In a Nov. 20, 2020 letter to Congress, the White House Office of Management and Budget submitted to lawmakers "a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to Section 101" of the 2021 Continuing Appropriations Act.
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November 21, 2020
November 20, 2020
The Nov. 19, 2020 Defense Department instruction "establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures for test and evaluation (T&E) programs across five of the six pathways of the adaptive acquisition framework: urgent capability acquisition, middle tier of acquisition (MTA), major capability acquisition, software acquisition, and defense business systems (DBS)."
The Nov. 19, 2020 Defense Department instruction "establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and provides procedures to implement engineering of defense systems."
The Defense Department instruction -- dated Jan. 7, 2015 and updated Nov. 19, 2020 -- "establishes policy for the management of all acquisition programs."
November 19, 2020
The Nov. 19, 2020 Government Accountability Office report discusses aircraft mission-capable rates in the Air Force, Army and Navy.
The Nov. 19, 2020 Government Accountability Office report recommends U.S. Cyber Command "define [the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture] interoperability goals to ensure that the systems will be able to work together as planned.
The Nov. 19, 2020 Government Accountability Office report finds that the Defense Inteiigence Agency "hasn't planned adequately for ongoing, robust engagement with intelligence consumers, producers, and contributors during development of the system."
The Nov. 19, 2020 Defense Department inspector general's report "identifies the top management and performance challenges impacting the DOD for FY 2021 and beyond."
The Nov. 19, 2020 Defense Department inspector general's oversight plan "describes the specific oversight projects the DOD OIG intends to conduct in FY 2021, and how those projects are related to the top management challenges facing the DOD."
November 18, 2020
On Nov. 5, 2020 Pentaagon acquisition chief Ellen Lord approved a new enterprise policy for "Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages Management."
On Nov. 17, 2020 the Army issued a request for proposals for its Next Generation Load Device-Medium, an effort to modernize cryptographic key load devices for Joint Service network security.
Statement of Work
Performance Work Statement For Engineering Development
In a Nov. 17, 2020 memo, White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought "sets out policy considerations that should guide, to the extent permitted by law, regulatory and non-regulatory approaches to [artificial intelligence] applications developed and deployed outside of the Federal government."
November 17, 2020
On Nov. 16, 2020 acting Pentagon Comptroller Thomas Harker held a briefing on the Defense Department's most recent financial audit.
The Nov. 13, 2020 Defense Department directive "provides DOD Components, at all levels, guidance for implementing effective cybersecurity (CS) practices to counter adversaries' efforts to exploit critical cybersecurity vulnerabilities that could impede or prevent DOD mission success."
In a Nov. 13, 2020 request for information, Air Force Materiel Command announces it is conducting a cost-benefit study of shifting from an aging mobility simulator fleet to a common training platform that is interoperable, easy to upgrade and sustain and will meet current and future live, virtual, constructive training requirements. Also includes a study details document.
On Oct. 30, 2020 the Army released a broad agency announcement seeking industry input on its next integrated tactical network set. Also includes three calls for white papers -- released Nov. 16, 2020 -- on command post integrated power solutions, "intra command post wireless" and "CMOSS and the Modular Open Radio Frequency Architecture (MORA) Digital Radioheads (RH)."
NCFT BAA
The Nov. 13, 2020 Lead Inspector General report to Congress on Operation Freedom's Sentinel "summarizes significant events involving OFS and describes completed, ongoing, and planned Lead IG and partner agency oversight work. This report covers the period from July 1, 2020, through September 30, 2020."
November 16, 2020
In a Nov. 16, 2020 request for information, Air Force Materiel Command announces it is researching industry solutions that enable airborne sensors to autonomously exchange classified signals and geospatial intelligence data.
In a Nov. 5, 2020 reprogramming action, acting Pentagon Comptroller Thomas Harker approves the transfer of $279.3 million "from the five Environmental Restoration (ER) appropriations to the Components' Operation and Maintenance, 21/21, appropriations for execution of approved environmental restoration activities."
In a Nov. 13, 2020 memo, acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller outlines his priorities for the Defense Department.