Army
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The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 told federal agencies to seriously consider if commercial items would meet acquisition program requirements before building new systems.
September 28, 2018 -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development became the second agency to get help in upgrading its technology and financial management systems under the White House's marquee IT modernization effort.
September 26, 2018 -
The Joint Tactical Networking Center is using open systems to create the next generation of tactical radio systems and be interoperable across the military services.
September 25, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the soldier detonated the device near Fort Polk, Louisiana, after which two investigators were severely injured analyzing the materials.
September 25, 2018 -
Army Secretary Mark Esper wants the Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute gone because the service is composed of warriors, not peacekeepers, but Army brass want to keep it.
September 18, 2018 -
The Navy is giving its commanders discretion on whether to require some training.
September 17, 2018 -
The Air Force is continuing the trend of other transactional authorities to speed up the procurement process, says Bloomberg Government Senior Defense Analyst Rob Levinson.
September 17, 2018 -
Appeals court says the Army acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it decided to pay contractors to build a new intelligence IT system, rather than buying a commercially-available one.
September 17, 2018 -
The Army still doesn't have a quantitative way to measure if Futures Command will work.
September 14, 2018 -
More than 3,800 civilian federal employees, and more than 9,700 military personnel are currently deployed to help respond to Hurricane Florence.
September 14, 2018 -
It might be the era of cloud computing but the Defense Department still occasionally buys software on discs in a shrink-wrapped box.
September 13, 2018 -
To advance the state-of-the art in using artificial intelligence for electronic warfare, the Army's Rapid Capabilities Office turns to a nontraditional "challenge" process.
September 13, 2018 -
When trying to make legacy software compatible with other systems, the technology needs to evolve to meet the current need, said Nick Guertin of the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute.
September 11, 2018 -
The Army wants to use artificial intelligence and machine learning to help its electronic warfare officers sort out signal from noise on the battlefield.
September 10, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, speaking to supporters last night, the president said he's secured commitments from Congressional leaders to fund a border wall.
September 07, 2018
