Defense
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According to a new HHS report, chemicals in fire-fighting foam used by the military have been linked to thyroid diseases and liver damage.
June 25, 2018 -
Gary Wang, the Army’s deputy CIO, retired after 35 years in government and Jerry Davis will retire from NASA Ames in July.
June 25, 2018 -
The backlog of security clearances in the federal government makes it harder to perform classified work, while the lack of a cyber doctrine makes it harder to respond to cyber attacks without risking escalation.
June 25, 2018 -
The Senate Appropriations Committee cleared a bill to give federal civilian employees a 1.9 percent pay raise in 2019.
June 22, 2018 -
The Air Force trying new tactics to recapitalize its facilities despite a huge backlog.
June 20, 2018 -
Senate's NDAA says DoD has failed to deliver on a military health reorganization Congress ordered two years ago, and mandates more specific reforms.
June 19, 2018 -
The Senate's Defense policy bill claims DoD has dragged its feet on previously-ordered management reforms that would create cross-functional teams to solve business challenges.
June 19, 2018 -
The Senate's NDAA orders SOCOM to transfer dozens of personnel to the Pentagon office in charge of overseeing it. In the 2017 NDAA, Congress reorganized the chain of command for special operations.
June 19, 2018 -
Created in 2000, the Joint Special Operations University was designed to provide specialized education for the military's elite and its international partners.
June 15, 2018 -
Amid "battle for talent" in the military's maintenance facilities, officials press for a relaxation of restrictions on hiring civilians
June 15, 2018 -
After a second wave of cuts to the Marine Corps' Unit, Personal and Family Readiness Program, only about one third of the UPFRP offices will remain.
June 13, 2018 -
Based on recommendations from the Section 809 Panel, the House has proposed the first major reforms in 25 years to DoD's buying of commercial items. But the Senate wants more study.
June 13, 2018 -
DoD's big spending plans for cloud aren't just about JEDI. A final RFP for the department's $8.2 billion contract for cloud-hosted office and collaboration systems is expected sometime in June.
June 11, 2018 -
Innovation Foundry is a unique SOCOM acquisition strategy that leverages nontraditional platforms and "designed thinking" to bring technological innovations to SOCOM.
June 08, 2018 -
Senate NDAA, House appropriations bill each would impose new preconditions on the Pentagon's controversial Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure
June 08, 2018