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Pentagon plans to fix ‘chronically understaffed’ medical facilities
Will bringing more medical providers — and patients — into military medical facilities help problems with access to care?
By Karen Jowers
Russia, first in the headlines, is Pentagon’s No. 2 challenge
The Biden administration’s new defense strategy makes clear China is still the Pentagon’s bigger focus.
New Pentagon strategy to bring in small businesses coming soon
A new Pentagon strategy to maximize small business participation in defense contracting is in the works for this spring, or early summer, defense officials told Defense News.
By Joe Gould
Union urges ending Pentagon’s civilian hiring caps
America’s largest federal employee union is urging lawmakers to repeal statutory limits on the number of civilian workers at the Pentagon, some which date back more than 30 years.
By Joe Gould
Pentagon worried about mergers, especially among hypersonic weapons suppliers
The report from DoD’s acquisition and sustainment office, which says broadly that consolidation poses a national security risk, marks the strongest U.S. government objection to merger and acquisition activity since the defense secretary in 2015 discouraged deals among the largest prime contractors.
By Joe Gould
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has coronavirus, symptoms ‘mild’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced he tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday.
Family of sailor who died by suicide in brig appeals Navy’s denial of medical negligence claim
Attorneys for the parents of Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Macoy Hicks, 20, contend the Navy failed to follow the letter and spirit of the law in its “arbitrary and capricious” denial.
Navy denies malpractice claim filed by family of sailor who killed himself in military jail
A law change now allows troops and surviving families to file medical malpractice claims against the services, but how that process is adjudicated remains unclear.
How a military jail failed to protect a suicidal sailor from himself
Macoy Hicks's death could be one of the first big tests of a new military medical malpractice claims process.
DoD, VA officials prep for a possible government shutdown later this week
Thousands of civilian Defense Department and VA civilian workers could be furloughed on Friday if lawmakers can't reach a deal on a budget extension.
Biden’s Pentagon nominees: More diverse and more of them
Eight months into President Joe Biden’s first year as commander-in-chief, he’s making good on a campaign pledge to form an administration that would “look like America,” selecting for the Defense Department top officials meant to reflect the country’s diversity.
By Joe Gould