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Office of Strategic Capital hits road bumps on future funding

Congress looks for new ways to fund innovation for DoD with public-private partnerships as it continues authorization of the Office of Strategic Capital.

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Air Force plans drones with commercially available components

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(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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(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Phototreat)Aerial of the Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington DC, with I-395 freeway on the left, and the Air Force Memorial up middle.

Members of Congress want more transparency on troop movements

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A big appetite for armed forces around the world might be hurting military readiness

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

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The U.S. Capitol is seen as Congress and President Donald Trump move closer to a deadline to fund parts of the government, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes its own CR with border funding, setting up Friday shutdown showdown

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355-ship Navy will cost a lot, but can still be done, lawmaker says

The Navy is still planning on expanding the amount of ships it owns and its personnel. That’s going to cost some money.

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President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron during the G-7 summit, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Charlevoix, Canada. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

21 House Republicans ask Trump to rescind workforce executive orders

Twenty-one House Republicans said they’re concerned the president’s recent federal workforce executive orders undermine existing labor law and may jeopardize…

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Bipartisan bill calls for giving ‘non-critical sensitive’ defense workers due process

In today’s Federal Newscast, three lawmakers want legislation to overturn a 2013 court decision which prevents some defense department employees from appealing to the Merit Systems Protection Board.

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