Defense
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Tech startups and DoD continue to talk past each other. SOCOM hopes to close that communication gap by meeting with VCs throughout the year to better startups’ challenges.
February 06, 2024 -
Federal experts weigh in on the budget process. Congress wants to help millions of data breach victims. And the NSA has someone new in charge.
February 06, 2024 -
The updated policy on telework is a permissive one. The biggest change – it now addresses remote work.
February 05, 2024 -
With conflicts in the Middle East, and having to keep tabs on affairs in the Pacific, the Navy has a hefty to-do list. How is it coping? To find out, Federal News Network’s Eric White…
February 05, 2024 -
The DoD CIO wrote a Risk Management Framework overlay for securing the overarching AI environment. It’s “vague about what to look for and how to do the security, but it’s a start,” said DoD CIO David McKeown.
February 01, 2024 -
Despite high agreement that improvements are necessary, it will likely still be years before Congress and the Defense Department can fully address major quality-of-life challenges for military personnel through appropriations.
January 31, 2024 -
Nakasone says one of the major challenges that needs addressing is how quickly military forces rotate in and out of CYBERCOM.
January 31, 2024 -
This decision, coming in the wake of a lawsuit filed in August 2023, demonstrates a responsiveness to the evolving needs and rights of all veterans.
January 31, 2024 -
DoD officials plan to have a call with the industry soon to clarify the latest FedRAMP equivalency memo.
January 31, 2024 -
Brain injury, whether sustained at a test firing range or in battle, has long been a priority for the Defense medical system. The Warfighter Brain Health Initiative this year has boosted its research efforts on service members cognitive abilities and how certain events can threaten it.
January 30, 2024 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs, pivoting to align with the Defense Department, will soon remove health care coverage requirements that advocates have said discriminate against LGBTQ+ and unmarried veterans.
January 29, 2024 -
Aprille Ericsson, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the assistant secretary of defense for science and technology, told lawmakers that streamlining processes for small businesses to engage with the Pentagon will be her top priority if confirmed.
January 26, 2024 -
Under a yearlong continuing resolution, the Air Force will have to cancel 34 construction projects and the Space Force will lose $2.6 billion in research dollars.
January 25, 2024 -
You may not wake up thinking about Cislunar-space situational awareness, but people at the Air Force Research Laboratories. In fact, AFRL has had two programs for such awareness. Two programs they have brought together. The resulting program is called the Oracle family of systems.
January 25, 2024 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The undersecretary of the Air Force said the failure to pass all 12 regular appropriations will have catastrophic effects on the DoD. Feds, who relocate for work, may soon have better coverage of their moving expenses. And National Institutes of Health's governmentwide acquisition contract, adds to its record-breaking number of bid protests.
January 25, 2024
