DOD issues guidance to advance civilian workforce overhaul
DOD civilian employee roles that do not facilitate "lethality" should be assessed for restructuring or elimination, the memo states.
By Riley Ceder
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Shipyards, military clinics exempted from Pentagon hiring freeze
Advocates praised defense leaders for excluding shipyard workers and other key readiness jobs from a department-wide hiring freeze.
Watchdog group: DoD’s JEDI cloud is mired in murk
A report examines how the complexity of artificial intelligence and cloud technologies lend themselves to obscurity in federal contracting.
By Kelsey D. Atherton
The Pentagon’s JEDI cloud strategy is ambitious, but can it work?
The strategy sets ambitious goals on how the military will use cloud technology to pool its vast streams of data and operate “at the speed of relevance."
By Tom Keelan
The two key assets in the government’s cybersecurity battle
The fight for good cybersecurity will be ongoing, and it will be incumbent upon agencies to evolve their strategies and tactics to meet these threats over time.
By Jim Hansen, SolarWinds
Congress votes to cancel Trump’s national emergency amid worries it hurts the military; veto expected
The Senate has voted to overturn the president's national emergency, baiting him to issue the first veto of his presidency.
Cloud collaboration app now available for high-security agencies
The collaboration solution from Microsoft consolidates a variety of applications and communication tools in one place to facilitate sharing
By Jessie Bur
Smith: Trim budget fat in America’s nuclear triad
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith says he's open to cutting back quantities of nuclear arms instead of one leg of the nation’s nuclear triad.
By Joe Gould
House Democrats demand Shanahan explain border wall funding scheme
How will the Pentagon pay for the border wall? Lawmakers worry Congress is being sidelined.
By Joe Gould
Study: Agencies see more success by mixing technologies
New technologies working in concert are empowering transformation at government agencies, according to a Deloitte report.
By Jessie Bur
Judge grants stay of lawsuit to investigate JEDI conflicts of interest
The Department of Defense will now have the time to investigate information concerning a conflict of interest between two former employees and the $10 billion cloud contract.
By Jessie Bur
Is the new US strategy on artificial intelligence to play catch up?
Both the White House and the Department of Defense are eager to follow the private sector in using AI however they can.
By Kelsey D. Atherton