DoD Reporter's Notebook
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The 2018 omnibus bill delivers 56 percent plus-up in DoD facility maintenance spending, but it's not nearly enough to reverse years of underfunding.
April 03, 2018 -
The Defense Department is working to wrangle artificial intelligence projects across 40 different DoD organizations into a coherent S&T investment strategy.
March 20, 2018 -
DoD says the transition to new contractors, conducted while it was also restructuring its health plan's benefits, proved more complicated than expected.
March 20, 2018 -
The Pentagon slashes the potential value of REAN Cloud's OTA from $950 million to $65 million, says only U.S. Transportation Command can use it.
March 06, 2018 -
A few months into the Army's pilot program to directly commission cyber officers, Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone says entry-level pay isn't cutting it.
March 06, 2018 -
The Marine Corps formally establish Cyberspace Occupational Field, including seven specific military cyber specialties.
March 06, 2018 -
DoD releases eight questions and answers on highly-anticipated cloud project, most of which amount to "stay tuned."
February 20, 2018 -
Navy sees upcoming NGEN contract as opportunity to ‘rip and replace’ NMCI’s fundamental architectureThe Navy wants to use its multibillion dollar NGEN recompetition to reenginner its networks for more cloud-like services.
February 20, 2018 -
IG review finds DoD has closed previously-identified gaps in quality of medical care.
February 20, 2018 -
DoD's Director of Operational Test and Evaluation urges the Pentagon to put further JRSS deployments on hold.
January 30, 2018 -
The Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is the latest DoD organization to jump on the OTA bandwagon with an arrangement that would spend $100 million on 14 cyber technology areas.
January 30, 2018 -
The Defense Innovation Board, tasked by Congress to deliver report on software acquisition, is doing all it can to avoid writing a long document that will gather dust on a shelf.
January 30, 2018 -
The Navy will no longer discharge sailors who fail its physical fitness assessment, and is cancelling early-out programs that let sailors leave the military voluntarily, steps officials say are required by a "growing Navy."
December 26, 2017 -
Audit finds more than 250 ways in which DoD's Qatar base violates the department's own safety standards, similar to recent findings at other overseas installations.
December 26, 2017 -
The Army is beginning its first experiment in fast-tracking the officer accession pipeline for civilians with cyber skills. But it's proceeding cautiously: only five new officers per year.
December 12, 2017