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
The Government Accountability Office has called on the Defense Department to collaborate with the Office of Management and Budget to review and revise the criteria used to identify activities that should be included in DoD’s budget
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Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein has said the service branch looks to begin its search for a light-attack aircraft this spring, the National Defense magazine reported Wednesday. Vivienne Machi writes Goldfein said
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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson has said he agrees with Sen. John McCain’s (R-Arizona) plan to increase the U.S. Navy’s fleet of ships, but caution should be exercised when it
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President Barack Obama has signed an executive order that seeks to amend the federal government’s security clearance process as well as standards of suitability and fitness for employment, Federal News Radio reported
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The U.S. Air Force has exercised the option to purchase a site in the city of St. Louis for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s new west headquarters. NGA said Friday it expects the property
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The White House has released new guidance that outlines changes designed to help federal agencies streamline the environmental assessment and authorization process for federal infrastructure projects in compliance with Title 41 provisions
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has introduced a measure that seeks to facilitate the relocation of federal agencies outside of Washington. The House resolution Divest
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Arizona) has released a white paper that seeks to propose a base budget of $640 billion for the Defense Department and $60 billion in overseas
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The departments of State and Commerce have moved space-related equipment from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List as part of revisions to the May 2014 export control rules, Space
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Lisa Monaco, homeland security adviser to President Barack Obama, has said the U.S. electoral process is now part of the critical infrastructure that should be protected from any foreign intervention, The Atlantic
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