Rob Wittman

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.

Defense

Defense Innovation Board suggests ways to bridge the ‘valley of death’

Contracting

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Air Force plans drones with commercially available components

Air Force

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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

Defense

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Members of Congress want more transparency on troop movements

Federal Newscast

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

Defense

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

Congress

FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. A new program that was supposed to get patients off waiting lists at Veterans Affairs medical centers by letting them switch to private-sector doctors is proving to be an even bigger disappointment than initially thought. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

VA lays out standards for veterans to see private doctors

Federal Newscast

Trump signs bill ensuring federal employees get paid after government shutdown

Government Shutdown

Now in a new Congress, lawmakers reintroduce back pay legislation for feds during shutdown

Government Shutdown

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

Pay

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.

Federal Drive

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…

Workforce

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

Federal Newscast

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.