updated Thu. April 12, 2018
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The Columbus Dispatch
April 11, 2018
It will be at least a month before Ohio learns of its fate in a national military surplus program for law-enforcement agencies. Inspectors with the Defense Logistics Agency are in the process of conducting an audit this week after the state was suspended from participating in the program last year, said ... law enforcement
Air Force Link
April 11, 2018
Local elected officials, key Vandenberg Air Force Base leaders, base affiliates and local media came together for the 28 megawatt solar photovoltaic array dedication, April 10, 2018, at Vandenberg AFB. The ceremony included representatives from SunPower, the Defense Logistics Agency ... solar
MetroWest Daily News
April 11, 2018
Entwistle Co., of Hudson, won a $739,100 federal contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for assembly sockets. Foster-Miller Inc dba Qinetiq North America, of Waltham, won a $373,825 federal contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for hook fastener tapes. Entwistle Co., of Hudson, won ...
ExecutiveGov
April 11, 2018
Rear Adm. Kevin Jones, a member of the U.S. Navy Supply Corps and head of the Office of Special Projects in Washington, D.C., has been named the next commander of the Defense Logistics Agency Distribution. The Secretary of the Navy and Chief of Naval Operations announced Jones' ...
Lompoc Record
April 10, 2018
At the end of the day, resilience is first and foremost for the Air Force." The solar array was built through a partnership between the Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency and SunPower, the energy company that designed and installed the panels. Work on the project started in May 2017 and the farm ... Vandenberg Air Force Base
ExecutiveGov
April 10, 2018
U.S. Army Brig. Gen. John Laskodi, commanding general of the Defense Logistics Agency's Distribution unit, will serve as the next commanding general of the Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command by summer. The JM&L LCMC coordinates the Program Executive Office ...
Signal Magazine
April 9, 2018
Location of performance is Delaware, with an April 4, 2021, performance completion date. Using military services are Army and Air Force. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2018 through 2021 defense working capital funds. The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime, ... Batteries
Concord Monitor
April 9, 2018
The following are the federal contracts awarded to companies in New Hampshire for the Week of March 30 - April 5. EndurID, Hampton, won a $20 million federal contract from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for medical equipment and supplies for the VA National Acquisition Center.
Hookelenews
March 17, 2018
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii's Peter Laplaca displays core samples of the recent examination of the soil around Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility during a public information workshop at Moanalua Middle School on March 14. The Navy and Defense Logistics Agency hosted theÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Florida Today
March 16, 2018
The tank will allow the runway to comply with Defense Logistics Agency standards. “Having this certification significantly expands the market for the Launch/Landing Facility, in addition to reducing overall cost of providing the fuel,” said Howard Haug, executive vice president, treasurer and chief investmentÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Lewiston Sun Journal
March 16, 2018
New Balance secured one of three contracts awarded by the Department of Defense for American-made athletic footwear under the provision. The contract, awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency, contains a base performance period of 18 months, with an additional 18-month option contract clause. Transcom Transportation Services
Mainebiz
March 16, 2018
Boston-based New Balance, which has manufacturing facilities in Skowhegan, Norridgewock, and Norway, secured one of three contracts awarded by the DOD for American-made athletic footwear under the provision. The contract, awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency, contains a base performanceÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
March 16, 2018
New Balance secured one of three contracts awarded by the Department of Defense for American-made athletic footwear under the provision. The contract, awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency, contains a base performance period of 18 months, with an additional 18-month option contract clause. Transcom Transportation Services
Dover Post
March 15, 2018
We determined that the program was administered by the state through a master agreement with the Defense Logistics Agency, with all requests for equipment passing through the Delaware Emergency Management Agency. As it turns out, each town with a participating police department is responsible forÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
The Hill
March 15, 2018
Sanders pointed to compensation for the CEOs of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, which amounted to roughly $20 million each. Taxpayer money, he said, accounted for more than 90 percent of those companies' revenues. A Pentagon spokesman said the Defense Department has already begun someÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Escalon Times
March 7, 2018
Professionally, Ennis worked as a civilian for the Department of Defense and had a 40-year career with the Defense Logistics Agency, earning the highest civilian honor and inducted into the Defense Logistics Agency Hall of Fame. He was involved in multiple community service projects through the yearsÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Wicked Local Walpole
March 7, 2018
Electronic Components Inc., of Framingham, won a $92,100 federal contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for digital microcircuits. Foster-Miller Inc. dba QinetiQ North America, of Waltham, won a $38,502 federal contract modification from the Defense Logistics Agency for waveguide tuners. Transcom Transportation Services
