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The Department of Homeland Security has proposed establishing a centralized system for DHS to manage inquiries, complaints and investigations about potential insider threats. DHS said in a public notice posted Feb. 26 on...

  Frank Kendall Frank Kendall, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, wants to have the so-called revolving door laws revamped as part of an effort to attract more talent...

Maria Contreras-Sweet Maria Contreras-Sweet, administrator of the Small Business Administration, has announced that the federal government awarded contracts worth approximately $17.8 billion to women-owned small businesses in fiscal year 2015. She...

Steve Harris Steve Harris, vice president and general manager of Dell's federal systems group, has recommended federal chief information officers instill a “future-ready mindset” among employees to facilitate the implementation of...

A bipartisan group of senators that includes Brian Schatz, Deb Fischer, Cory Booker and Kelly Ayotte has introduced a bill that seeks to build on a U.S. Senate resolution passed in March...

Ashton Carter Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the Defense Department needs to innovate in order to be competitive amid the five global challenges the U.S. currently faces, DoD News reported...

The U.S. Navy has submitted an "unfunded priority" list to Congress that includes $1.5 billion for the procurement of Boeing-built F/A-18E/Fs and another $270 million for Lockheed Martin-built F-35Cs, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal...

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has announced the Defense Department's plan to establish an advisory board to help craft technological strategies for DoD to address organizational culture and project management issues. DoD said Wednesday the...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has posted eight new coding projects for the open-source community on the GitHub website as part of NGA's GEOINT Pathfinder initiative. NGA said Feb. 22 two of...

The Defense Department plans to enlist ethical hackers for a pilot cyber "bug bounty" program that aims to uncover security vulnerabilities on DoD's public-facing websites. The Hack the Pentagon initiative will use private-sector crowdsourcing to allow...