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Sarkis Tatigian, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), Associate Director for Department of the Navy Office of Small Business Programs, celebrates 75 years of federal service on Sept. 26, 2017 at the Washington Navy Yard. During Tatigian’s tenure, the Navy has awarded more than an estimated $100 billion to small businesses from fiscal years 1951-2017, based on inflation and wartime efforts. (U.S. Navy Photo by Juan P. Liriano/Released)

DoD’s longest-serving employee passes away after 77 years of service

Sarkis Tatigian joined the Navy in 1942. He’s been there ever since, until his death this week at the age of 96. Read about him and other Defense news…

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Military housing contractors say they’re working to improve homes, lawmakers hearing otherwise

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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo an iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans. Facebook says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be violating the company's rules if agents create fake profiles to monitor the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Senator warns Army about recruiting on TikTok

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Ft. Meade families are suing military housing company nine months after promises to improve living conditions

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FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2013 file photo, the Social Security Administration's main campus is seen in Woodlawn, Md. Rep. Sam Johnson of Texas, the chairman of the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security, a key Republican lawmaker, wants to overhaul the nation's Social Security program, proposing to gradually increase the retirement age for Social Security and slow the growth of benefits for higher-income workers. Johnson introduced legislation just before the end of the congressional session in early December 2016, that he said would

SSA will need to dip into reserve funds to stay afloat

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Big development at MARC station near Fort Meade

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Fannie and Freddie, March Madness lobbying, & BRAC

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A tale of two (Maryland) schools

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Growth of bases means more creature comforts for feds

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Part 4: A traffic ‘meltdown’ waiting to happen?

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DISA cuts ribbon on new headquarters

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DISA’s telework helps take a bite out of BRAC

Reducing traffic at Fort Meade relies on telework.

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Searching for ‘free’ online can cost you

Fort Meade contractor Zytel to be acquired for $28.6M, Mozilla halts Firefox security updates

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