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
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, believes the Education Department is under risk of a cyber breach, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Chaffetz told
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The U.S. Navy seeks expanded authority to spend money under the fiscal year 2017 budget in an effort to fast track the way it deploys services, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Colin Clark
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The Federal Aviation Administration has recorded nearly 180,000 unmanned aerial systems that registered with the agency since it launched the registration system in December, FCW reported Wednesday. Chase Gunter writes the FAA
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President Barack Obama is set to nominate Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, to oversee U.S. Central Command as part of an effort to combat extremist groups, the Wall
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The U.S. Air Force plans to move 13,000 civilian employees to a new personnel system from the general schedule by June 12, GovExec reported Tuesday. Eric Katz writes the Air Force Material
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The National Institutes of Health Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center has lowered the fees for NIH’s government-wide acquisition contracts by up to 35 percent. NITAAC said Tuesday it reduced the fees for
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U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip Breedlove, commander of U.S. European Command, has called for an increased presence of U.S. troops in Europe in order to combat Russia’s militarization in the region, DoD
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The Defense Department is seeking to adopt joint enterprise licensing agreements in a move to reduce program costs, Federal Times reported Wednesday. John Edwards and Eve Keiser write JELAs require DoD to combine
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Stephanie Devaney serves as the project manager for the Precision Medicine Initiative of the White House’s Office of the Chief of Staff and helps coordinate the program’s components. Devaney was previously as a science
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U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Mark Bowman serves as the director of command, control, communications and computers/cyber for the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. The 37-year Army veteran oversees analysis and assessment, combined force
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