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FILE - In this March 27, 2008 file photo, an aerial view of the Pentagon is seen in Washington. Amazon must decide soon if it will protest the Pentagon’s awarding of a $10 billion cloud computing contract to rival Microsoft on Oct. 25, 2019, with one possible grievance being the unusual attention given to the project by President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

People and supply-chain security make it into DoD IG’s list of management challenges

The annual list of the most challenging management issues adds two new issues, drops readiness.

Defense

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket that will carry supplies to the International Space Station stands ready at complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Monday, April 17, 2017, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. The launch is scheduled for Tuesday morning and for the first time, NASA cameras will provide live 360-degree video of the rocket heading toward space. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Fights, budgeting and planning are all ahead if DoD wants to set up a space force by 2020

Reporter's Notebook

Heavy weapons may be damaging troops’ brains

Reporter's Notebook

In this photo taken Friday, April 21, 2017 paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team participate in a training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C. The Army is planning to triple the amount of bonuses it’s paying this year to more than $380 million in a bid to expand its ranks. The money includes new incentives to woo reluctant soldiers to re-enlist. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Lack of leadership in DoD’s personnel and readiness office could be detrimental, analysts say

Reporter's Notebook

Giving troops a pay raise might be hurting the military

Defense

DoD suggests changing promotion boards to keep talent

Defense News

Congress is using a $28.6 billion fund as a sequestration bargaining chip

Defense News

It’s uncertain who will be on the DoD chopping block with new government reforms

Defense News

Trump reinvigorates capability vs. capacity debate

Defense

Lawmakers demand answers on DIUx plan

Defense

As DIUx expands, it starts putting money where its mouth is

Defense

Jerry Hendrix, Defense Strategies and Assessments Program, CNAS

President Barack Obama’s budget request included a small, $5 million item earmarked for a next-generation fighter. And while no one knows exactly what…

Federal Drive

Kidder: Carter should ‘critically rethink’ DoD workforce

Defense Secretary nominee Ash Carter says ending sequestration is critical for the Pentagon’s long-term success. But in his nomination hearing before the…

Shawn Brimley, Executive Vice President, CNAS

Leadership at the top of the Defense Department believes the United States military is in danger of losing its technological edge over the rest of the world. Federal News Radio’s Jason Miller reports the Defense Department is already trying to save money by changing its acquisition policies for major projects in the technology development phase. Shawn Brimley is executive vice president and director of studies at the Center for a New American Security, and co-director of the “Beyond Offset” project….