On DoD
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The Defense Department’s “4th estate,” which includes the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Defense Logistics Agency and other Defense agencies, signed a memorandum of understanding with GSA to commit to using OASIS for at least $500 million in professional services buys starting in January 2017.
June 16, 2016 -
The Army's Combat Feeding Directorate at its Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center those are the people who bring forth Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) and other goodies. But now NASA has asked the researchers for help with sustaining people who might someday be on years-long missions to Mars.
June 16, 2016 -
The Army has 100,000 non-deployable troops, mostly due to medical reasons, Vice Army Chief of Staff Gen. Daniel Allyn says only 10,000 will be eligible to fight again.
June 13, 2016 -
Deborah Pierre-Louis, director of IT Security Policy, Liaison, and Training, Bureau of Information Resource Management, Department of State, discusses cybersecurity training, perimeter-based security, and security by design. June 14, 2016
June 13, 2016 -
The Defense Department decides to reject a recent audit's recommendation to reduce the housing allowance benefits for dual military couples.
June 13, 2016 -
The Army is deliberating how to handle non-deployable soldiers while studying soldiers' brain function and performance in the field.
June 10, 2016 -
President Barack Obama has named Rear Adm. Michael Gilday to be the next commander of the Navy’s 10th Fleet and Fleet Cyber Command, the Defense Department said on Tuesday.
June 08, 2016 -
The Open Approaches Management Office will ensure open architecture principles can be applied throughout the Air Force's acquisition system and not just in small, experimental pockets.
June 07, 2016 -
A Bahrain owned company also saw a increases in government contracting, while GE and Verizon lost federal business.
June 07, 2016 -
The highly publicized alcohol ban, dutifully reported by every outlet in the world, strikes me as theatrical.
June 07, 2016 -
Steve Blank teaches Hacking for Defense, a new course at Stanford University that links students with defense agencies to promote innovation in engineering.
June 06, 2016 -
The Army is a few weeks away from an experiment that aims to tackle the “use it or lose it” phenomenon that manifests itself at the end of each fiscal year in almost every government office.
June 06, 2016 -
The Navy’s top cyber commander says her service needs to spend the next one thinking about a broad array of new activities that fall under the general heading of “procedural compliance.”
June 06, 2016 -
DoD declined millions in savings to make sure dual military families continued getting current BAH funds.
June 03, 2016 -
Navy Secretary says the maritime services haven't devoted much attention to nuclear as a shore-side "alternative" energy option thus far, but it's time to start.
June 02, 2016