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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will nominate Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, to serve as DHS secretary on a full-time basis, NPR reported.
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Senate Approves $740.5B National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2021
The Senate voted 86-14 Thursday to pass a $740.5B defense policy bill for fiscal year 2021, The Hill reported.
Read More »House OKs $740B Defense Policy Bill for FY 2021
The House on Tuesday voted 295-125 to pass a bill that would authorize $740B in defense budget for fiscal year 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Wash100 Popular Vote to Close on June 1st! Cast Your 10 Votes By Sunday’s Midnight Deadline! After record setting participation from the government contracting (GovCon) community, this year’s Wash100 Popular Vote will come to an end on June 1st. That means you have until midnight on Sunday night to cast your votes …
Read More »Report: Trump Eyes Karen Evans for DHS CIO Post
President Donald Trump intends to name Karen Evans, a federal information technology executive, as the new chief information officer of the Department of Homeland Security, Federal News Network reported Thursday.
Read More »Troy Edgar Confirmed as DHS CFO
The Senate voted 62-31 Tuesday to confirm Troy Edgar, associate deputy undersecretary of management at the Department of Homeland Security, as the new chief financial officer of DHS.
Read More »House OKs Potential $484B Emergency Relief Package
The House on Thursday passed a potential $484B emergency relief package that would provide additional funds for small businesses and expand COVID-19 testing efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic, The Hill reported Thursday. The measure brings the country’s total coronavirus pandemic response dollars to approximately $2.8T and includes $310B in additional funds for the Paycheck Protection Program, $75B for hospitals and $25B for COVID-19 testing.
Read More »Jerry McGinn: Defense Production Act Authorizes Gov’t to Prioritize Contracts
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business, wrote in an opinion piece posted Thursday on The Hill that the Defense Production Act invoked by President Donald Trump serves as an “important tool” as the country seeks to come up with short- and medium-term responses to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the defense industrial base.
Read More »Federal Judge Discloses Opinion on Amazon’s Key Argument in DoD JEDI Cloud Contract Challenge
A federal judge said in court documents unsealed Friday that Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) is likely to succeed on one of its main arguments in its protest to the Department of Defense’s decision to award Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) the potential 10-year, $10B Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud computing contract, Reuters reported Sunday.
Read More »Report: Pentagon Officials Identify $18B in FY 2021 Unfunded Priorities Lists
Senior officials at the Department of Defense identified “priority” projects valued at $18B combined that are not funded in President Donald Trump’s $705B budget request for fiscal year 2021, Inside Defense reported Friday.
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