On DoD
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The highly-anticipated cloud computing contract will be worth more than $200 million in its first two years, Defense officials said. But the massive award still faces legal challenges.
October 25, 2019 -
DoD plans to issue a RFP for 5G experiments in December, and may spend more than $400 million this year to begin adopting 5G for military purposes.
October 24, 2019 -
Lawmakers, interest groups and military officials say more needs to be done on guard, reserve parityDespite some efforts, leaders say more needs to be done to take care of guard and reserve members.
October 23, 2019 -
The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has removed himself from decision-making on a cloud computing contract potentially worth $10 billion, due to his son's employment with one of the original contract bidders
October 22, 2019 -
Intelligence support for space as a warfighting domain will require new professionals, capabilities, alliances, and even a new perspective on the relationship between space and intelligence.
October 22, 2019 -
The task force will last as long as six months and give recommendations that may turn into legislation.
October 22, 2019 -
The Defense Department is out with its first department-wide intellectual property strategy but it leaves a lot of details still to be addressed.
October 22, 2019 -
For all of DoD's aspirational projects, AI tools tend not to fare well in situations where data is spare or not structured in a way that the algorithm can’t process.
October 21, 2019 -
A new intellectual property policy allows for customized arrangements between DoD and companies.
October 18, 2019 -
Sometimes appropriations and student fees don't cover the ambitions of federal universities. Take, for example, the National Defense University, a prestigious institution at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C.
October 18, 2019 -
Major General Paul Pardew says his contracting command has chosen a few select categories of commodities to focus on.
October 17, 2019 -
The Defense Department's procurement authorities have finalized rules for how to deal with LPTA contracts.
October 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a Government Accountability Office report says four Marine Corps Commands either overspent or underspent at least $5 million on civilian personnel in 2019.
October 17, 2019 -
The Army is still drafting an implementation plan for the civilian employee side of its new, overarching "People Strategy." But officials are previewing some of the ideas that may soon become Army-wide policy.
October 17, 2019 -
The Senate has confirmed a former ambassador and senior official at the Federal Aviation Administration as civilian leader of the Air Force
October 16, 2019