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The Defense Department needs better data to improve its oversight of acquisition policies to adequately assess investments and risks over time, according to a watchdog official. Shelby Oakley, the director for contracting and national security acquisition for the Government Accountability Office said the ability to conduct data-driven oversight was the Pentagon s acquisition office s biggest challenge. The biggest thing that I see right now that is a challenge from [the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment] office is their ability to, in fact, conduct data-driven oversight, Oakley told the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness at an April 28 hearing. ....
Last modified on Mon 12 Apr 2021 13.35 EDT It was the fate of Arthur Kopit, who has died aged 83 from progressive dementia, to be labelled in theatrical dictionaries as a serious and inventive playwright who rarely achieved popular acceptance. His biggest success came as the librettist of the Broadway musical Nine (1982) – a classy elaboration of Fellini’s classic movie 8½ – with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. But he made his name as a shooting star in the off-Broadway theatre of the early 1960s alongside Edward Albee, Jack Gelber and the Living Theatre, placing his marker with the outrageous, surreal Freudian capriccio Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Bad (directed by Jerome Robbins and starring Hermione Gingold and the newcomer Sam Waterston). ....
By Lauren C. Williams Apr 06, 2021 The Defense Department has asked for more time to deliver an assessment to Congress about whether its components comply with the unified cybersecurity standard for defense contractors known as Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, FCW has learned. A provision in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act requires DOD s CIO and the commander of the Joint Forces Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network to review each DOD component for cyber hygiene and assess compliance with CMMC. The report is supposed to identify a component s CMMC level and implementation of the cybersecurity practices and capabilities required in each of the levels of the CMMC framework, according to the legislation. ....
Arthur Kopit, 3-time Tony-nominated playwright, dies at 83 He was also a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. By MARK KENNEDYAssociated Press Share NEW YORK Arthur Kopit, a three-time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a darkly comic world view, has died. He was 83. Kopit died Friday, said Rick Miramontez, a senior publicist at DKC/O&M PR. No other details were available. Playwright Arthur Kopit in 1990 in Los Angeles. Nick Ut/Associated Press, file Kopit earned a Tony nod in 1970 for “Indians,” a critique of the Vietnam War and America’s treatment of Native Americans that starred Stacy Keach as Buffalo Bill. Nine years later, he received another nomination for “Wings,” the story of a stroke victim’s recovery starring Constance Cummings. Both “Indians” and “Wings” were Pulitzer finalists for drama. ....
Arthur Kopit, Whose âOh Dadâ Shook Up the Theater, Dies at 83 A three-time Tony nominee, he first became known for avant-garde works, many of them christened with rambling titles, that sparked spirited reactions. The playwright Arthur Kopit with the cast of his play “Wings” in 1978. Constance Cummings, second from left, won Tony, Drama Desk and Obie awards for her performance as a woman who has had a stroke.Credit.Jack Mitchell/Getty Images April 3, 2021Updated 11:00 a.m. ET Arthur Kopit, the avant-garde playwright who thrust Off Broadway into a new era with the absurdist satirical farce âOh Dad, Poor Dad, Mammaâs Hung You in the Closet and Iâm Feelinâ So Sadâ and earned Tony Award nominations for two wildly different plays, âIndiansâ and âWings,â and the musical âNine,â died on Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 83. ....