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Deputy Secretary Richard Verma participates in a recording session for Arizona State University’s diplomatic podcast, October 24, 2023.

Workforce

State Dept. stretched ‘in unprecedented ways’ with 13% staffing gap, says deputy secretary

A top State Department official says recent budget cuts are putting more strain on an already overburdened workforce.

Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the next line in the competition with China

Cybersecurity

A deep look at how the government can promote resilience down to the local level

Federal Insights

The growing role of open source intelligence in national security strategy

Commentary

How companies can protect themselves and the country in an era of cyberwarfare

Space Operations

Space National Guard would have low initial price tag

Defense

While advocates await new DoD data on military food insecurity, researchers suggest solutions

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DoD Reporter's Notebook

Space National Guard still up in the air but lawmakers want to move forward

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Budget

A long-time defense analyst joins the defense industry

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Defense

How much does inflation actually matter to DoD and can it be fixed?

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Defense

Interpreting the Biden administration's Defense budget request

An aerial view of the Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia.

Defense

What will it be for DoD: Force structure or soft power?

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Defense

DoD spending data tells us how serious the Pentagon is about a shift to great power competition

Senior Master Sgt. Paul Kalle, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, speaks with a family during a Deployed Spouses Dinner Feb. 18, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The monthly event is a free dinner at Georgia Pines Dining Facility designed as a ‘thank you’ for each families’ support and sacrifice while their spouse is deployed or on a remote assignment. The dinner, occurring on every third Tuesday of the month, provides an opportunity for spouses to interact with other families of deployed Airmen, key spouses and unit leadership, as well as provide a break for the spouse while military sponsor is deployed. The next Deployed Spouses Dinner will be March 17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

Defense

DoD taking steps to scope military hunger issue

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely locked down for months as bases around the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Budget

The Biden administration's proposed Defense budget is going to force some tough choices

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Defense

DoD potentially vulnerable to private military companies controlled by other nations

Adam Smith

Defense

DoD is still unbalanced on readiness, but is it trying to do too much?

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Technology

Former NIST director is busy promoting research funded by both government and industry

President Joe Biden signs executive orders on the economy in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris looks on at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Contracting

Biden administration expected to ramp up use of Defense Production Act in response to COVID

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., delivers her opening statement during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on unsustainable drug prices on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Federal Newscast

Congresswoman wants to make sure Trump administration preserves records

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Defense

Don't expect same defense spending priorities under a Biden administration

Mark Cancian

Army

Current Army budget may make modernizing more difficult

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Defense

Focus on military families, defense strategy changes likely coming under Biden administration

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