OMB Director Outlines Efforts to Automate, Simplify Procurement-Related Tasks
Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said in an August 27 memorandum that the OMB plans to...
Study: Drone Tech Proliferation Puts Regional, International Security at Risk
Foeke Postma and Wim Zwijnenburg of the Dutch non-government organization PAX stated in a July 2018 study that the proliferation of...
DARS Removes DFARS ‘Technical Interchange’ Requirement for IR&D Cost Reimbursement
The Defense Department's Defense Acquisition Regulations System announced Friday that it was amending Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement subpart 231, removing a...
DHS Official: Sharing of Unclassified Cyber Threat Indicators Getting Faster
An official at the Department of Homeland Security recently said that the approval of unclassified versions of cyber threat indicators...
CRS Describes Four Ways to Establish Space Force in New Report
The Congressional Research Service recently published a report describing four possible ways by which either Congress or the president could...
Senate Resumes Debates on FY 2019 Minibus Spending Bill for Defense, Other Agencies
Senators on Monday resumed debates on amendments to a fiscal 2019 minibus spending bill that will appropriate funds for multiple...
DoD: China Acquiring Tech for Military Modernization Through Legal and Illicit Means
The Defense Department said in a recent report that the Chinese government has been pursuing its military modernization goals through...
Report: DoD Supply Chain Risk Mgmt Policy ‘Not Fully Implemented’ for SBIRS
The Defense Department Inspector General recently reported that the U.S. Air Force Space Command did not fully implement the DoD’s...
Sen McCaskill Raises Concerns Over Presidential 2019 Budget for OIG Funding Cuts
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., recently criticized the President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal 2019 budget for reducing the funding of several...
OIG: State Dept Failed to Perform OMB-Mandated Studies on New Programs
The State Department’s inspector general recently called out the agency for failing to perform value engineering studies on numerous new...