Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has warned that the Pentagon will have to modify strategic goals if Congress enforces sequestration-level cuts to the fiscal 2016 defense budget, DoD News reported Wednesday. Cheryl Pellerin
MoreHouse Republicans have introduced a budget proposal to increase the total fiscal year 2016 defense budget to $613 billion, The Hill newspaper reported Tuesday. Kristina Wong writes the proposal would put $90 billion into the overseas contingency
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Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has said lawmakers are preparing a new bill to provide liability protections for private companies that share sensitive cyber-related information with the government, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Sean McCalley writes
MoreThe National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has launched the GEOINT Pathfinder project that seeks to provide unclassified geospatial data through mobile devices to support intelligence operations. NGA said Monday application developers, data scientists, open source researchers and partners
MoreThe Office of Management and Budget is seeking public and private sector comments on its plan to transition federal websites to the secure hypertext transfer protocol for computer network communication, Federal News
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Eric Fanning, formerly undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, has been named the Defense Departmentâs chief of staff and appointed to the Senior Executive Service. Defense Secretary Ash Carter confirmed Fanningâs appointment
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The U.S. Army has inked an agreement with the General Services Administration to procure professional services via the agency’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services and OASIS Small Business contract vehicles. GSA
MoreThe Defense Department is working on a set of guidelines for how to implement the Better Buying Power 3.0 initiative in the Pentagon’s push to modify the way it acquires new technology
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Congress has been reluctant to accept the Defense Department‘s proposal for another Base Realignment and Closure Round the Pentagon believes could help it reallocate funds toward modernization and readiness initiatives, Deputy Defense
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The Missile Defense Agency recently led a flight test of the tracking and engagement functions of the Lockheed Martin-built Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense weapon system with three of Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-3 as simulated targets. MDA said Feb.
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