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
A new MeriTalk survey has found that 69 percent of federal agencies with chief data officers said they are more likely to manage big data workloads compared with 40 percent of agencies that operate
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The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act that passed both the House and Senate would authorize the Defense Health Agency to manage over 400 military hospitals and clinics that the Air Force, Army and Navy
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President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has named six additional individuals to the NASA landing team, Space News reported Friday. Brian Berger and Jeff Foust write Steve Cook, a corporate vice president at Dynetics,
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President Barack Obama has signed an executive order to establish the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area in an effort to protect the natural and cultural resources as well as the communities in
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Boeing has entered into a potential $16.6 billion contract to produce and supply 80 passenger aircraft to Iran Air. The sales agreement with Iran Air was reached under the terms of the U.S.
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Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James has said the service branch has begun to consider whether to use a provision in the fiscal 2017 defense policy bill to waive a fixed-price contract
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The Senate on Friday voted 63-36 to approve a continuing resolution that would fund the federal government through the end of April, the New York Times reported Friday. Thomas Kaplan and Jennifer Steinhauer write the
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A secret assessment by the CIA says Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election through cyber intrusions in order to help Donald Trump get elected as U.S. president, the Washington Post reported
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Frank Kendall, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, recognized several Defense Department personnel and military organizations during the Defense Acquisition Workforce awards held Thursday in Virginia, DoD News reported Thursday. Amaani Lyle
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The Senate sent the proposed $618.7 billion defense policy bill for fiscal year 2017 to the White House with a 92-7 vote days after the House passed the measure, Reuters reported Thursday.
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