Pentagon cancels cloud-computing contract with Microsoft
July 8, 2021
The Defense Department says it will move to a shared contract with Amazon, Microsoft and others.
Can Congress get back to work on important issues?
November 30, 2020
Keeping the government open is a priority. So is betting long-overdue aid to Americans left struggling amid Covid-19 shutdowns and unemployment.
The Pentagon can’t, and won’t, meet audit deadlines
November 18, 2013
The Pentagon has spent billions of dollars on efforts to make itself audit-ready in time for not one, but two deadlines – one in 2014,
Pentagon payroll budget snafus left an injured soldier, others broke
July 10, 2013
As Christmas 2011 approached, U.S. Army medic Shawn Aiken was once again locked in desperate battle with a formidable foe. Not insurgents in Iraq, or
Gates proposes major defense cuts that will cost jobs
August 10, 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that tough economic times require that he shutter a major command that employs some 5,000 people around Norfolk, Va.,
Pentagon wants leaked documents back
August 6, 2010
The Pentagon demanded Thursday that a website that solicits leaked government secrets cancel any plan to publish more classified military documents and pull back tens
Another TSA nominee bites the dust
March 27, 2010
President Barack Obama is back to square one — again — in finding a transportation security chief to shore up the nation’s defenses against terrorist
Defense official ran private spy operation in Afghanistan, Pakistan
March 15, 2010
A Defense Department official is under investigation for hiring private contractors to gather intelligence on suspected insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan, The New York Times