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Budget

Pentagon May Need Change in Law to Give Additional Decision Making Authorities to Temporary IT Employees

Valerie Insinna

Monday, March 28th, 2016

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Pentagon May Need Change in Law to Give Additional Decision Making Authorities to Temporary IT Employees

Last year’s defense authorization bill contained new authorities that allowed the Defense Department to hire information technology talent for a short term basis, but lawmakers may need to expand that law to empower those employees to make real changes at the Pentagon, a key department official said March 22. The department’s IT and cyber enterprises are benefiting from changes in statute that make it easier to hire tech professionals and send their own employees to learn best practices from commercial…

Congress

House Republicans’ Blueprint For Reconciliation 3.0 Includes $60 Billion For Defense

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Congress

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Senate Democrats on Tuesday blocked a vote to advance consideration of the chamber’s $1.14 trillion fiscal year 2027 National Defense Authorization (NDAA). The procedural vote was 46-50, failing to reach […]

Congress

Concerns Raised At SASC Hearing On Unobligated Reconciliation Funds And Lack Of Updates On Iran War Cost

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Unmanned Systems

CBO Says Upfront Costs To Protect Military Installations From Drones Between $1 Million And $74 Million

The initial costs to acquire and deploy counter-small unmanned aircraft system (C-sUAS) defenses at individual Defense Department installations are estimated at between $1.2 million and $73.6 million depending on the […]