The final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 would remove the U.S. Cyber Command under the supervision of the U.S. Strategic Command and establish Cybercom as a unified
MoreThe Defense Health Agency has announced that the revised Tricare retail pharmacy network will add Walgreens-run pharmacies, effective Dec. 1, DoD News reported Wednesday. George Jones, chief of pharmacy operation at DHA, said
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The Defense Departmentâs Defense Innovation Unit Experimental has published a guidebook in efforts to help agencies create contracting vehicles that could optimize time and costs required to acquire technology, DoD News reported Friday. Rick Docksai
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Three House Republicans whose committee memberships include work in the area of cybersecurity will join president-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Joseph Marks writes the selection of the trio of congressional
MoreHouse Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-Texas) has said he expects President-elect Donald Trumpâs administration to file a supplemental bill to the defense budget measure for fiscal year 2017 âas soon as they
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A group of more than 200 U.S. sailors, airmen and soldiers worked with the Operational Test Command at West Fort Hood in Texas to test the service members’ ability to respond to
MoreThe Defense Department, NASA and the General Services Administration have proposed a rule that seeks to encourage and facilitate communication between government procurement officials and industry during the acquisition process. The three agencies said in a
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House and Senate lawmakers have reached a compromise on a bill that would allocate $619 billion in defense budget for fiscal year 2017, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. writes
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The Government Accountability Office has recommended the Defense Department update guidance on the calculation of workload shortfalls and provide Congress with additional information on future reports to help bolster oversight. A GAO report published Monday says DoD’s 2016
MoreThe General Services Administrationâs technology transformation service organization has released a new policy that seeks to help security researchers report cyber vulnerabilities in TTS-run systems. TTS issued the vulnerability disclosure policy in
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