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Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on the FY2019 budget with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer David L. Norquist, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) — Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas)

Acquisition Policy

Buy vs. build debate for software heats back up with letter to White House

Three industry groups and 44 technology companies wrote a letter pressing the White House to make sure agencies are buying commercial software first before building.

Congress

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Congress

Lawmakers say they are willing to call special session to override Trump NDAA veto

Defense

Here's what's inside the finished 2021 defense authorization bill

Defense

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DoD Reporter's Notebook

House NDAA presses DoD to get serious about sustainment costs

Defense

DoD has new options if it wants to replace CMO role

Senate Armed Services Committee member, Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on "Nuclear Policy and Posture" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Federal Newscast

Senate Democrats ask OPM for more agency guidance

Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on the FY2019 budget with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer David L. Norquist, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Congress

Thornberry's latest round of procurement reforms tackle DoD requirements, sustainment processes

In this Jan. 10, 2020, photo, people work at a portion of border wall which is under construction in Yuma, Ariz. Illegal border crossings have plummeted as the Trump administration has extended a policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for court hearings in the U.S. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

Defense

Pentagon leaders face bipartisan anger over border wall reprogramming

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Defense

National Guard officials, states push back on Trump's border wall fund diversion

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Defense

DoD asks for $705B for 2021, gives Space Force more than $15B

In this Jan. 10, 2020, photo, people work at a portion of border wall which is under construction in Yuma, Ariz. Illegal border crossings have plummeted as the Trump administration has extended a policy to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico for court hearings in the U.S. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)

Defense

Lawmakers demand answers on reprogramming $7.2B in defense funds for border wall

Margaret Weichert, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management and deputy director for Management at the Office of Management and Budget., holds a challenge coin.

Federal Newscast

Thousands of federal employees to be asked about benefits this coming fall

Former House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, speaks during a hearing on the FY2019 budget with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford, and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer David L. Norquist, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 12, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Congress

Thornberry had 'out-sized influence' on Armed Services Committee, colleague says

Federal Newscast

US claims victory in compromise on international mail delivery

FILE - In this June 6, 2013 file photo, the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in Fort Meade, Md. A contractor for the National Security Agency has been arrested on charges that he illegally removed highly classified information and stored the material in his house and car, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016. Harold Thomas Martin III, 51, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, was arrested by the FBI in August after authorities say he admitted to having taken government secrets. A defense attorney said Martin did not intend to betray his country. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Federal Newscast

Former NSA contractor sentenced for hoarding sensitive materials

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Congress

House, Senate lawmakers disagree over the need for White House involvement in JEDI

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Congress

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Federal Newscast

MSPB: Agencies rarely act on managers who fail probationary period

acquisition reforms

Defense

Thornberry unveils potential punishments for DoD's slow implementation of acquisition reforms

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Federal Newscast

New bill to provide financial help to feds during government shutdowns

A kitchen server places breakfast out in an empty cafeteria at Kyrene De Las Lomas Elementary School Thursday, April 26, 2018, in Phoenix. Teachers in Arizona and Colorado walked out of their classes over low salaries keeping hundreds of thousands of students out of school. It's the latest in a series of strikes across the nation over low teacher pay. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Federal Newscast

New plan recommends reducing food waste at federal buildings

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