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Yvette Bourcicot, the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, said with 500 occupations separated into 11 career fields, the service is reimagining how it attracts, retains and develops civilian employees.
DoD’s space office is “assigning minimum classifications to a various number of things,” which will allow the services to take a look at their space programs and decide if some information can be made available to lower classification levels.
MaryKathryn Robinson, the director for contract policy in the Office of Defense Pricing and Contracting, said in 2022 92% of the OTAs were awarded to those OTA contractors or performers that had a non-traditional defense contractor performer.
Several years in, and still no national guard component for the Space Force. What Space Force got in the most recent Defense Authorization bill is a feasibility study. For what that means, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with Brig. Gen. Michael Bruno from the Colorado National Guard.
The Atlantic Council’s Commission on Defense Innovation Adoption says that Congress and DoD are making progress on its recommendations but acknowledges that "broader, strategic matters” will take some time to reach full implementation.
The latest must-read, issued by the Pentagon last week, is the first-ever National Defense Industrial Strategy. It acknowledges that America's manufacturing might isn't what it used to be. And that it's not really up to the task of supporting great powers competition.
DoD's overhaul of its system to move servicemembers' goods from place to place was supposed to have been implemented by now. But so far, no major moving companies have signed up.
The service is currently selecting specific programs to be the first ones to implement the unified data reference architecture.
The Army is in the midst of collapsing all of its networks, aiming to achieve a "unified network" within the next three years.
It is no secret the the U.S. armed forces are dealing with a recruitment shortfall. And they often cannot retain the experienced people they need. Maybe it is because of a changing military culture.
Key details are yet to come, but DoD's first-ever industrial strategy prioritizes building more resilient supply chains, increasing the industrial workforce, using more flexible acquisition policies and economic deterrence.
In today's Federal Newscast: Since June 2023, the first permanent chief human capital officer at GSA is waiting in the wings. The chief of naval operations crafts a one-page document called, "America's Warfighting Navy." And federal facilities still present physical barriers for disabled feds.
The Navy’s new Global Maritime Response Plan will serve as a contingency strategy and allow the service to quickly mobilize its available forces should a conflict happen.
The upcoming strategy will provide a roadmap for how the Space Force plans to purchase commercial space capabilities.
Each week, Defense Reporter Jared Serbu speaks with the managers of the federal government's largest department. Subscribe on PodcastOne or Apple Podcasts.