President Donald Trump’s Federal hiring freeze on all non-military and public safety positions met with almost immediate condemnation from Federal employee unions. But analysts worry about the impact the freeze could have on the ability of agencies to bring in new technology talent. […]

Outgoing Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall during his final public appearance said the only measurement that really counts in DoD acquisitions is if the things the Pentagon buys increase the combat capabilities of the military. […]

Bank regulations focusing on “too big to fail” have ignited a flurry of mergers and acquisitions in the financial industry, which in turn has created a legacy system vulnerability problem that may be responsible for the majority of data breaches reported to date….And over at DoD, as defense contract obligations reached record highs in 2008, the size of the acquisition workforce in the Defense Department actually shrunk. […]