Defense Department
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The Small Business Administration and the Defense Department are expanding an arrangement to foster new companies with national security technology. The latest joint effort is called the Small Business Investment Company Critical Technologies Initiative.
February 02, 2023 -
Two of the top Republicans on the House Veterans Affairs Committee are leading colleagues in calling on the VA to postpone future rollouts of its new, multibillion dollar Electronic Health Record until improvements are made.
January 31, 2023 -
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks says DoD is building up a “first of its kind” prevention workforce that will address a range of "stress and harm behaviors," and will eventually reach an end strength of 2,000 personnel.
November 29, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast, just when you thought you had heard the last of DoD's controversial JEDI cloud contract, there's another twist.
October 26, 2022 -
Contractors are nervous about the continuing resolution the government is operating under since Saturday
October 04, 2022 -
Services contractors are wondering just what their options are now that the Biden administration has lost an appeal of a federal court ruling. The ruling upheld an injunction against contractor vaccine mandates.
September 07, 2022 -
The Office of Management and Budget is naming Karin Orvis as its chief statistician, a position that hasn't had a permanent leader in more than two years.
April 29, 2022 -
Terry Adirim, executive director of the Electronic Health Record Modernization Integration Office, told reporters in a call Thursday that the cause was a bug in an Oracle server, but said an investigation is still ongoing.
April 08, 2022 -
The Defense Department is putting data and artificial intelligence at the center of all its domains, from its finance and audit operations to front-line battlefield environments.
January 05, 2022 -
The Biden administration isn't waiting for Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from federal buildings.
December 10, 2021 -
The Defense Department is outlining the tools and capabilities it will need to stand up its zero-trust program office later this fall, and improve its overall cybersecurity posture.
October 07, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department is changing the names of some of its most high profile bases and it wants the public’s help.
September 08, 2021 -
House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations released the latest agency grades on progress around IT modernization goals.
July 28, 2021 -
Shelby Oakley, a director in the Government Accountability Office's Contracting and National Security Acquisitions team, joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf for a wide ranging discussion of her agency's reports on key procurement programs in the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
July 27, 2021 -
David Riel, winner of the Maj. Gen. Harry Greene Awards for Acquisition Writing, speaks about incentives the Department of Defense should use to attract leading technology companies.
July 20, 2021