Supply chain management

Naval Supply Systems Command has started implementing a private sector concept — an integrated supply chain control tower — to help eliminate shortages and excess ordering.

John DeSimone, vice president of Cybersecurity and Special Missions for Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, joins host Roger Waldron to data security and the current cyber trends across the federal market.

Dr. Michael Wooten, the administrator in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, said he is preparing the workforce for a future where robotics process automation and artificial intelligence take over the mundane tasks of acquisition.

In today’s Federal Newscast, relocation notices went out to 159 employees at the Bureau of Land Management yesterday.

With cybersecurity among the top national security concerns, the Pentagon has been pushing for greater cybersecurity in its supply chain — all 300,000 companies in it.

To maintain readiness and get better insights into its supply chain, Naval Supply Systems Command says it needs deeper relationships with its biggest vendors.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Defense Secretary Mark Esper is promising more open communication from the Pentagon.

This week, the FAR Council issued an interim rule implementing a piece of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2019, prohibits contracting for certain telecommunications and video surveillance services from some Chinese entities or affiliates — or those found to be connected to China.

Emily Miller, director of National Security and Critical Infrastructure Programs at Mocana, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss IoT security and why device security and supply chain management are especially important in the federal government.

Diamond Unclonable Security Tag, which is backed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is showing promise in the quest for better supply chain management.