On DoD
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Ty Schieber, the chairman of the CMMC-AB, and Mark Berman, the chairman of the communications committee, are leaving the CMMC Advisory Board unexpectedly.
September 16, 2020 -
The Air Force revealed Tuesday that it has successfully flown the first airplane in its secretive Next Generation Air Dominance program. Perhaps more significantly, it's the first-ever fighter to be born almost entirely from digital engineering.
September 16, 2020 -
The Space Force will have trouble accessing more than $15 billion without congressional appropriations.
September 15, 2020 -
As technical director of DISA’s Infrastructure Directorate, Bryon Doyle said his job is to have an oversight of the organization’s architecture.
September 15, 2020 -
The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act would NIST to best practices for device security. The Office of Management and Budget would create guidance for agencies to meet or exceed those standards.
September 15, 2020 -
Oracle and Mythics win a bid protest at the Library of Congress while AT&T comes out on top in its complaint against SSA. Both protests show the agencies made basic mistakes in evaluating bids on large-dollar solicitations.
September 15, 2020 -
Only a little more than a third of the R&D expenses the Pentagon reimburses contractors for each year match up with the department's own modernization priorities, the Government Accountability Office says.
September 14, 2020 -
Federal contractors have sensed a certain sluggishness in the government's pace of awarding contracts during the pandemic. Now, a review of this phenomenon finds it's more pronounced in the intelligence community.
September 11, 2020 -
Judy Conley and Jessica McElman, of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, are both finalists for the Women in Technology leadership award for their efforts to ensure their employees don’t get stuck in a rut.
September 11, 2020 -
The National Governors Association is putting out reports and workshops to help states get more defense dollars.
September 10, 2020 -
The Defense Department just took another step toward its goal of modernizing its acquisition system.
September 09, 2020 -
It doesn't matter how big the Navy's fleet is on paper if ships and submarines spend too much time in maintenance and repair docks.
September 09, 2020 -
The president's upcoming payroll tax deferral is effective for civilian federal employees when the current pay period ends Sept. 12, the Defense Finance and Accounting Service said. For active-duty military, the president's payroll tax deferral is effective for the mid-month paycheck Sept. 15.
September 08, 2020 -
Despite concerns from the White House, leaders of the House Armed Services Committee think they can create the new role.
September 08, 2020 -
Defense officials say they re-evaluated revised proposals from Amazon and Microsoft, but ultimately wound up re-affirming October's original award to Microsoft.
September 04, 2020