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 the department’s budget, GovExec reports. Charles Clark writes
MoreThe Defense Security Service has reduced the amount of time it takes to request updated background checks on people holding security clearances from 90 days, Federal Times reports. Jim McElhatton writes the
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According to a Pentagon report, China’s military modernization program is backed by intelligence acquired through industrial and economic espionage, Reuters reports. In this year’s annual report about the Chinese military that spanned
MoreThe 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.
MoreThe U.S. Defense Department has overhauled the âbunker busterâ bomb meant to attack Iranâs nuclear facility in case peace negotiations fail, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Adam Entous and Julian Barnes
MoreThe Defense Department could submit another reprogramming request to the House Appropriations Committee as early as next week as the department wants to shift more funds within its budget to manage sequestration
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The Defense Department is seeking ways to speed up the process for approving and deploying mobile devices, applications and other technologies, FCW reported Tuesday. Amber Corrin writes the Pentagon wants to have
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The country’s top uniformed military officer said Tuesday the Defense Department could not $52 billion from its fiscal year 2014 budget under sequestration because it did not have enough time to prepare for
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has told a House subcommittee the Pentagon will submit a programming request to Congress, seeking authority to move money across accounts and aiming to mitigate some effects of
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