Defense Department
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DoD used planned system outage to prepare for transition to new TRICARE contractors, changes to health benefits
December 27, 2017 -
The Navy will no longer discharge sailors who fail its physical fitness assessment, and is cancelling early-out programs that let sailors leave the military voluntarily, steps officials say are required by a "growing Navy."
December 26, 2017 -
Audit finds more than 250 ways in which DoD's Qatar base violates the department's own safety standards, similar to recent findings at other overseas installations.
December 26, 2017 -
An integrated team of Booz Allen Hamilton subject matter experts discuss how data science and advanced analytics are transforming the Defense Department's Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) enterprise. December 26, 2017
December 21, 2017 -
Alfred Rivera, currently the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency's development and business center, will retire Jan. 4 after a 35-year government career.
December 21, 2017 -
DoD's adoption of a new electronic health record is a major driver for a bevy of other upgrades to health IT in the military health system, including a new, worldwide virtual private network and common desktop.
December 20, 2017 -
Christine Fox, former acting deputy administrator of defense, tells Gigi Schumm to remind women that a successful career often comes from just showing up at the right time.
December 20, 2017 -
Military households will only see a $10 increase on average in basic allowance for housing pay.
December 19, 2017 -
A new analysis of DoD contract data shows serious impacts across the Defense industrial base because of spending cuts, including indications that thousands of firms exited the industry entirely.
December 18, 2017 -
Acknowledging years of frustrations, the Army says 2018 is the "year of delivery" for its electronic warfare force, which is about to be subsumed into its cyber branch.
December 14, 2017 -
How do audits improve the overall readiness of the Department of Defense’s mission capabilities? Find out this week on Off the Shelf when host Roger Waldron discusses the issue with a team of Booz Allen subject matter experts. December 12, 2017
December 12, 2017 -
The Army is beginning its first experiment in fast-tracking the officer accession pipeline for civilians with cyber skills. But it's proceeding cautiously: only five new officers per year.
December 12, 2017 -
Borrowing from an existing exemption for foreign military sales, DoD wants more flexibility to waive its requirement for vendors to supply cost and pricing data in domestic procurements.
December 12, 2017 -
New leaders in Defense Department IT: Essye Miller is named acting DoD CIO and Rear Adm. Nancy Norton will be DISA director.
December 12, 2017 -
Pentagon officials said Thursday that they have tweaked their government shutdown contingency plans since the last time one occurred in 2013, but emphasized that there is little they can do to stave off a shutdown's most damaging effects.
December 07, 2017