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The Pentagon’s deputy chief information officer for enterprise IT, Lily Zeleke, is no longer in her position as of Thursday night, according to a Thursday email sent to the DOD CIO team and obtained by Nextgov/FCW.Tim Gorman, a Pentagon…

Military officials, Donald Trump told a crowd at a rally in Iowa this past October, are “some of the dumbest people I ever met in my life.”It wasn’t the first time the Republican front-runner and former president offered his opinions on…

AURORA, Colorado—Ukrainian pilots will start graduating from F-16 fighter jet training in May, the Air National Guard estimates.The first four pilots are “pretty close” to the end of their training, Air National Guard director Lt. Gen.…

A pair of House committees on Wednesday afternoon punted discussions on extending and reforming a contested spying power after lawmakers from each panel threatened to tank the measure over disagreements about its scale and reach, but it’s…

Military officials, Donald Trump told a crowd at a rally in Iowa this past October, are “some of the dumbest people I ever met in my life.”It wasn’t the first time the Republican front-runner and former president offered his opinions on…

The leader of the nation’s largest federal employee union had a blunt message for labor officials across the country at the opening of the American Federation of Government Employees’ legislative conference Monday: your jobs—and democracy…

AURORA, Colorado—The U.S. Air Force is changing the way it deploys forces as part of a sweeping overhaul to make the service leaner and prepare for a fight against China. Instead of deploying forces one squadron at a time, and taking…

The Pentagon wants Congress to ease up on budget limits so it can more freely buy technologies, like those used to take down drones, when it needs them. But the two organizations have some serious trust issues to untangle. “We always…

U.S. Army information-warfare capabilities are on the chopping block as the Pentagon looks to trim special operations forces, even as China and Russia expand their own influence efforts, according to multiple individuals with direct…

The U.S. Air Force is opening a program today to allow up to 1,000 retired officers and enlisted personnel to return to active duty amid manning shortages.Dubbed Voluntary Retired Return to Active Duty, the program would allow retirees to…