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Supply Chain
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When a part is needed for a plane in the Air Force, it usually comes through the 448th Supply Chain Wing in the Air Force Sustainment Center. Ensuring that all those parts get to their destinations, and that they are not tampered with or sabotaged, calls for a good deal of risk management.
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“The key theme, and really everything that’s coming out of the executive order is about resiliency,” said Christine Barnhart, senior director at Infor for supply chain strategy. “The order is about how we make our supply chains less fragile and more resilient. It’s not so much about isolating us from the rest of the world, but really taking out some of the risks, and making sure that we’re able to be self-sustaining at least for a period of time.”
The past 18 months have thrown a wrench in many of the military’s plans, but the supply chain is one that has taken a particularly hard hit. Army Materiel Command had a handful of backups that caused issues for the supply chain during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Defense Logistics Agency is in charge of moving $40 billion worth of goods around the world per year, but when COVID hit and supply chains started moving in fits and starts, the organization had to start changing to get goods delivered on time. Rear Adm. Doug Norton, director of logistics operations for DLA, said DLA worked closely with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to find ways to deliver quickly in emergency situations.
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Though the Defense Department managed to go unscathed through the Crowdstrike outage, it remains on the alert
In today’s Federal Newscast, the Defense Department generally escaped the effects of Friday’s global internet problems.
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Crowdstrike outage: SSA shutters offices, other agency impacts
Here’s what we know about how a global IT outage, sparked by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, is impacting federal agencies.
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OPM to lift pause on FSAFEDS enrollments in August
FSAFEDS enrollees will also soon have to transition to Login.gov and complete an identity verification to continue accessing their accounts.
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Four essential elements of trustworthy public-private SATCOM partnership
Ideal collaboration will drive a continuous loop in which industry invests, develops and demonstrates with federal agency end user requirements top of mind.
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Troubled background investigation system still under review at Pentagon
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee called the delays with the next-generation background investigation system a “disaster.”
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DISA’s PEO Transport wants ‘graceful transition plan’ from industry
DISA’s PEO for transport, which is essentially the internet for the Defense Department, is looking for capabilities that have lifespan standards.
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NARA sees requests to transfer nearly 1M cubic feet of records ahead of deadline
NARA has approved limited exceptions to the electronic records deadline, but many agencies have shifted away from paper-based processes.
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DoD preparing to recompete contract for Advana
“Advana was like a victim of its own success — it scaled tremendously over the last few years.” said Radha Plumb.
