Defense News

• New Marine leader wants changes to personnel system, favors modernization over size

  The Marines will rethink their bonus structure and promotion system.

  Marine Corps
  18 hours ago
• JEDI: Buck private of cloud computing?

  Maybe the JEDI procurement isn’t such a big deal after all.

  Tom Temin Commentary
  22 hours ago
• Former NSA contractor sentenced for hoarding sensitive materials

  In today’s Federal Newscast, a former National Security Agency contractor who stole nearly 20 years worth of sensitive information finds out his fate.

  Federal Newscast
  July 22, 2019
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District are building a new columbarium

  Photos of the amazing, moving, important and amusing things happening in the defense community.

  Defense
  July 22, 2019
• Pressure’s on security clearance adjudications facilities, as investigation backlog drops

  Progress with the security clearance inventory has put pressure on the Defense Department’s Consolidated Adjudications Facility, which is realigning resources and personnel to work through its own backlog.

  Defense News
  July 19, 2019
• House, Senate lawmakers disagree over the need for White House involvement in JEDI

  Four members of the House Armed Services Committee wrote to President Donald Trump that any further delays to the cloud procurement known as JEDI would harm the Pentagon.

  Hearings/Oversight
  July 19, 2019
• Upcoming policy changes shaping DoD’s newly renamed security clearance agency

  New policies aren’t official yet, but defense and intelligence officials say they’re designing the newly renamed Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency that’s positioned for a more modern era.

  Defense News
  July 19, 2019
• Army Futures Command fully operational, dinged by GAO on announcement

  Army Futures Command is off and running, but it may be lacking on engagement with small business.

  Army
  July 19, 2019
• Letter to the Editor: Driving cloud adoption requires much more than a single vendor JEDI award

  Rick Hill, senior vice president at HumanTouch LLC, argues that DoD needs agility and flexibility and a single cloud approach under JEDI would not give them those features.

  Commentary
  July 19, 2019