Courthouse News Service
March 7, 2018
The three officials Whitman paid off all worked for the Defense Logistics Agency of the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Georgia. Prosecutors presented evidence at Whitman's trial that his bribes landed him MCLB contracts with a variety of unnecessary and costly provisions, such as expeditedÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
National Defense Magazine
March 6, 2018
Logistics specialists load a generator using a forklift onto a Defense Logistics Agency truck for transport. Photo: Army. Faced with the need to meet growing demand for the products and services it provides, the Defense Logistics Agency plans to strengthen its ties with industry. DLA is tasked with managingÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Concord Monitor
March 5, 2018
The following are the federal contracts awarded to companies in New Hampshire for the week of Feb. 23 - March 1. UPNOVR Inc., Pelham, won a $138,734 federal contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for non-skid metallic treads. Zak Payne Building Construction, Surry, won a $108,360 federalÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Center For American Progress
February 28, 2018
Just weeks ago, the first audit of any defense entity found that the Defense Logistics Agency could not account for $800 million; that its largest procurement program—the F-35—currently has about 1,000 unresolved deficiencies; and that the Pentagon failed to request permission from Congress this year toÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
The Albany Herald
February 24, 2018
Brenda Olds, Defense Logistics Agency customer support representative at Marine Corps Logistics Command and Marine Corps Systems Command South, serves as the face of DLA at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks). Jennifer Parks. This is the 27th installment of a seriesÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
NPR
February 8, 2018
The audit finds that the Defense Logistics Agency has no paper trail for more than $800 million in construction projects. ... BENDER: I think what's so concerning to many about the Defense Logistics Agency is that it was seen as the test case for whether the entire Pentagon could pass an audit. And so givenÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
AOL
February 5, 2018
Politico reports that Ernst & Young recently performed an independent audit of the Defense Logistics Agency and found that there's apparently no way to account for roughly $800 million in construction spending. It was also determined that the financial management of the department, which serves as theÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Center For American Progress
February 28, 2018
Just weeks ago, the first audit of any defense entity found that the Defense Logistics Agency could not account for $800 million; that its largest procurement program—the F-35—currently has about 1,000 unresolved deficiencies; and that the Pentagon failed to request permission from Congress this year toÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
FederalNewsRadio.com
February 27, 2018
Instead of making the digital journey alone, the Corps has formed partnerships with other agencies going through the same transition: Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency, etc. It has also partnered with Dell to implement the Microsoft technology. “That was a big part of our ability to go fast and haveÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Jackson County Newspapers
February 27, 2018
NORTH CHESTERFIELD — Nominations for Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's annual Hall of Fame for 2018 are open through March 31. The Aviation Hall of Fame honors former employees who have made significant and enduring contributions to DLA Aviation or Defense Supply Center Richmond. Transcom Transportation Services
Progress Index
February 26, 2018
NORTH CHESTERFIELD — Nominations for Defense Logistics Agency Aviation's annual Hall of Fame for 2018 are open through March 31. The Aviation Hall of Fame honors former employees who have made significant and enduring contributions to DLA Aviation or Defense Supply Center Richmond. Transcom Transportation Services
Digital Journal
February 26, 2018
... information technology, and professional services to multiple federal agencies, has announced that it has won six task orders in the first year of the Defense Logistics Agency's J6 Enterprise Technology Services contract. Across those six task orders, totaling in excess of $30Million, Amyx will be providingÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
The Albany Herald
February 25, 2018
Brenda Olds, Defense Logistics Agency customer support representative at Marine Corps Logistics Command and Marine Corps Systems Command South, serves as the face of DLA at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks). Jennifer Parks. This is the 27th installment of a seriesÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
The Tracy Press
February 22, 2018
... Order Dinner Saturday night. Each year, the American Legion honors officers from the Tracy police and fire departments, California Highway Patrol, Deuel Vocational Institution, San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department and Defense Logistics Agency Distribution San Joaquin fire and police departments. Transcom Transportation Services
Hartford Courant
February 22, 2018
He then went to work for the US Defense Logistics Agency from 1982 till his retirement in 1998. He was a member of St. Paul's Church, and enjoyed many family vacations on Martha's Vineyard in the summer, along with trips to Bermuda with his wife. His favorite sport was watching all of the UCONNÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
ArmyTimes.com
February 22, 2018
