Defense Department
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Attorney and government contracts expert Jonathan Aronie of Sheppard Mullins, joins host Mark Amtower on this week's Amtower Off Center, for a wide ranging discussion of Section 801 of the Defense Authorization bill, the future of GSA schedules, and bid protests. October 9, 2017
October 08, 2017 -
Analysis by Govini showed growing need for outside help with cyber defense, resilience anfd security at federal and civilian agencies.
October 05, 2017 -
After merger of three Pentagon IT organizations, the new Joint Service Provider declares full operational capability, becomes part of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
October 05, 2017 -
The Air Force's decision to consolidate base support functions has gone some way toward the goal of reducing headquarters staffs, but officials see its real value in gathering enterprise-level information.
October 04, 2017 -
The Defense Department is making some changes to meet its readiness challenges, but it needs more support from Congress and civilian government.
September 29, 2017 -
New rules alter TRICARE's benefit structure, require beneficiaries to sign up during open enrollment.
September 29, 2017 -
The Army says the outcome of two studies shows the need to "pivot" to a new strategy for its tactical network.
September 28, 2017 -
The Navy says it's writing the next version of its Next Generation Enterprise Network contract so that it can offload email and other services to DISA's forthcoming commercial offering for unified communications, whenever it becomes available.
September 27, 2017 -
The contract, worth $1 billion over five years, goes to Dell, General Dynamics and Microsoft to run an Air Force implementation of Microsoft's Office 365.
September 21, 2017 -
The Air Force chief of staff says he's giving local commanders more discretion on crew resting periods. The broader point, he says, is to give wings and squadrons authority to run their missions without interference from headquarters.
September 20, 2017 -
A yearlong study will examine the entire Air Force research enterprise, with a particular focus on investing more funds in university-based research.
September 19, 2017 -
The Navy knows it will need to spend more than $9 billion to renovate its shipyards to meet its current missions. But it hasn't planned for that expenditure, and the Government Accountability Office says it may be a lowball estimate.
September 19, 2017 -
The Navy says there is still no evidence that cyber attacks played a role in the service's two deadly collisions with commercial vessels, but there are several reasons it's continuing to pursue that thread.
September 19, 2017 -
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency says the idea is far from final, but is exploring the idea of trading decades' worth of its data to commercial firms in exchange for help with artificial intelligence and advanced computing algorithms.
September 15, 2017 -
The Army is just a few weeks into what’s likely to be one of the largest tactical IT upgrades in its recent history.
September 14, 2017