The Defense Contract Management Agency is in the process of hiring personnel for its network of “centers of excellence” that aim to give procurement and contracting officers guidance on what constitutes as a commercial
Cutting $800 billion from defense spending as part of a larger deficit reduction effort would be difficult and risky, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey said Tuesday. Dempsey, the nominee to become chairman of
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Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski, both Democrats from Maryland, introduced legislation Friday to provide back pay to the nearly 4,000 furloughed Federal Aviation Administration employees. The FAA’s operating authority expired July
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Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, heard concerns from soldiers stationed in Afghanistan this week over how budget cuts would affect them. The AP reports Mullen is on
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President Obama and Congressional leaders agreed Sunday night to raise the federal debt limit, with one day left before the Treasury said it would start being unable to meet government obligations. Obama
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The Department of Veterans Affairs faced tough questions Thursday from a House subcommittee after an internal audit found nearly 1,400 contracts intended for veteran-owned businesses were awarded to ineligible companies. Federal Times
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The government could use cellular data to track the location of Americans as they move around the U.S., National Security Agency General Counsel Matthew Olsen said Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reports
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New behavior detection techniques are coming to airport checkpoints as soon as next month, Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said Thursday. According to Politico, Pistole was interviewed on-stage by CNN reporter
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Federal agencies have made mixed progress in developing and implementing policies regarding the use of social media, a Government Accountability Office report says. The GAO audited 23 major federal agencies that use
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The final Space Shuttle mission is not the end of human spaceflight, according to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden. Bolden wrote a guest column Sunday in the Orlando Sentinel, addressing the future direction
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The increased sharing of information and the increased speed of information are crucial to future military operations, Army Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess Jr. said Tuesday. The director of the Defense Intelligence
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