Defense
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Eric Lofgren, a senior fellow with the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University, explains why limits to the growth of OTAs can lead to the next round of contract innovation.
March 14, 2022 -
The House-Senate appropriations agreement leaves out a DoD request to significantly expand a pilot program to test "colorless" appropriations for software and technology development.
March 14, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, airmen who are in dual military relationships will now have more time to decide if they want to stay in the service after having a child.
March 11, 2022 -
The $1.5 trillion spending bill, approved almost halfway through the fiscal year, is expected to be swiftly signed into law by the president.
March 10, 2022 -
Lawmakers are on the cusp of agreeing to a fiscal year 2022 spending agreement with a big increase for national defense.
March 10, 2022 -
The Air Force is taking a hard look at which of its policies are prohibitive to female airmen and likely to discourage them from serving or continuing to serve.
March 10, 2022 -
MITRE Corporation's Center for Threat-Informed Defense has collaborated with more than a dozen companies to produce 13 reports freely available to anyone.
March 10, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a federal court in Florida will hear arguments today on a vaccine mandate case that the Navy says has effectively put one of its guided missile destroyers out of commission.
March 10, 2022 -
The Navy's littoral combat ship program has never lived up to its promise. Although it scaled back, the Navy still plans to field 35 of the ships, but they have serious and persistent problems.
March 09, 2022 -
U.S. Space Command is dealing with billionaires, rules of engagement and staffing up its offices.
March 08, 2022 -
Even an organization as big and armed as the United States Navy doesn't take the ransomware threat for granted.
March 08, 2022 -
The Defense Department says it will permanently close the Navy’s massive Hawaii fuel tank facility that leaked petroleum into Pearl Harbor’s tap water
March 07, 2022 -
In its ongoing search for innovation towards the strategic edge, the Office of Naval Research has turned to academic. ONR recently sponsored a research project called the Gordian Knot For National Security Innovation.
March 07, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense and State departments have been working together for months to evacuate and house Afghan refugees on U.S. military bases, but still don’t have any written agreements formalizing those arrangements.
March 07, 2022 -
Kelly Fletcher is the new principal deputy CIO for the Defense Department while Okie Mek, the chief AI officer at HHS, is leaving after 20 years of federal service.
March 07, 2022
