Air Force
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The Defense Department's $38.5 billion IT budget in the fiscal 2017 requests is being driven by three major trends contractors should be aware of: cybersecurity, cloud and analytics.
November 24, 2016 -
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November 16, 2016 -
For the first time since it became a separate service in 1947, enlisted pilots strapped into cockpits and flew solo missions.
November 07, 2016 -
The Air Force is pushing out a prototype for IT acquisition that connects vendors with end users. It's part of the overarching Joint Information Environment (JIE), a unification effort and security boost for the department’s roughly 15,000 IT networks.
November 04, 2016 -
The Lohfeld Consulting group ranked upcoming civilian and DoD contracts that meet three criteria: a likely 2017 request for proposal, likelihood of funding and awards next fiscal year, a significant pool of contenders.
November 03, 2016 -
The Defense Department is taking growing pains in stride as it continues to work on its multi-year implementation plan of the cybersecurity system, the Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS).
November 02, 2016 -
The Air Force is cutting ancillary and computer-based training so its airmen can have more time for family and profession development.
October 31, 2016 -
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October 26, 2016 -
The Air Force is still struggling to shorten its contract award times as it begins a big modernization push.
October 26, 2016 -
The Air Force is standing up a new human capital analytics office, hoping to make better use of the data it already has in order to help solve ongoing recruiting and retention challenges.
October 20, 2016 -
The Air Force is thinking about its hiring practices and its physical requirements to better its force for the future.
October 13, 2016 -
The Air Force is looking at how it assesses its officers to fit its needs with 21st century demands.
October 12, 2016 -
National Guard units were activated in several East Coast states over the weekend to help with the relief effort in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew.
October 10, 2016 -
The Air Force is looking for creative ways to free up airmens’ time to focus on their primary missions — and spend time with their families. The latest idea is to cut back on the amount of mandatory computer-based training airmen have to endure.
October 03, 2016 -
Lt. Gen. Gina Grosso says that the biggest challenge in the already complex problem of developing the Air Force's cyber workforce is the civilian portion. That's because the federal government isn't quite sure who is or isn't cyber personnel.
October 03, 2016
