Reporter’s Notebook

U.S. Cyber Command said the new Cyber Excepted Service has cut its time-to-hire by 60 percent. But so far, DoD has only used the new personnel system for a few hundred positions.

Each military service plans a substantial boost in facility sustainment funding in 2020, but far from enough to erase a years-long backlog of deferred projects.

The Pentagon and its inspector general said recent discoveries of tens of millions of dollars in uncatalogued parts offer concrete evidence of the audit’s direct connection to military readiness.

CenturyLink became the first vendor under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract to receive cybersecurity approval for its business systems.

Ryan Cote joined the Transportation Department on Feb. 4 after spending most of his career in the private sector.

Lawmakers introduced legislation to publish standards for granting, denying or revoking security clearances.

The Navy wants vendors to prototype an entirely new network architecture that would give its users more direct pathways to the cloud services.

The Defense Department’s new cloud strategy, unveiled just a month ago, is essentially meaningless until the multiple controversies around its JEDI contract are settled.

Starting this week, the Air Force says it wants to introduce new participants into its supplier base where it will sign one-page contracts with small businesses.

The Defense HR Activity released a RFI seeking industry input across areas like software to recruit, retain and train employees or new approaches to performance management and for identifying competencies.

A new procurement notice details DHS’s plans for the third version of EAGLE announced by Soraya Correa, DHS’ chief procurement officer, late last year.

The Federal Housing Finance Authority awards a four-month contract for a vendor to create a two-day cybersecurity themed escape room.

Federal News Network has learned that at least one source has been interviewed by the FBI and DoD IG asking about the $10 billion Joint Defense Enterprise Infrastructure (JEDI) program and the Washington Headquarters Services role in this and other acquisitions.

In response to rats, mold and lead paint in housing, military services are conducting checks and inspections for families.