Cloud
The Defense Department wants some time to it “reconsider” parts of its decision to award its $10 billion cloud contract to Microsoft and has asked the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a 120-day pause.
03/18/2020
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Personnel
The Defense Department expanded its travel ban with new restrictions on domestic travel civilian and military personnel amid the coronavirus outbreak.
03/14/2020
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Personnel
The Defense Department is restricting non-essential travel abroad for servicemembers and the civilian workforce.
03/14/2020
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Connected Warrior
David Norquist, the deputy defense secretary, said the Army's new augmented reality headset that enhances soldiers' situational awareness could see significant delays without on-time funding.
03/11/2020
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Cloud
Conflicting interpretations of “highly accessible storage” are at the center of a federal judge’s ruling granting Amazon Web Services a preliminary injunction that freezes task orders on the Defense Department’s massive Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative cloud contract.
03/10/2020
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Personnel
Civilian employees at the Defense Department are urged to telework, teleconference and use leave when necessary while other agencies are formulating their own workforce policy responses.
03/10/2020
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Cyber
More personnel may be needed as the organization's election security role expands and cybersecurity threats evolve.
03/10/2020
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IT Infrastructure
The White House has diverted billions of Pentagon dollars for border wall funding at the cost of a new information systems facility at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
03/04/2020
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Personnel
A key Republican lawmaker joined Democratic colleagues in opposing a policy that could spell doom for civilian unions at the Defense Department.
03/04/2020
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Congress
The lead Republican for the House's defense committee hopes appropriators will see the wisdom in making funds for buying technology and research more flexible.
03/04/2020
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Cyber
China spent the year targeting telecommunications infrastructure to feed its spying and IP theft, while Iran shifted to target defense contractors in the latter half of the year.
03/04/2020
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Unmanned Systems
The Navy wants to increase production of unmanned surface vessels, but Congress remains wary of long-term success.
02/28/2020
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