Defense
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Defense saw a slew of changes in 2017 aimed to increase competitiveness, inspire growth and address shortfalls in funding and healthcare realms.
December 28, 2017 -
Secretary David Shulkin and many in Congress want to see more care delivered by local, community networks rather than in large, distant VA hospitals.
December 28, 2017 -
Army plans to assemble a vendor consortium with the goal of conducting 6-24 cyber prototyping projects a year, each within 30 days.
December 28, 2017 -
DoD used planned system outage to prepare for transition to new TRICARE contractors, changes to health benefits
December 27, 2017 -
The Navy will no longer discharge sailors who fail its physical fitness assessment, and is cancelling early-out programs that let sailors leave the military voluntarily, steps officials say are required by a "growing Navy."
December 26, 2017 -
Audit finds more than 250 ways in which DoD's Qatar base violates the department's own safety standards, similar to recent findings at other overseas installations.
December 26, 2017 -
When looking for a few Christmas season columns, we turned to one old, as in long-time reader because she's funny, candid and not the least bit orthodox.
December 25, 2017 -
Jared Serbu joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about some of the key movements in DoD's cloud migration, along with some of the other most-read-about topics for 2017.
December 22, 2017 -
An integrated team of Booz Allen Hamilton subject matter experts discuss how data science and advanced analytics are transforming the Defense Department's Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) enterprise. December 26, 2017
December 21, 2017 -
Alfred Rivera, currently the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency's development and business center, will retire Jan. 4 after a 35-year government career.
December 21, 2017 -
The Defense Department is prepared to deal with issues if Congress can't pass a spending bill or it agrees to another continuing resolution.
December 21, 2017 -
DoD's adoption of a new electronic health record is a major driver for a bevy of other upgrades to health IT in the military health system, including a new, worldwide virtual private network and common desktop.
December 20, 2017 -
Miranda Summers-Lowe, the Smithsonian's newest modern military curator, shares some things that kept troops going during the holidays.
December 20, 2017 -
Military and Defense Department employees will see some big changes to retirement and prescription drug copays starting next year.
December 20, 2017 -
Lawmakers and military analysts weigh in on the most important personnel and readiness issues for 2018.
December 19, 2017
