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FILE - Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball's antitrust exemption. Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the committee, and Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, sent the letter Tuesday, June 28, to Harry Marino, executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Senator underwhelmed by DoD oversight of government purchase card

Employees reported buying COVID-related services, but those turned out to be things like plumbing repairs and NordicTrack ski machines.

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Pentagon’s 2025 budget boosts personnel budget, cuts end strength

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Pentagon finishes review of Austin’s failure to tell Biden and other leaders about his cancer

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Biden Army Confirmations

Group of military spouses plead with Sen. Tommy Tuberville to release his hold on military appointments

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DoD’s JEDI cloud contract may have had some unresolved issues

In today’s Federal Newscast, just when you thought you had heard the last of DoD’s controversial JEDI cloud contract, there’s another twist.

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The Space Development Agency lands upon a new, permanent home

In today’s Federal Newscast: The Space Development Agency has landed upon a new, permanent home. It looks like GSA will be keep contractors busy this winter….

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FILE - The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. The Air Force has filed criminal charges against an airman in connection with an April explosion that injured U.S. troops at a base in eastern Syria. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

A plan emerges to lower the prices on military spare parts

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The Senate version of the 2023 defense authorization bill contains something called a progress payment incentive pilot program to create more transparency in contracting.

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