The Oct. 1, 2018 Defense Department inspector general's report "describes the Lead IG and partner agencies' oversight of U.S. activities in support of the ongoing overseas contingency operations."
Documents
October 02, 2018
On Oct. 1, the Army published a market survey that aims to support Joint Program Office Towed Artillery Systems "to identify potential solutions for a highly mobile system replacement for the M777 towed howitzers currently fielded to the Army's Stryker Brigade Combat Teams."
On Oct. 2, 2018 U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Amb. Kay Bailey Hutchison gave a press briefing on the upcoming NATO ministerial meetings.
October 01, 2018
In an Aug. 30, 2018 reprogramming request, Pentagon Comptroller David Norquist seeks congressional permission to move $115 million among various accounts, some of which lawmakers subsequently approved and some of which they did not.
On Sept. 26, 2018 the Senate Armed Services cybersecurity and personnel subcommittees held a joint hearing on the Defense Department's cyber operational readiness. Includes the prepared testimony of acting Principal Deputy to the DOD Chief Information Officer Essye Miller and Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, deputy chief of U.S. Cyber Command.
On Sept. 28, 2018 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency announced "the Artificial Intelligence Research Associate (AIRA) program, and invite[d] submissions of innovative basic research proposals."
September 28, 2018
On Sept. 28, 2018 the House Armed Services seapower and projection forces subcommittee held a hearing on "Contributing Factors to C-130 Mishaps and Other Intra-Theater Airlift Challenges." Includes the opening statement of subcommittee Chairman Rob Wittman (R-VA) as well as the prepared testimony of Navy Rear Adm. Scott Conn, Air Force Lt. Gen.
September 27, 2018
The Sept. 27, 2018 Government Accountability Office report looks at how the Defense and State departments, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Institute of Peace "support conflict prevention, mitigation, and stabilization efforts, such as removing explosives hidden near homes."
On Sept. 25, 2018 the Missile Defense Agency issued a broad agency announcement for the Missile Defense Science and Technology Advanced Research effort.
The Sept. 24, 2018 redacted Defense Department inspector general's report finds that Military Sealift Command did not ensure its government-owned, contractor-operated prepositioning ships received required maintenance.
September 26, 2018
On Sept. 26, 2018 the House Armed Services oversight and investigations subcommittee held a hearing on U.S. policy in Syria. Includes the opening statement of subcommittee Chairwoman Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) as well as the prepared testimony of Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Robert Story Karem.
The Sept. 24, 2018 Defense Department inspector general's report "determined whether DOD components reported accurate information technology system data in the SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) Information Technology Registry (SITR)."
On Sept. 26, 2018 President Trump delivered a speech at the United Nations Security Council on counterproliferation.
September 25, 2018
In a Sept. 24, 2018 letter to Deputy Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK) oppose plans to reduce defense contractor progress payments.
On Sept. 21, 2018 the Missile Defense Agency announced it is readying a sole-source contract with Raytheon to produce the Navy's Standard Missile-3 Block IIA.
On Sept. 25, 2018 the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Army Gen. Robert Abrams to become head of United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea and Navy Vice Adm. Craig Faller to become chief of U.S. Southern Command.
September 24, 2018
On Sept. 24, 2018, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and national security adviser John Bolton discussed the president's agenda at the U.N. General Assembly in New York City.
In a Sept. 24, 2018 Federal Register notice, the Defense Department and other agencies propose a change to federal acquisition regulations that woule add an "exception to requiring price or cost as an evaluation factor in solicitations valued above the simplified acquisition threshold for multiple-award contracts for the same or similar services when the Government intends to award a contract to each and all qualifying offerors."
In a Sept. 21, 2018 letter, the president notifies Congress that he has authorized moving funds from various service military construction accounts to the Overseas Contingency Operations account.