DoD's proposed legislation seeks to force contractors to pick either GAO or Court of Federal Claims for bid protests, but not both.
The Air Force is taking into consideration new recommendations from the RAND Corporation.
The Rand Corporation looks at the system designed to serve increasing numbers of vets seeking care outside the VA.
Even though the number of bid protests is on the rise, the absolute number of them represent only a tiny fraction of contracting activity.
A congressionally-mandated study finds that although there has been an uptick in bid protests in recent years, no evidence exists that companies are filing them willy-nilly.
The D.C. District Court struck down a request by the Defense Department to delay the accession of transgender people into the military.
Army is trying to figure how to persuade cyber soldiers to re-enlist rather than take expertise to private sector.
An interim policy released by the Defense Department keeps transgender troops in the military until a review is finished in February. Then it's up in the air.
Forcing transgender service members to leave could deal a critical blow to the military's readiness and waste hundreds of millions of dollars.
President Trump tweets out a new policy just weeks after Defense Secretary Mattis ordered a six month review.
Who is actually responsible for that cyber attack that hit your organization? Often it comes down to guess work. Few people have much faith in the accuracy of the attribution. So what to do? John Davis II, senior information scientist at the Rand Corporation and co-director for scalable computing and analysis, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with recommendations.
The Air Force is getting about 5,000 visitors a day on its site created to aggregate ideas on how to better squadrons.
The Air Force alone is dealing with a shortage of more than 600 pilots. The service is having trouble competing with airlines that can pay pilots more.
The coordination and review process for intelligence analysis is aimed at getting everyone's views considered before the work product is sent up the chain of command. But are political leaders getting carefully balanced insight or just blather? Derek Grossman, senior project associate at the Rand Corporation, offers his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Transgender service members may now serve openly and will be able to receive medical care relating to transgender issues.