Defense Department
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The Pentagon is still searching for a replacement for the Common Access Card. One solution under active consideration: measuring the way you walk, via your smartphone.
June 01, 2018 -
The Government Accountability Office sided with Oracle Corp. in a bid protest that alleged the Pentagon ran afoul of the already-broad rules for other transaction agreements.
June 01, 2018 -
The Air Force is now willing to pay bonuses of tens of thousands of dollars to retain airmen in 92 separate high-demand fields.
May 31, 2018 -
Mark Bacon, acquisition program manager for the Center’s Managed Service Office (MSO) at Hanscom Air Force Base,, said seven applications have migrated to the cloud so far, and many more are to come.
May 29, 2018 -
The Senate 2019 defense authorization bill gives the services more flexibility in promoting officers.
May 25, 2018 -
Ellen Lord, who leads the new Office of Acquisition and Sustainment, is trying to fulfill Defense Secretary James Mattis’ third line of effort to bring business reforms to the Defense Department.
May 25, 2018 -
Among the as-yet uncompleted tasks is a new rule to help stave off counterfeit electronic parts.
May 25, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, bipartisan legislation in the Senate would shorten the deadline for the Defense department to pay defense contractors who work with small businesses.
May 24, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee releases the expanded Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act report card today, five agencies saw their grades go up, 11 saw them go down.
May 23, 2018 -
The federal government remains on a hot streak in meeting its small business contracting goals.
May 23, 2018 -
DoD needs to take into account data management and security as it migrates to cloud.
May 22, 2018 -
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.
May 22, 2018 -
The Army is looking at new steps to boost military spouse employment, potentially including new authorities to hire them as civilian employees.
May 22, 2018 -
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.
May 22, 2018 -
The Pentagon's Joint Task Force Headquarters-DoD Information Network is testing software that aims to detect the telltale signs of a cyber attack as part of a more proactive approach to cyber defense.
May 18, 2018