Executive departments and agencies have been using ad hoc, agency-specific policies, procedures and markings to safeguard and control so-called "controlled unclassified" information, but the White House is moving to change that.
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Executive departments and agencies have been using ad hoc, agency-specific policies, procedures and markings to safeguard and control so-called "controlled unclassified" information, but the White House is moving to change that.
Huge Republican gains in Tuesday's election have put defense hawks and deficit hawks in the GOP on a collision course over whether to slash defense spending to reduce mounting U.S. debt.
To kick off his tenure as Marine Corps commandant, Gen. James Amos this week issued broad guidance directing service officials to lighten the force, challenge prevailing notions about tactics and boost capabilities for key missions like cyberwarfare.
Today at the Marine Corps Barracks on Capitol Hill, Gen. James Amos officially took over as Marine Corps commandant as his predecessor, Gen. James Conway, stepped down from the role.
Since Inside the Pentagon broke big news last week about management problems at Northrop Grumman's shipyard in Newport News, VA, we've learned from the Defense Contract Management Agency that Newport News is noncompliant with 16 of the Pentagon's 32 rules for earned value management.
Recently uncovered shortcomings in Northrop Grumman's systems for managing the cost and schedule of multibillion-dollar shipbuilding programs reflect challenges facing the defense industry at large, Northrop CEO and President Wes Bush said today.
Northrop Grumman today filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to pave the way for a potential spin-off of the contractor's shipbuilding business.
The House Armed Services Committee is urging the Pentagon to shift money into a handful of unfunded counterinsurgency projects for the Afghanistan war and to provide lawmakers with a tardy irregular warfare plan.
The Pentagon needs a new round of base closures, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said today.
The incoming Dutch coalition government plans to cut defense spending by 600 million euros ($816 million) and limit Joint Strike Fighter procurement to a second test aircraft during its four-year term.
The Pentagon is seeking permission from Congress to shift hundreds of millions of dollars into military intelligence programs and other initiatives to meet urgent needs identified by Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. and allied commander in Afghanistan.
Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter today released new guidance for boosting the department's buying power by making affordability a requirement for weapon systems, seeking to eliminate redundant defense programs and taking various other steps.
The Pentagon's procurement shop has officially designated numerous acquisition posts to be "key leadership positions" that must be filled by military officials of a certain rank.
Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter has commissioned a new study of the Defense Department's basic research program, a key element of the military's science and technology portfolio.
The White House issued an executive order Aug. 18 to establish a Classified National Security Information Program designed to safeguard and govern access to classified national security information that is shared by the federal government with state, local, tribal and private sector (SLTPS) entities.
In response to a blue-ribbon panel's criticism of the Pentagon's Quadrennial Defense Review, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is defending the department's approach to force planning and rebuffing the panel's call for a 346-ship Navy.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates hopes to step down next year, he says in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine.
Four Virginia congressmen -- Randy Forbes (R), Glenn Nye (D), Bobby Scott (D) and Rob Wittman (R) -- announced today that they will host a roundtable discussion next week on the Pentagon's plans to eliminate U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, VA.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he was not surprised when Virginia's governor and congressional delegation balked at the Pentagon's plans to close Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, VA.
EADS North America said today its CEO, Sean O’Keefe, was a passenger on a private aircraft that crashed in Alaska last night.