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 to the government, Federal News
MoreDefense 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 Tuesday. Cheryl Pellerin writes
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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 Defense Innovation
MoreThe 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 participants to
MoreThe U.S. Air Force has examined the possibility of a new three-satellite constellation as part of an effort to meet the Defense Departmentâs future wideband communications requirements, Space News reported Tuesday. Mike Gruss
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to collaborate on the development of criteria for use in the selection and assessment of leaders for a federal healthcare
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Adm. Michael Rogers, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, has called on the government and technology sectors to collaborate on how to address consumer privacy and national security concerns, eWeek reported Tuesday. “It’s
MoreDefense Secretary Ashton Carter has said the U.S. Cyber Command has launched a cyber military campaign in an effort to disrupt the Islamic State militant organizationâs communications systems and command-and-control platforms, the
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Scientists at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency have started to develop a cloud-based tool that aims to help epidemiologists identify and analyze human and animal disease anomalies and issue warnings on pandemics,
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Defense Ashton Carter plans to discuss technology and cybersecurity programs with companies at various forums in California and Washington in the coming days, DoD News reported Monday. Lisa Ferdinando writes Carter said at a news conference held
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