Defense
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The Tonopah Test Range is a classified spot in Nevada, operated by the Defense and Energy Departments. It was once the site for nuclear materials testing. Many veterans who worked at Tonopah in later years claim exposure to residual radiation has caused health problems.
May 11, 2023 -
A pair of bills sponsored by four senior Senate Intelligence Committee members seek to add more governance, training and accountability to the government's security classification system.
May 11, 2023 -
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s new draft update to Special Publication 800-171, Revision 3 takes into account a year’s worth of comments and data collection to make significant changes to the requirements.
May 10, 2023 -
Whistleblowers have played a critical role in policy changes at the Veterans Affairs Department over the years, but it comes at a cost for many of them. Some face demotions, workplace hostility, other indignities.
May 10, 2023 -
The Pentagon’s CIO’s office wants to better quantify its IT user experience problems and find solutions.
May 09, 2023 -
Only a couple of shipyards in the United States can build Navy ships. Hundreds of small shipyards, though, build important pieces of the country's at-home infrastructure: barges, ferries, tugboats.
May 09, 2023 -
CYBERCOM has the money to stop operating under the wing of the Air Force, but it needs to staff up and get a track record.
May 08, 2023 -
With cameras whirring, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders will meet with President Biden tomorrow.
May 08, 2023 -
Missions require innovative approaches to unlocking the data that maintains battlespace advantage. By leveraging key technologies such as API-based data interchange, microservices architectures, AI and ML, warfighters can make decision support more automated and repeatable at the edge.
May 08, 2023 -
Over the last several years, Congress has passed several pieces of legislation meant to speed up the Defense Department’s acquisition system. Now, DoD officials have an idea of their own:
May 08, 2023 -
Camp Ripley is a 53,000-acre civilian and military training facility operated by the Minnesota National Guard. Keeping it up and maintaining it is no trivial matter.
May 05, 2023 -
The Selective Service System collects names on behalf of a place few Americans choose to work. Yet the Selective Service itself ranked in the top 10 of best places to work among small agencies in the latest list.
May 05, 2023 -
A disagreement between the Army and the AFGE Local 2119 at Rock Island Arsenal has each side following a different contract, and no agreement in sight.
May 04, 2023 -
At issue are the overseas COLAs the Pentagon uses to ensure military members are compensated fairly, regardless of their duty station.
May 03, 2023 -
A new campaign from the Army Reserve looks to reach those that want to serve, but also still strive towards their goals in other career fields.
May 03, 2023
