Mike Rogers

DoD’s budget inflation story is more complicated than you think

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and DoD Comptroller Michael McCord represented the Pentagon’s…

Defense

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Republicans want to know the cost of inflation on 2023 Defense budget

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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Congress taps brakes on DoD project to reform IT funding

DoD Reporter's Notebook

(Mass Communication Specialist Julio Rivera/U.S. Navy via AP)

In this April 7, 2020, photo, released by the U.S. Navy, sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, who have tested negative for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic, are checked at local hotels in Guam in an effort to implement social distancing. People in Guam are used to a constant U.S. military presence on the strategic Pacific island, but some are nervous as hundreds of sailors from the coronavirus-stricken Navy aircraft carrier flood into hotels for quarantine. Officials insist they have enforced strict safety measures. (Mass Communication Specialist Julio Rivera/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy turns heads by giving Huntington Ingalls a pass on COVID mandate

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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

FILE - In this June 3, 2011, file photo, the Pentagon is seen from air from Air Force One. It’s the biggest budget the Pentagon has ever seen: $700 billion. That’s far more in defense spending than America’s two nearest competitors, China and Russia, and will mean the military can for the bill for thousands more troops, more training, more ships and a lot else. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

DoD budget largely flat, cuts legacy systems for modernization

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IG: Pentagon disregarded auditors, overpaid contractors by as much as $97M

DoD Reporter's Notebook

5G is more than just better data rates

CyberChat

Krebs: Shared services to help move federal civilian away from untenable cyber posture

Cybersecurity

Senate bill would make it harder for political appointees to become civil servants

Federal Newscast

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will carry supplies to the International Space Station stands ready at complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Monday, April 17, 2017, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday morning and for the first time, NASA cameras will provide live 360-degree video of the rocket heading toward space. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Fights, budgeting and planning are all ahead if DoD wants to set up a space force by 2020

Reporter's Notebook

Intelligence community tries to burnish its image

Tom Temin Commentary

Air Force has long to-do list for space operations, Wilson says

As space becomes more of a contested domain, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson says the Air Force needs to step up its game.

Air Force

CYBERCOM and NSA leadership needs to evolve and that may mean a leadership split

U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers seems open to the idea of changing the leadership structure he currently heads.

Defense

What can DoD, civilian cyber efforts learn from the Coast Guard approach to maritime security?

Reporter's Notebook

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Armed Services Committee, asked whether a new approach to the tactical and operational aspects of federal cybersecurity could be a powerful tool for addressing gaps that impede existing organizational structures.