President Donald Trump has appointed Robert Salesses, a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, as acting secretary of the Department of Defense, DOD News reported Monday. Salesses will serve as interim DOD secretary
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., has issued a discussion draft of a bill that would require contractors to provide uncertified cost information if requested to ensure that the government is paying a fair
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AT&T and Verizon have started rolling out their 5G networks on the C-band spectrum and the U.S. military may take months before it can determine the potential safety risks of such networks
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A McAleese & Associates report says the Department of Defense could expect a cumulative impact of about 8 percent or a drop of about $60 billion in purchasing power under a full-year
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The U.S. government is investigating the cloud business of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba to determine whether the unit poses a national security risk, Reuters reported Monday. Reuters cited sources that say the
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Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., has proposed a bill that would prohibit the Federal Reserve from directly issuing central bank digital currencies to individuals as part of efforts to safeguard financial privacy, promote
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The Professional Services Council has urged the Supreme Court to protect contractors from tort liability under state law for carrying out military support operations on foreign war zones. PSC said Friday it
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Drew Myklegard, most recently executive director of product engineering at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Eileen Vidrine, chief data officer at the Department of the Air Force, have joined the Office
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Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., have introduced a bill that would promote domestic production of rare earth elements and reduce dependence on China for such elements. The proposed Restoring
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Reps. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., and Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., have asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to provide information on efforts to further advance the adoption of multifactor authentication to protect federal
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Raj Iyer, chief information officer of the U.S. Army and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said one of the service’s top priorities this fiscal year is delivering cloud and data capabilities to
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