense Industrial Base. The order laments that the U.S. has lost about 2 million manufacturing jobs since 2000, and demands a whole-of-government approach to identify the industrial capacity and supply chains the U.S. needs to maintain national security. Retired Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, president of the National Defense Industrial Association, tells DoD Reporter Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin that NDIA fully supports the study and wants to help.
August 01, 2017 -
This week, Women of Washington sat down with Stacy Schwartz, vice president of Global Public Safety for AT&T. Schwartz discussed how she believes that diversity can bring companies better results and how the communications industry has changed over her career.
June 27, 2017 -
The Defense Department is taking a new look at the rules it applies to contracts with commercial cloud computing providers. The Pentagon's acting CIO wants staff to examine whether vendors' own security controls could replace DoD's requirement for government-operated cloud access points.
June 20, 2017 -
A new analysis of government data shows that 2016 may have been the low ebb of Defense contract spending, following six years of steady declines.
April 10, 2017 -
“Take risks. Take chances. Look for opportunities. You’ll be surprised where that next job opportunity will come from,” said Bobbie Kilberg, president and CEO of the Northern Virginia Technology Council. Kilberg sat down with Women…
February 13, 2017 -
DHS Chief Procurement Officer Soraya Correa talks to Women of Washington hosts Aileen Black and GiGi Schumm about the Procurement Innovations Lab.
December 07, 2016 -
The Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate just published the first of six integrated product team reports. It's a look at major research areas that the S&T directorate says could benefit all parts of the department. Dr. Reggie Brothers is the undersecretary for science and technology at DHS. He tells Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko how the department is trying to make it easier for industry to work with government.
October 18, 2016 -
Over the objections of contractors in a variety of industries, the White House is pushing ahead with new rules. One requires a week of sick leave for every employee. Attorney Ken Rosenberg, a partner at Fox Rothschild, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin what's next.
October 14, 2016 -
Software giant Oracle makes a tough decision to opt out of GSA IT schedule.
October 10, 2016 -
Defense Department spending on research and development has suffered historic declines during the budget drawdown that’s been in progress since 2009.
September 19, 2016 -
The Defense Department will revise its final request for bids in a massive information technology services contract known as ENCORE III following months of industry complaints.
August 08, 2016 -
Driven by global threats and a rise in defense spending outside of the U.S., the aerospace and defense industry worldwide will see growth this year, after falling for two years. That's the assessment from Deloitte in its annual performance study. Joining me with more, Retired Air Force Gen. Chuck Wald, vice chairman and senior adviser at Deloitte, has more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
July 15, 2016 -
When it comes to executing an executive order, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says the phrase "the more the merrier" applies.
July 05, 2016 -
Agencies are swimming in data, and they're looking for ways to sift through the noise and identify the most important pieces of information to help them make meaningful decisions more quickly and accurately.
May 05, 2016 -
The Department of Homeland Security wants private-sector companies to get under the agency's information sharing umbrella in order to better manage and mitigate cyber risks to critical infrastructure.
April 29, 2016