The pizza MREs will arrive at the Defense Logistics Agency in March, Smith told Army Times. Soldiers will likely being seeing the pizza by the end of the year. Different installations and units will receive new MRE cases depending on how many they already have and how they're issued. “It's first in, first out,”à... Transcom Transportation Services
Politico
February 22, 2018
The independent audit of the Defense Logistics Agency, which was completed in December for the Pentagon's Inspector General by accounting firm Ernst & Young, found major gaps at the agency that acquires goods and services for the military and has an annual budget of about $40 billion. Transcom Transportation Services
Daily Commercial
February 15, 2018
Worse, if that's possible, the Defense Logistics Agency has no paper trial and can't tell auditors where the money went. And Congress is going to give them more. As for infrastructure, wasn't the Obama “stimulus,” otherwise known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, supposed to haveÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
The Whittier Daily News
February 15, 2018
The Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency can't account for hundreds of millions of dollars in spending, according to an internal audit conducted by Ernst & Young. The DLA is responsible for managing the American military's supply chain and is thus one of the largest Defense Department agencies. Transcom Transportation Services
American Military News
February 14, 2018
A spokesman from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), an agency for the Department of Defense (DOD), recently told Fox News that in internal audit of the agency revealed “shortcomings in documentation.” In short, the DLA is unable to account for $800 million that was earmarked for construction projects,ÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Lawrence Journal World
February 14, 2018
Worse, if that's possible, the Defense Logistics Agency has no paper trail and can't tell auditors where the money went. And Congress is going to give them more. As for infrastructure, wasn't the Obama “stimulus,” otherwise known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, supposed to haveÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Reason
February 14, 2018
And last Monday's Politico report on the audit results for a Pentagon division, the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), is unlikely to raise his hopes. The DLA, which Politico describes as "the Walmart of the military," does not know what happened to more than $800 million U.S. taxpayer dollars. The money isÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Wichita Eagle (blog)
February 14, 2018
We need to support our “brave” men and women in uniform and repair our roads and bridges. As Politico first reported, an audit revealed a Defense Department agency can't account for $800 million targeted for building projects. Worse, if that's possible, the Defense Logistics Agency has no paper trail andÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Concord Monitor
February 12, 2018
Luminescent Systems Inc., Lebanon, won a $131,815 federal contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for light transmitting indicating panels. L3 Technologies Inc., Londonderry, won a $102,199 federal contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for battery power supplies. Continental Microwave & ToolÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
GovConWire
February 12, 2018
Source-Ray has won a potential 10-year, $100 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to supply radiology systems and accessories to U.S. military services and federal civilian agencies. DLA's troop support unit received 27 responses for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract via aÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Axios
February 5, 2018
The Pentagon's Defense Logistics Agency hasn't been accounting for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of taxpayer's money, according to a review conducted by Ernst & Young, Politico reported Monday. The report includes the fiscal year ending September of 2016. Why it matters: This is the first agency “of its size andÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Progress Index
February 5, 2018
PHILADELPHIA — When deployed troops watched the Super Bowl this year, they could have wings, pizza and other typical game-day foods thanks to the efforts of Subsistence supply chain professionals at the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support. Supporting the warfighter is the primary objective ofÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
The Fiscal Times
February 5, 2018
The Defense Logistics Agency has 25,000 employees and processes 100,000 orders a day from the military and other federal agencies, for everything from food and fuel to maps and medical supplies. According to Politico, the $40 billion-a-year logistics agency failed to document construction projectsÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Lawfare (blog)
February 5, 2018
Ernst & Young discovered that the Defense Logistics Agency, one of the Pentagon's largest agencies, cannot account for hundreds of millions of dollars in spending, Politico reports. The internal audit raises serious questions about the ability of the Defense Department to manage its $700 billion budget,ÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Concord Monitor
February 5, 2018
Transupport Inc. , Merrimack, won an $81,471 federal contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for seal assemblies. Namtek Corp. , Bedford, won a $43,297 federal contract set aside for small business from the U.S. Army for Kofax server systems. Red River Computer Co. Inc. , Claremont, won a $41,104ÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
Miami Herald
February 5, 2018
The decision had no impact on ongoing war court proceedings, said Tom Crosson, a spokesman for the Department of Defense, because Mattis designated the general counsel at the Defense Logistics Agency, Jim Coyne, as acting convening authority. Coyne is a retired Army colonel who has served asÃÂ ... Transcom Transportation Services
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