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Thornberry won't seek re-election
Mac Thornberry, the House Armed Services Committee's top Republican and a leading voice for consolidations and closures in the Defense Department's "fourth estate" announced he won't seek reelection in 2020.
Acquisition
DOD releases unified cybersecurity standard for contractors
The Defense Department's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework is ready for public comment.
Cybersecurity
Defense budget fight coming, Ernst says
The defense top-line budget will be a point of contention between the Republican-led Senate and Democrat-led House as they resolve their differences with the 2020 defense authorization bill, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday.
Digital Government
House drills in on NBIB shift, cyber in NDAA
Priorities are shifting as Democrats roll out their first House defense bill in nearly a decade.
Modernization
GAO urges DOD to share data about commercial satellite programs
Centralizing data related to the Defense Department's work with commercial satellites could be one of the first tasks for a “Space Force.”
People
Trump names new Joint Staff CIO
President Donald Trump has nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Bradford Shwedo to be the next Joint Staff CIO.
Cybersecurity