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Hegseth’s memo to slash IT contracts at odds with outsourcing push

Hegseth’s memo to slash IT contracts at odds with outsourcing push

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s 10 April 2025 directive to terminate several high-dollar IT and consulting contracts across DOD has sparked concern and confusion, with critics citing vague implementation plans and contradictions with broader Pentagon workforce downsizing efforts. The memo obtained and reviewed by Federal News Network calls for the

Army floats cutting 90,000 active duty soldiers

Army floats cutting 90,000 active duty soldiers

The Army is weighing a historic reduction of up to 90,000 active‑duty soldiers—roughly one in five troops—as planners model end‑strengths between 360,000 and 420,000, according to an internal review first reported by Military.com. The deliberations follow Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s February

Pentagon accelerates civilian cuts as Hegseth sets 11 April deadline for restructuring plans

Pentagon accelerates civilian cuts as Hegseth sets 11 April deadline for restructuring plans

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has given senior Defense Department officials under two weeks to submit reorganization plans aimed at reducing the department’s massive civilian workforce, as part of what he calls the Workforce Acceleration and Recapitalization Initiative*.* In a 28 March 2025 memo, Hegseth ordered agency leaders, combatant

Foreign paper investigates US security officials’ online data

Foreign paper investigates US security officials’ online data

Private contact details, including mobile numbers, email addresses, and even passwords of top US security officials are available online, as reported by Der Spiegel. These include Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Reporters discovered the data using publicly accessible

Space Force wants significant budget increase

Space Force wants significant budget increase

In a recent address at the Air and Space Forces Association's Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, General B. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations for the US Space Force, emphasized the urgent need for a substantial budget increase to meet the expanding demands of space defense, as reported

Pentagon’s top lawyer firings risk US military’s moral authority

Pentagon’s top lawyer firings risk US military’s moral authority

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent firing of the top lawyers for the Army, Navy, and Air Force signals a troubling shift in the Pentagon’s stance on the laws of war, argue Patrick Leahy and Lt. Gen. Robert G. Gard Jr. (Ret.) in Defense News. During his confirmation hearing,

DOD orders civilian employees to respond to OPM work summary email

DOD orders civilian employees to respond to OPM work summary email

SecDef Pete Hegseth has directed all DOD civilian employees to comply with OPM's request for weekly work summaries, following an initial pause on the directive. On 22 February 2025, OPM requested that all federal civilian employees submit approximately five bullet points detailing their work from the prior week.