Defense
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The document establishes what the new service is and where it will go from here.
August 10, 2020 -
The number of open recommendations that are at least five years old grew from 80 in 2019 to 170 this year.
August 10, 2020 -
Following a large number of complaints from servicemembers about damaged property, TRANSCOM decided to consolidate more than 900 commercial transportation service providers into one $20 billion contract.
August 06, 2020 -
The troubled F-35 has an autonomic logistics information system -- but after 20 years of development, the system, known as ALIS, doesn't work.
August 05, 2020 -
Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Tim Kaine (D-Va.), along with Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), asked Senate leadership to include a provision in the next stimulus bill to extend Section 3610 provisions that provide paid leave, including sick leave, to employees and subcontractors until Dec. 31, 2021.
August 04, 2020 -
Democrats are condemning President Donald Trump’s appointment of a staunch loyalist to a senior Pentagon post
August 03, 2020 -
Citing the need to boost inclusivity, the Coast Guard recently released a diversity and inclusion plan for now to 2023.
August 03, 2020 -
Only one of their bodies was found, despite an intense days-long search involving helicopters and boats ranging from inflatables to a Navy destroyer.
August 03, 2020 -
Dana Deasy, the DoD CIO, said in a wide-ranging press conference that the Pentagon plans to reaward the JEDI contract in late August and the new chief data officer is on a 90-day listening tour that will help guide a new plan of action.
August 03, 2020 -
Lawmakers probably won't have time to slip ideas to better space procurement in this year's defense policy bill.
August 03, 2020 -
Nicolas Chaillan, the Air Force’s chief software officer, said the service is testing its cloud native access point approach through Platform One with the F-35 and Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) teams.
July 30, 2020 -
The Defense Department is seeing a high percentage of 18-24 year-olds infected with COVID.
July 30, 2020 -
The director of the Hudson Institute's new Center for Defense Concepts and Technology shares details on the center's mission and focus areas.
July 30, 2020 -
With the U.S. national security plan highlighting the need for both information dominance and protection, the Department of Defense is considering a range of programs to sharpen its competitive edge against state and non-state actors.
July 30, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, agencies have spent almost $18 billion on goods and services in response to the coronavirus pandemic from March to June, and 47% of that was not competed among vendors.
July 30, 2020
