Space Force
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Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition Shawn Barnes said he wants to get to the point where Space Force has a “planning force” that drives the dollars so that the “program force” can be more functional.
July 21, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Senators say they're still fielding complaints from VA health employees who say they don't have enough support to work safely.
July 17, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, we looks at THE SPACE FORCE, its three echelons of command, with lesser structures called, "deltas." The deltas are like the wings or groups of the Air Force and are run by colonels.
July 02, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, telework limitations rank high up on the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee’s list of federal agency challenges during the pandemic.
June 18, 2020 -
The Defense Department released a strategy outlining how it will keep its edge in space.
June 17, 2020 -
The Army will bifurcate its headquarters IT leadership office in August, creating a separate CIO office to make IT policies and putting a three-star military officer in charge of implementing them.
June 15, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, while many agencies are setting reopening dates in early to mid-June to bring an initial wave of employees back to the office, the Merit Systems Protection Board is waiting until the end of June.
June 10, 2020 -
The Pentagon says it's not resisting oversight but also did not say when officials will appear on the Hill.
June 08, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Department of Housing and Urban Development's inspector general says the agency was generally well prepared for the change to mandatory telework.
June 04, 2020 -
Braithwaite is the first Senate-confirmed Navy secretary since last November, when the Trump Administration fired Richard Spencer.
June 01, 2020 -
Controlling and protecting the new U.S. Space Force’s satellites will require plenty of data. Some of the Space Force’s assets will carry over from the Air Force but it is still a new operation.
May 18, 2020 -
Officials said Friday that DoD’s newest combatant command will stay at its temporary home in Colorado Springs for the next six years; it’s expected to take about that long for a new basing decision to be made and new facilities to be built.
May 18, 2020 -
An independent assessment by the Defense Business Board found DoD's chief management officer is “nearly unanimously” viewed as ineffective — partly because the CMO was never set up for success.
May 11, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, House Democrats are eyeing hazard pay for frontline federal employees for the next emergency coronavirus package.
April 27, 2020 -
The new service wants to take on 1,800 in the next 60 days.
April 24, 2020