Ministry of National Defense

Wicker: Senate Advances National Defense Bill (Roger F Wicker)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today announced that the Senate has approved this year's 'National Defense Authorization Act' (NDAA) ... 2943, contains several provisions that would benefit Mississippi's soldiers, veterans, military installations, and defense manufacturing ... Although one defense bill is not enough to reverse this trend overnight, this legislation aims to stem the tide....

Statement by Secretary Carter on Poland’s Decision to Expand Campaign Against ISIL (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

US Department of Defense) I welcome Poland's announcement that it will expand its ... As I discussed last week in Brussels with Polish Minister of National Defense Macierewicz, the lasting defeat of ISIL must be a global undertaking, because ISIL is a global threat....

NCTO Lauds Congressional Actions Encouraging DOD to Buy U.S.-Made Textiles, Clothing, & Footwear (NCTO - National Council of Textile Organizations)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

NCTO - National Council of Textile Organizations) ... WASHINGTON, DC - The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) lauded recent congressional actions to preserve critical requirements for the Department of Defense (DOD) to buy U.S.-made textiles, clothing, and footwear ... 4909, the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that stopped attacks on the integrity of the Berry Amendment....

McCAIN VOTES TO PREVENT TERRORISTS FROM PURCHASING GUNS (John McCain)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which passed the Senate last month, takes important steps towards improving integration of military-civilian trauma care to reduce avoidable gun deaths. A recent report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found that up to 20 percent of U.S ... NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017....

In terrorism fight, Congress fails to get to the meat of the matter — once again

Edit The Miami Herald 21 Jun 2016

After the terrorist attack in Orlando, the people’s representatives in Washington scrambled to counter the growing threat to national security … from vegetarianism ... GOP leaders refused to vote on an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would protect LGBT employees of federal contractors from discrimination ... The Coast Guard wasn’t covered under the defense bill, but Rep....

Palantir Tells U.S. Army It Intends to Sue Over Software Bidding

Edit Bloomberg 21 Jun 2016

Palantir Technologies Inc. sent a letter to the U.S ... military ... The legal pressure comes as Defense Secretary Ash Carter calls for warmer relations between the military and Silicon Valley ... Palantir wants these claims to be reconsidered because of new provisions tucked into the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act requiring commercial products be favored if they fulfill 80 percent or more of the system requirements ... LEARN MORE. ....

Delays Expected on Interstate 80 for Overnight Paving Work at Newcastle (California Department of Transportation)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Jun 2016

(Source. California Department of Transportation) Release Date.6/20/2016. District. 3. Contact.Liza Whitmore. Phone.(530) 634-7640. Email.liza.whitmore@dot.ca.gov. Delays Expected on Interstate 80 for Overnight Paving Work at Newcastle ... All structures now meet today's 16 feet, 6 inches federal clearance standards for high-profile vehicles and national defense, eliminating the need for most high-profile vehicles to use local roads as detours....

Inside Donald Trump’s Private Meeting With Evangelicals

Edit Time Magazine 21 Jun 2016

Perkins, who also endorsed Cruz, wants to raise concerns about national defense ... Another participant will ask a separate question about foreign policy and national security, and what Trump plans to do to keep America safe ... Campaign surrogates have been working since mid-May to organize this group, and as TIME reported last month, Huckabee was being discussed as the group’s possible national chairman....