Mark Esper
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The Army tasked its science board with looking into how the service can change talent management for future conflicts.
February 19, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Representative Mark Takano (D-Calif.) is launching an official investigation into the influence of three members of President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago golf club, on recent personnel and policy decisions at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
February 12, 2019 -
The Army is planning on demolishing inadequate housing in the next seven years.
February 11, 2019 -
A rare, joint memo from three military service secretaries directs acquisition officials to build open architectures into all new programs.
February 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, President Donald Trump hints that another government shutdown is likely after funding runs out again in three weeks.
January 28, 2019 -
The Army wants to keep its Medical Research and Materiel Command, despite a 2019 law taking it away.
January 10, 2019 -
Mark Esper, secretary of the Army, said the Office of Personnel Management is not made up of bad people, but that the Army could better handle civilian hiring on its own.
November 14, 2018 -
Since April, the Army has cut more than 60 training and administrative requirements. Top official say the goal is to redirect time and resources into readiness and modernization.
November 09, 2018 -
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper says having a full budget on time means they can start training, maintaining equipment and making purchases at start of fiscal year with more certainty.
October 10, 2018 -
The Army may lose its Medical Research and Materiel Command in the 2019 NDAA, and Army Secretary Mark Esper is not happy about it.
September 04, 2018 -
The Army is competing with a healthy economy and a small pool of eligible recruits to increase its ranks.
August 30, 2018 -
The Army’s Futures Command is officially up and running in Austin, and while the command promises to completely reform the service’s equipping practices, it’s also spurring change in the personnel realm.
August 24, 2018 -
The Army is preparing to award contracts based on the findings of the cross-functional team responsible for a better protected, more mobile tactical network and interoperability between forces.
June 21, 2018 -
One senator is worried Futures Command could harm small business.
June 15, 2018 -
The Army is nixing training it feels isn't helping readiness as a means of unburdening soldiers so they can spend more time with their families.
June 11, 2018