On DoD
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The Navy has upheld the firing of the aircraft carrier captain who urged faster action to protect his crew from a coronavirus outbreak
June 19, 2020 -
Essye Miller, the principal deputy chief information officer at DoD, is retiring from federal service on June 30 after more than 35 years in government.
June 19, 2020 -
The National Defense Strategy stresses the possibility of high intensity warfare with peer nations. But do the Defense Department's spending priorities reflect the need to modernize its forces such that it could defeat those nations?
June 19, 2020 -
The financial and economic effect of the pandemic and government-ordered shutdowns has hit career military families, no less than anyone else.
June 19, 2020 -
Another senior Pentagon official is resigning. Katie Wheelbarger, the acting assistant secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs submitted her letter of resignation on Wednesday.
June 19, 2020 -
A committee will give the Pentagon suggestions in six months.
June 18, 2020 -
Although the Defense contracting community has never dealt with a situation quite like the current pandemic, the Pentagon's IG says there are enough lessons from past emergencies to help minimize waste, fraud and abuse.
June 18, 2020 -
The bid protest decision is the second time in as many weeks that GAO has ruled in favor of the Navy in the recompetition of its massive NGEN contract.
June 17, 2020 -
Agencies and contractors in the intelligence community are rearranging work schedules and office spaces to prepare for the phased reentry of their employees, but they're also taking steps to address the discomfort and anxiety many are feeling as they return to the physical workplace.
June 17, 2020 -
The Defense Department released a strategy outlining how it will keep its edge in space.
June 17, 2020 -
Lawmakers chided the services for not addressing the issue sooner.
June 16, 2020 -
The escalating dispute between the U.S. and China over Chinese telecom giant Huawei has contractors wondering about telecom policy generally.
June 16, 2020 -
The Army will bifurcate its headquarters IT leadership office in August, creating a separate CIO office to make IT policies and putting a three-star military officer in charge of implementing them.
June 15, 2020 -
The Pentagon expects to move ahead with its plan to downsize or close dozens of medical facilities by the end of 2020.
June 15, 2020 -
Many traditional cybersecurity tools focus on managing risk as opposed to combating it actively head on, says Jacob Noffke, senior principal cyber engineer at Raytheon Intelligence & Space.
June 12, 2020