Defense Innovation Board

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Defense spending on advanced technologies keep trending up

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave a new task to the Defense Innovation Board to establish a national defense science and technology strategy.

Technology

Reshoring supply chains and other top government trends for 2022

Shared Services

Pentagon has plan to fix its software development woes

Defense News

For DoD, new flexibility for IT spending is a test of trust with Congress

Defense

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Pentagon looks to cement career paths for software acquisition experts

Workforce

Pentagon wants to use its biggest IT program to test ‘colorless’ software appropriation

Defense

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DoD efforts to improve software acquisition hampered by gaps in understanding workforce

On DoD

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Hospitals get extra equipment from an unlikely agency

Federal Newscast

White House touts ‘historic action’ on agencies building momentum with AI

Artificial Intelligence

DoD unveils how it will keep AI in check with ethics principles

Defense

Pentagon’s number-two officer vows to fix software acquisition ‘nightmare’

Defense

After 30 years, the CFO Act could use an upgrade

In today’s Federal Newscast, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro lays out a litany of changes lawmakers should consider as they update the 1990 CFO Act.

Federal Newscast

Defense Innovation Board seeks ‘off switch’ to keep rogue AI in check

After 15 months of brainstorming, the Defense Innovation Board has pinned down the thorniest problems that artificial intelligence could raise for the…

Artificial Intelligence

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DoD releases new IP strategy that is more flexible with industry, provides update on CMMC

Defense

A new intellectual property policy allows for customized arrangements between DoD and companies.