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Daniel Goure, a vice president at the think tank Lexington Institute, has called on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to view the Defense Department as a model in his efforts to reform the...

James Mattis Defense Secretary James Mattis has said the White House is considering a proposal to boost the presence of private security contractors in Afghanistan in an effort to transition...

The Government Accountability Office has found that the U.S. Air Force's oversight and acquisition programs for the Nuclear Command, Control and Communications system face challenges in meeting requirements in the long run....

The Department of Homeland Security looks for a chief technology officer to work at DHS' National Protection and Programs Directorate in Arlington, Virginia. A USAJobs notice posted Friday says the...

The Department of Homeland Security's science and technology directorate and the Transportation Security Administration have begun to test touch-free fingerprint scanners at two airports with the goal to shorten the passenger identity...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has begun to seek public comments on a draft version of its updated special publication on privacy and security controls for government and industry...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has tested a prototype of an elevated sensor mast aboard the U.S. Navy's USS Zephyr patrol coastal ship in an effort to boost the vessel's communication range...

The U.S. Marine Corps has requested for an additional 50,000 automatic rifles for the service branch's riflemen, combat engineers and light armored reconnaissance battalion scouts, Marine Corps Times reported Wednesday. The 5.56 mm M27...

Industry experts and former White House officials have urged government contractors to start discussing the effects of a potential federal shutdown in October with contracting officers, Government Executive reported Monday....

The Government Accountability Office has called on the Defense Department to issue guidelines to expand the use of checklists and other tools in order to help program offices and foreign military sales...