Defense
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A majority of the budget goes to maintaining and recapitalizing systems, including IT.
June 01, 2021 -
As the Biden administration had been signaling for some time, its proposed Defense budget for 2022 is essentially flat. Should it come to pass, it would force some difficult questions and choices for the Pentagon.
June 01, 2021 -
Biden's $6 trillion for fiscal 2022 includes more than $100 billion increase in the so called discretionary spending to operate the government itself.
June 01, 2021 -
Active duty, reserve and civilian members of the Coast Guard are beginning to take advantage of a newly expanded mentoring program. With more, chief of the Coast Guard's Office of Leadership, Commander Julie Kuck.
June 01, 2021 -
DoD's 2022 budget would more than triple its use of a pilot program for "colorless" software appropriations. Most of the increase would come from including the Navy's billion-dollar NGEN program.
May 31, 2021 -
National Security experts are calling on the U.S. to expand its list of banned Chinese companies. A small-town VA employee's $100,000 scheme gets him 46 months in federal prison. And following the science, the Senate confirms POTUS's pick to lead his Office of Science and Technology Policy
May 31, 2021 -
While it is okay to have fun, we should also recall that it is a date to honor those who have served and died for their country — our country.
May 31, 2021 -
DoD and Amazon Web Services intend to keep fighting in court over JEDI, but have very different ideas about how the case should proceed.
May 28, 2021 -
The budget gets rid of the overseas contingency operations account and divests $2.8 billion in legacy systems.
May 28, 2021 -
Soldiers have long talked to their weapons, mechanical things that become almost part of you. But talking to weapons will take on a whole new meaning under a project underway at the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM).
May 28, 2021 -
A defense contractor that created fake invoices, pays the government $50 million. OPM has elevated is office of diversity and inclusion. And, if given a choice, virtual still beats out in-person/indoors.
May 28, 2021 -
The Defense Logistics Agency is taking a major step forward in the adoption of robotic process automation, with nearly 100 unattended automations already running at the agency.
May 27, 2021 -
Cleaning up hazardous chemicals, unexploded munitions from military bases not likely to wrap up soonLast March a DoD task force report found that the number of installations where the department is investigating PFAS exposure rose from 401 to 651 as of the end of fiscal 2019.
May 27, 2021 -
Christine Wormuth has been confirmed unanimously by the Senate to be the first female secretary of the Army
May 27, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, three years in the making, the Defense Department sets out its process for how contracting officers should do enhanced debriefings.
May 27, 2021
