President Barack Obama has nominated Vice Adm. Dixon Smith as deputy chief of naval operations for fleet and readiness at the U.S. Navy and Rear Adm. Mary Jackson as commander of the Navy Installations
Jeff Koses, formerly acquisition director of general supplies and services for the General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service, has been appointed senior procurement executive of GSAâs Office of Governmentwide Policy, FCW reported
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The Defense Health Agency is set to begin consolidating military healthcare services that previously operate within the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force in an effort to help the Pentagon manage rising
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The House homeland security subcommittee has moved to pass legislation to bolster the countryâs cybersecurity posture against threats on critical infrastructure, Homeland Security Today reported Wednesday. Anthony Kimery writes the National Cybersecurity
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The U.S. has reached an agreement with Jordan to train Iraqi warfighters in that country in an effort to help combat terrorist groups connected to the al-Qaida network, Agence France-Presse reported Sunday.
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China has begun building its second aircraft carrier, Agence France-Presse reported Sunday. Construction of the carrier in the northeastern port of Dalian will take six years, the report says. Wang Min, Communist
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The U.S. Navy is hoping to procure 52 littoral combat ships under a $37 billion program, DoD Buzz reported Thursday. Kris Osborn writes the LCS program covers the purchase of vessels built
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The Defense Department is close to completing its 2015 budget proposal, Defense News reported Thursday. Marcus Weisgerber writes Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has met with military and civilian officials to finalize the
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The Defense Department has begun using a private cloud platform for analyzing big data in an effort to gain insights into large volumes of unstructured information, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jared
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The Veterans Affairs Department will receive $63.2 billion in funding for the fiscal year 2014, up $2.3 billion from the fiscal 2013 funding, under the newly passed omnibus appropriations bill, Fierce Government
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BP LLC has released its forecast for global energy trends through 2035 indicating that the U.S. will achieve its domestic energy policy goal by that time, National Journal reported Wednesday. Clare Foran
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