Defense Systems
DISA uses OTA to pilot background-investigation platform
A prototype aims to provide an "integrated case management solution" as a shared service for investigative users.
Ideas
DHS Aims to Turn Mobile Devices into No Phishing Zones
The Homeland Security Department and 16 other agencies are upgrading their mobile device security.
Defense Systems
DOD rethinks digital engineering
The strategy emphasizes the need for culture shift, formalized development processes and innovation to modernize legacy defense systems.
Ideas
America and North Korea Are Having Two Different Conversations
One country’s “productive” talks are another’s “gangster-like” demands.
Defense Systems
DARPA awards $60M in technology testing task orders
ManTech International reports four task order awards worth $60 million combined for technology testing support to DARPA.
Science & Tech
Russia Building Up Military Sites on Poland’s Border Before Trump-Putin Meeting
Satellite photos show new structures and other bunker improvements in the Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad made in the run-up to the NATO summit.
Threats
This is How Russia Could Test NATO, Warns Former US Army Europe Commander
Ben Hodges co-authors a new report that explores how Russia might engineer a military crisis on the Poland-Lithuania border.
Defense Systems
Can you really fix DOD acquisitions in a week?
Section 809 Panel Chair David Drabkin and Commissioner N. Ross Thompson III explained how their latest report on streamlining acquisition could help the DOD with workforce woes.
Ideas
The Rise of Iraq's Young Secularists
On Facebook and in the cafés of decimated Mosul, they envision a country free from political Islam. Do they have a shot?
Threats
Deputy Commander in Iraq Misused Staff for Personal Tasks
IG absolves Brig. Gen. Rick Uribe of charges he wore unearned medals and skipped weigh-ins.
Policy
Trump Not Planning to Threaten US Troop Withdrawal from Europe; Solo Putin Meeting Was His Idea
Previewing the NATO Summit and Putin meeting, officials say Trump has the facts on Russian meddling, wants Putin meeting to start "dialogue."
Threats
Donald Trump Actually Considered Invading Venezuela Last Year
Trump first floated the idea at a meeting in the Oval Office while discussing sanctions on Venezuela.
Defense Systems
Deadline extended for Government Innovation Award nominations
You now have until July 18 to help us find DOD's top disruptors.
Defense Systems
The misguided campaign to undermine OTAs and innovation
The potential benefits of Other Transaction Authority are being threatened by legacy IT incumbents looking out for their bottom line.
Ideas