Pentagon leadership directs DOD civilian employee supervisors to expedite removal of underperformers
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata issued new directives this week.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata tour the Roosevelt Pavilion at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Aug. 6, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aiko Bongolan) Tech -
Jane Rathbun at DoDIIS 2023. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Wade Costin) Tech Navy CIO Jane Rathbun announces exit
Rathbun has overseen major IT modernization initiatives for the Navy and Marine Corps.
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Pennsylvania Ave going towards US Capitol in Washington DC. (Getty Images) Op-Ed Modernize SBIR and STTR to fuel America’s innovators
The SBIR and STTR programs must evolve to keep pace and drive improved results.
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(Getty Images) Cyber ‘Rapper Bot’ hit the Pentagon in at least 3 cyberattacks
Sources shared new details about the massive botnet-enabled extortion campaign that targeted victims all over the world.
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A Sea Cadet from Advanced Training Command New England applies a tourniquet to a mannequin as part of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Course June 30, 2025. TCCC is developed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency (DHA) Joint Trauma System (JTS) to teach evidence-based, life-saving techniques and strategies for providing the best trauma care on the battlefield. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Sydney Wall) Tech Defense Health Agency offers voluntary buyouts as part of workforce reduction effort
DHA leadership has “authorized Network Directors to offer the Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment or VSIP” options to interested personnel, an agency official told DefenseScoop on Monday.
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A report from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is seen as US President Donald Trump holds a meeting with his Cabinet, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, of April 30, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images) Tech Spox: Inside the Pentagon, DOGE ‘is not going to stop’ anytime soon
DOGE will continue to move fast and influence major bureaucratic reforms in the months to come, according to Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson.
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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright) Tech Pentagon approves 55,000 deferred resignations as workforce reduction pursuits continue to evolve
The DOD’s original approach to these staff reductions was heavily informed by the Elon Musk-inspired DOGE team.
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(Screenshot of Anthony Tata testifying at his confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, May 6, 2025.) Tech Senate confirms Tata, Trump’s controversial pick to lead Pentagon’s personnel and readiness directorate
In his new job, Anthony Tata will serve as principal staff assistant and advisor to the secretary of defense for force readiness, health affairs, National Guard and Reserve component affairs, education and training, and military and civilian personnel requirements and management.
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A person holds a telephone displaying the logo of Elon Musk s artificial intelligence grok in front of a background lit by a blue light in Kerlouan in Brittany in France on February 18 2025. (Photo by Vincent Feuray / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) AI Pentagon awards mega contracts to Musk-owned company, other firms for new ‘frontier AI’ projects
The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has awarded contracts to xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google for the new effort.
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The Pentagon (Getty Images) AI Pentagon’s AI office eliminates CTO directorate in pursuit of ‘efficiencies’
It’s unclear how employees, responsibilities and investments were dispersed following the termination.