David Berteau, senior vice president and director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ national security program on industry and resources, has been nominated as logistics and materiel readiness assistant secretary with
MoreFormer Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged lawmakers balance the national budget and noted his belief that sequestration has negatively impacted national security and military readiness, Military Times reported Thursday. Joe Gould writes
MoreFrank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, is set to meet industry and defense executives on Saturday to discuss the Defense Department‘s acquisition reform bid, Defense News reported Thursday. Paul
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Katrina McFarland, assistant secretary of defense acquisition, has said a new Defense Department document is set to change the DoD’s information technology acquisition management system, Breaking Defense reported Tuesday. Sydney Freedberg writes Frank Kendall, undersecretary of
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Andrew Marshall, the 93-year-old director of the Defense Department‘s Office of Net Assessment, will retire in January following 41 years at the helm of DoD’s internal advisory board, Defense News reported Friday. Vago
MoreThe Center for Strategic and International Studies has released a new study that says sequestration reduced the Defense Department‘s overall spending by $56 billion between 2012 and 2013, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jared
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Marcel Lettre serves as principal deputy defense undersecretary for intelligence and functions as program executive for the country’s military intelligence program. He represents the Defense Department on intelligence and sensitive operations to the CIA,
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Cybersecurity practitioners Michael Papay, Frank Cilluffo and Sharon Cardash urge the Defense Department to establish cybersecurity as a requirement in system design and architecture to counter potential vulnerabilities to U.S. defense platforms and systems. Papay, chief information officer at Northrop
MoreThe Defense Acquisition University has released guidance for Defense Department program managers on shutting down a program or contract, noting that the department faces the potential of terminating more programs due to the
MoreAndre Gudger, director of the Defense Department‘s Office of Small Business Programs, has indicated an increase in small-business contracting with the agency exceeding its goals in the sector for the first time. The Pentagon awarded
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