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Contractors Might Weather Shutdown Using Prior-Year Funds

Current scenario differs from past government closings given rise in outsourcing. Read moreSeptember 30, 2013comments

Frank Kendall, deputy Defense secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics Frank Kendall, deputy Defense secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics Defense Department
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Analysis: Share Tactics

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Budget Winners and Losers

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The U.S. Army's solar array at White Sands, New Mexico

Crowdfunding Fuels Military Conversion to Solar Power arrow You, too, can invest.

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Law enforcement personnel walk through a gate into the Washington Navy Yard.

Troubled Navy Yard Radio System Was Operated by Army arrow System failed during shooting, following complaints dating back to 2009.

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How Agencies Bury Noncompetitive Procurements arrow In many cases, they don’t disclose what they spent on sole-source contracts awarded at the end ...

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Defense Readies Networks for Latest BlackBerrys arrow Despite almost exiting the consumer market, the smartphones’ manufacturer is outfitting ...

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VA Awards $275 Million Contract to Track Supplies at Hospitals arrow Supply chain management deal provides systems to track supplies at point of ...

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FDA Will Regulate Some Mobile Medical Apps as Devices arrow Health and wellness apps will not be regulated.

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Barack Obama, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Col. Howard Belote tour solar power panels at Nellis Air Force Base in 2009.

Army Awards Biomass Contracts Under $7 Billion Green Energy Push arrow Service previously awarded geothermal, solar and wind contracts.

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NASA uses drones in some of its programs.

Commentary: How Drones Can Help arrow Unmanned but not unpiloted, UAVs offer benefits that are waiting for policy to catch up.

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Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., asked Frank Kendall, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, to tap the expertise at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, a federally funded research lab

Senator Wants MIT to Study Pentagon-Opposed Power Line at White Sands arrow Heinrich asks if military could adapt missile range tests.

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FDA Hires Obama Campaigners to Track Its Social Media Reach arrow Agencies have been encouraged to track how their programs are received online.

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Energy Industry Website Hacks Resemble Compromises to a Labor Site for Nuclear Workers arrow The operations aim to steal sensitive information ...

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GPS Jammers Could Knock Out Signals in a Medium-Sized City arrow U.S. still has no defense against GPS jamming or spoofing.

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