Defense
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The Air Force is planning to put funds into increasing its energy resilience.
August 08, 2016 -
TRICARE contract protests are now so inevitable that a company might want to file one even if they're one of the winners.
August 08, 2016 -
The Defense Department will revise its final request for bids in a massive information technology services contract known as ENCORE III following months of industry complaints.
August 08, 2016 -
The Air Force is in the midst of a significant reorganization of its space workforce that’s somewhat reminiscent of what began with the IT workforce a decade ago.
August 08, 2016 -
Intelligence analysts say a new Defense Department data gathering policy helps civil liberties and intelligence work.
August 05, 2016 -
Alexander Hamilton founded the Coast Guard in 1790. 226 years later, members of the service celebrated by sailing into New York harbor with cast members from a play about his life on the Eagle, the only commissioned sailing ship in the Coast Guard.
August 05, 2016 -
New numbers from the Energy Department show the government is meeting or exceeding greenhouse gas goals, but energy intensity benchmarks fell short.
August 04, 2016 -
The Defense Department will likely have to make significant changes to a much-anticipated IT services contract known as ENCORE III following a legal decision that upheld challenges by two prospective bidders.
August 04, 2016 -
By the end of this calendar year, the Defense Department plans to deliver new assessments of the cost and scope of the Joint Information Environment, the ambitious, four-year-old project to unify an estimated 15,000 IT…
August 03, 2016 -
The Defense Department plans to eventually buy nearly 2,000 F-35s. The FAA has registered some 500,000 drones.
August 03, 2016 -
Familiar debates over the caps set in the Budget Control Act will crop again during the next administration, defense budget analyst Todd Harrison said at a press briefing marking the fifth anniversary of the 2011 law. The Defense Department has avoided many of the dire consequences it predicted would happen during 10 years of "devastating cuts." But it's used a series of workarounds to dodge many of the impacts.
August 02, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management is looking to the military as it sets up its new cyber workforce strategy.
August 02, 2016 -
The Navy is incorporating virtual environments and distance learning so sailors can get training they need and not spend long periods away from their duty stations. It's all part of the long term effort known as Sailor 2025.
August 02, 2016 -
Jeff Clayton, principal at Baker Tilly, discusses the implications of GSA's Transactional Data Reporting Rule, and the latest trends in government contract pricing for commercial items. August 2, 2016
August 01, 2016 -
The Defense Department is tightening up its standards for using data on U.S. citizens.
August 01, 2016