Kathleen Hicks

DoD, State Dept streamline process for federal employees to telework overseas

The federal government is stepping up efforts to become a more attractive employer for the spouses of military service members living overseas.

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon

2025 budget includes $850 billion for Defense, 4.5% military pay raise

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Defense Deputy Secretary Hicks urges Congress to pass 2024 NDAA

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(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

An aerial view of the Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia.

DoD’s new AI strategy focuses on adoption

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Defense Department’s Replicator program must increase its speed

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FILE - The inside of a computer is seen on Feb 23, 2019, in Jersey City, N.J. A global computer chip shortage has made it harder for consumers to get their hands on cars, computers and other modern-day necessities, so Congress is looking to boost chip manufacturing and research in the United States with billions of dollars from the federal government. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Pentagon chooses 8 new ‘hubs’ to lead $2B effort to revitalize US microelectronics

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U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

A U.S. Army Soldier prepares a RQ-11 Raven B for flight during the field training portion of a Unmanned Aerial System operator’s course on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 10, 2018. The course was held by the New Jersey Army National Guard’s 254th Regional Training Institute, which is based out of Sea Girt, N.J. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

Pentagon to build unmanned systems to compete with China

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Senate NDAA would bring chief management officer back to Pentagon

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A new plan for DoD records management

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DoD official talks mental health at Georgetown

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Defense Management Institute looks to centralize unwieldy DoD management

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IT user experience gets low grades in Defense Business Board study

Login problems and re-ticketing show up among issues with IT user experience at DoD according to a survey from the Defense Business Board.

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DoD plans to hire 2,000 personnel for ‘first of its kind’ workforce tackling wellness issues

Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks says DoD is building up a “first of its kind” prevention workforce that will address a range of “stress and…

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FILE - This March 27, 2008, aerial file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon is reconsidering its awarding of a major cloud computing contract to Microsoft after rival tech giant Amazon protested what it called a flawed bidding process. U.S. government lawyers said in a court filing this week of March 13, 2020 that the Defense Department “wishes to reconsider its award decision” and take another look at how it evaluated technical aspects of the companies' proposals to run the $10 billion computing project. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

CDAO sees contracting as a way to build innovation

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The Defense Department’s newest office is being billed as a new and innovative way to approach technology and data in the military, but the office’s contracting department sees itself as a trailblazer as well.