DoD Reporter's Notebook
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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.
March 05, 2019 -
Tech firm's bid protest lawsuit claims Cloud Executive Steering Group decided on single-contractor route at its very first meeting, but concealed that fact from the public and GAO.
February 19, 2019 -
The three separate OTA requests are in pursuit of a concept the Navy calls "modern service delivery," a vision that could let its workforce access data from anywhere.
February 19, 2019 -
Senior Defense IT officials said 2019 will be a year of action as they order a halt to legacy, one-off IT solutions.
February 05, 2019 -
The Pentagon's new cloud strategy says defense organizations will need the CIO's permission to create or use cloud services other than JEDI.
February 05, 2019 -
For the second year in a row, the director of Operational Test and Evaluation said the Joint Regional Security Stacks are neither operationally effective nor operationally suitable.
February 05, 2019 -
Oracle says the Defense Department's JEDI acquisition is fatally flawed, violating numerous procurement and conflict of interest statutes.
December 11, 2018 -
The Air Force believes its new streamlined ATO process will not only get systems online faster, it will deliver better security.
December 11, 2018 -
A GAO review found DoD is complying with some of the constraints lawmakers placed on LPTA, but still isn't documenting its decisions.
November 14, 2018 -
Mark Esper, secretary of the Army, said the Office of Personnel Management is not made up of bad people, but that the Army could better handle civilian hiring on its own.
November 14, 2018 -
Virginia's senior senator demanded a briefing after a news report prompted more allegations of substandard housing conditions on military bases.
November 14, 2018 -
Army Futures Command only came about because of Sen. John McCain's insistence that the Army fix its modernization problems, service leaders said.
August 28, 2018 -
Senate version of Defense funding bill would require detailed examination of MHS Genesis by the Government Accountability Office.
August 28, 2018 -
The new commander of Army Cyber Command is advocating for a rebranding, along with an expanded mission set that embraces information operations, intelligence.
August 28, 2018 -
2019 Defense bill strengthens role of Defense Health Agency, but omits Senate language that would have completely eliminated the military services' own medical commands.
July 31, 2018