Reporter's Notebook
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At the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s hearing on Wednesday on the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act, the latest scorecard is expected to show progress in several areas.
December 10, 2018 -
The General Services Administration told agencies they could have up to three more years to transition to the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract, but had to meet certain short term deadlines.
December 10, 2018 -
The military services are thinking about sending troops to different areas depending on deployability status.
December 04, 2018 -
Members of the military who joined before Jan. 1, 2018, only have until the end of the year to join the blended retirement system.
December 04, 2018 -
Soldiers can get national accreditation for military occupation specialties if they keep track of their hours.
December 04, 2018 -
OMB released a new draft data center policy where cost savings is taking a back seat to optimization and operational realities.
December 03, 2018 -
The Government Accountability Office said it received more than 2,600 protests in fiscal 2018, which was less than a 1 percent increase over 2017.
December 03, 2018 -
Josh Moses left his role at OMB’s cyber branch chief on Nov. 30 after more than three years to take a job with the PricewatershouseCoopers commercial division.
December 03, 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 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency’s senior executives combined priorities and contracting plans to help industry understand their needs for fiscal 2019.
November 13, 2018 -
Kevin Cox, the CDM program manager at the Homeland Security Department, said the future for CDM includes security operations-as-a-service (SOCaaS), shared services and moving to a continuous improvement cycle.
November 13, 2018 -
In other news, GSA lost its CTO to the private sector, but gained a deputy CIO from inside government, while the director of the cyber threat center ended her tour.
November 13, 2018 -
TRICARE beneficiaries will be able to choose from two different plans.
November 05, 2018