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In the second of three volumes laying out fixes for DoD's acquisition system, the Section 809 panel says a "program-centric" approach leads to sluggish decisions.
As part of a revived effort to manage contractors, civilians and military personnel as a "total force," DoD intends to propose a new way to conduct public-private competitions.
Robert Wilkie, the president's nominee for secretary of Veterans Affairs, said he would faithfully implement the VA MISSION Act, but oppose efforts to fully-privatize VA health care.
Senate's NDAA says DoD has failed to deliver on a military health reorganization Congress ordered two years ago, and mandates more specific reforms.
The Senate's Defense policy bill claims DoD has dragged its feet on previously-ordered management reforms that would create cross-functional teams to solve business challenges.
The Senate's NDAA orders SOCOM to transfer dozens of personnel to the Pentagon office in charge of overseeing it. In the 2017 NDAA, Congress reorganized the chain of command for special operations.
Based on recommendations from the Section 809 Panel, the House has proposed the first major reforms in 25 years to DoD's buying of commercial items. But the Senate wants more study.
Senate NDAA, House appropriations bill each would impose new preconditions on the Pentagon's controversial Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure
Back from vacation, Congress faces the immigration stalemate, tensions over new tariffs, and a power struggle over whether to privatize the care of veterans
The House's version of the annual Defense policy bill would let the military onboard new officers with outside cyber expertise up to the rank of Army colonel or Navy captain.
The office of the undersecretary for personnel and readiness has five Senate-confirmable positions and up until now, Robert Wilkie’s seat was the only one the Trump administration had managed to fill.
Pentagon's new rationale for JEDI: A multiple-award contract would slow the process of migrating military computing to the cloud.
The House Armed Services Committee's version of the annual Defense bill lets DISA continue to operate, but it strips DISA's acquisition, cyber defense missions.
Recent stumbles in Veterans Affairs Department IT acquisition have raised lawmakers' doubts about its ability to manage a multibillion-dollar health IT project.