On DoD
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The Government Accountability Office ruled against GDIT in its protest of the $7.7 billion award to Leidos. A separate protest, filed by Perspecta, is due to be settled by next week.
June 12, 2020 -
If spending priorities tell what's important to an organization, then the Military Health System ranks pretty low.
June 11, 2020 -
Contractors haven't submitted invoices yet, partly because no money is available. But DoD says the bill to repay vendors for their employees' paid leave will run into the double-digit billion dollar range.
June 11, 2020 -
GAO dismissed Perspecta’s second protest of the enterprise email and cloud collaboration contract called DEOS awarded to GDIT in August after GSA said it would take corrective action.
June 10, 2020 -
Vice President Mike Pence took the unusual step of presiding over the vote, something he usually does to break ties. But Brown’s confirmation, 98-0, was not close. Pence called the moment “historic.”
June 09, 2020 -
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations completed a year-long investigation into federal oversight of three Chinese telecommunications companies.
June 09, 2020 -
Thirty-nine states have seen downward trends in COVID-19 infection rates.
June 08, 2020 -
The Pentagon says it's not resisting oversight but also did not say when officials will appear on the Hill.
June 08, 2020 -
The new technology could be 50 times more energy efficient.
June 05, 2020 -
Yet another former military leader, retired Marine Corps four-star general John Allen, is criticizing President Donald Trump's response to the protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
June 04, 2020 -
The military will try everything from ship-wide connectivity to augmented reality support in its newest 5G push.
June 04, 2020 -
In an abrupt reversal, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday overturned an earlier Pentagon decision to send a couple hundred active-duty soldiers home from the Washington, D.C.
June 03, 2020 -
The Government Accountability Office's latest report on government waste on overlapping and duplicative programs was just released. Jessica Lucas-Judy, the GAO's director for strategic issues, detailed the latest report's findings on an episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
June 03, 2020 -
"Operation Warp Speed" has the ambitious goal of developing a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year. The Army thinks that's doable. It might even be possible to make vaccines against viruses that haven't emerged yet.
June 03, 2020 -
Amid social unrest, the Air Force leader makes a plea for black lives and announces a review of the service's justice system.
June 02, 2020