Reporter's Notebook
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It seems unlikely that Congress will go along with DoD's latest request to close stateside military bases, but in the case of the Army, many of the bases lawmakers are protecting would become a lot more sparsely-populated if the Budget Control Act stays in full force.
March 09, 2015 -
A nascent move to give the military's joint chiefs a larger role in procurement as part of the acquisition reform is expected to start taking shape on Capitol Hill.
March 09, 2015 -
A look at what Frank Kendall, the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, has in store for his next Performance of the Defense Acquisition System report.
March 09, 2015 -
The National Defense University is looking for a new chief information officer.
March 02, 2015 -
Kathy Stack who spent the last 28 years at the Office of Management and Budget, was the quiet leader behind the move toward evidence-based decision making over the last few years.
March 02, 2015 -
A year after canceling its $2 billion training contract, the Office of Personnel Management is getting closer to finalizing what that new procurement vehicle will look like.
March 02, 2015 -
The General Services Administration extended the Networx contract for three years and released the draft request for proposals for the first major piece of the Network Services 2020 vehicle Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) on Feb. 28.
March 02, 2015 -
Knowledge Consulting Group will implement tools and services from three vendors on the Homeland Security Department's network.
March 02, 2015 -
In case any current security clearance holders have not gotten the message that the current administration really, really dislikes media leaks, it was made more explicit this month in a new policy document from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
February 23, 2015 -
The Pentagon is already working on changes to federal acquisition rules that would require stepped-up notification procedures when private companies hosting DoD data have their systems penetrated by hackers.
February 23, 2015 -
An update to an earlier DoD Reporter's Notebook item on the Pentagon embarking on a new review of the department's use of lowest-price technically acceptable (LPTA) contract awards.
February 23, 2015 -
After having gotten a partial, two-year reprieve from sequestration, the original caps Congress set for the Defense Department in the Budget Control Act (BCA) are scheduled to go back into effect in October.
February 23, 2015 -
The Defense Department has the perfect job for the executive with a passion for technology and human resources. DoD is looking for a new director of its enterprise HR information systems in the Office of…
February 16, 2015 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission is promoting from within for its new chief information officer. NASA is losing a key senior technology executive to retirement.
February 16, 2015 -
The Office of Management and Budget is getting kudos for its initial steps to implement the Federal Information Technology Reform Act (FITARA).
February 16, 2015