Defense
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The emergency acquisition authority is expected to get heavy use in Biden's first year as president.
January 27, 2021 -
Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest from Shelby Oakley, the director of Contracting and National Security Acquisitions at the Government Accountability Office.
January 27, 2021 -
The Army is finding ways to use tools initially developed for telework to accelerate the deployment of classified networks on its bases.
January 27, 2021 -
The Army is relaxing some standards, however, beards are still a no-go in most situations.
January 26, 2021 -
The new secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin, is giving his senior leaders two weeks to send in reports on sexual assault prevention programs in the military.
January 23, 2021 -
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The new program is working with four companies to build a program to look for changes on the earth's surface.
January 22, 2021 -
Biden has a chance to appoint people who will address systemic personnel issues in the military.
January 21, 2021 -
This program provides a progress report of cybersecurity in the defense and homeland security departments.
January 21, 2021 -
Nearly every military system runs on software. Now the National Defense Authorization Act requires the Pentagon to take steps to ensure security of its supply chain of circuit boards.
January 20, 2021 -
Both officers and enlisted can apply for early separation or retirement between Jan. 20 and April 2.
January 19, 2021 -
To improve the training and education of its cyber, signal and electronic warfare operators, the Army has enlisted the University of South Carolina. The university will develop a variety of degree-granting distance learning classes
January 19, 2021 -
One thing you can say about the Defense Department's cybersecurity efforts, they sure get a lot of oversight. The DoD office of inspector general reviewed 44 recent reports from various sources seeking to see how they all added up.
January 19, 2021 -
The robots may have better stability and flexibility by taking advantage of living muscles.
January 18, 2021 -
DISA launched its cloud-based internet isolation program as a way to keep malware off of DoD networks, but it also reduced the need for expensive IT infrastructure upgrades.
January 18, 2021
