Pentagon

Pentagon Asks Congress to Reprogram $10B

The Defense Department is seeking Congress’ permission to shift $9.6 billion in funds this year to its wartime budget in an effort to manage shortfalls, DoD Buzz reported Monday. Brendan ...
Pentagon

Report: Pentagon Leaders to Wrap Up Budget Cut Review At Month’s End

Defense Department leaders will propose three scenarios for automatic spending cuts when they present a military strategy report to Secretary Chuck Hagel by the end of the month, Defense ...
Elizabeth McGrath

Elizabeth McGrath: Pentagon to Focus on Operation Costs

Elizabeth McGrath Elizabeth McGrath, Defense Department deputy chief management officer, told the Excellence in Government Forum Tuesday the Pentagon will increasingly focus on operations ...
Chuck Hagel

Chuck Hagel: DoD Employees to Receive 11 Furlough Days

Chuck Hagel Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has announced the Defense Department will cut the number of furlough days for employees to 11 as part of agency efforts to address the $37 ...
Jim McAleese, McAleese & Associates

Jim McAleese: The 2013 Sequester’s Likely and Potential Impact on the Services

Jim McAleese, founder and principal at McAleese & Associates, recently caught up with Executive Mosaic, parent company of the Potomac Officers Club (P.O.C) and publisher of ExecutiveGov, ...
IPhone

Report: Apple Devices Could Get DISA Approval Next Week

Apple will soon receive the security clearance it needs for the iPhone and iPad to be used within the Pentagon’s networks, Nextgov reports. A Defense Information Systems Agency ...
AshtonCarter

Ashton Carter Repeats Pentagon Request for New BRAC Round

Ashton Carter Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter reiterated Tuesday the Pentagon’s request for another Base Realignment and Closure Commission round in an effort to help reduce ...
AshtonCarter

Ashton Carter Receives NDIA’s Dwight D. Eisenhower Award

Ashton Carter Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has received the National Defense Industrial Association’s annual Dwight D. Eisenhower Award which honors defense leaders who best ...
WhiteHouse

White House Saves $5B From Automatic DoD Spending Cuts

The White House has announced that it will restore $4.9 billion out of the $85 billion to be cut from the Defense Department budget due to sequestration, according to a Bloomberg article. Brian ...
ArmyChopper

Pentagon Awarded $19B in April Contracts, Study Says

The Defense Department awarded 200 total contracts during the month of April, valued at more than $19 billion total, according to a Military.com analysis. DoD Buzz reports the month’s ...