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Defense Department Comptroller Robert Hale says the Pentagon has the legal authority to furlough DoD civilians paid out of working-capital funds. Hale was responding to an earlier letter from Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), and more than two dozen other lawmakers, who wrote to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last month requesting the legal rationale for furloughing working-capital fund employees.
July 09, 2013 -
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A U.S. federal judge said Monday she lacks the authority to stop the force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay prison facility in Cuba. But, District Judge Gladys Kessler pointed out the practice may violate international law. She said previous rulings have established that the court lacks jurisdiction to stop the force-feeding of prisoners, but she added, President Barack Obama can resolve the issue quoting from a recent speech where he "criticized" the practice.
July 09, 2013 -
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South Korea said Wednesday that it is considering an offer by North Korea to allow South Korean businessmen to visit a shuttered joint industrial complex in the North and hold talks on possibly removing some of their equipment. The two nations are on very tense footing as North Korea has threatened to attack the South and U.S forces stationed there. The North is also pursuing a new round talk over its nuclear weapons program.
July 09, 2013 -
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A soldier who went missing after his helicopter was shot down during the Vietnam War...was buried at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. The remains of Army Specialist John L. Burgess of Sutton Bay, Mich., were buried today in a single casket with the remains of two members of his crew who had been previously identified. They were among five soldiers aboard a helicopter that crashed near the Cambodian border in 1970. Only one survived.
July 09, 2013 -
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The U.S Navy says three coastal patrol boats have arrived at 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain to boost its fleet of the rapid-response craft in the Persian Gulf, where U.S. and Iranian forces often operate within close range. The Navy says the new vessels Wednesday bring the total to eight patrol boats as part of plans to have 10 stationed in Bahrain by early next year.
July 09, 2013 -
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Furloughs for civilian Defense Department employees officially kicked off this week. That has many employees singing the blues -- literally.
July 08, 2013 -
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House members with constituents impacted by budget cuts to the Patent and Trademark Office and Department of Defense are taking steps to ease the effect of sequestration and furloughs.
July 08, 2013 -
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Approximately 85 percent of the Defense Department's civilian workforce -- more than 650,000 employees -- will be staying home Monday, as the first of DoD's cost-cutting furlough days goes into effect. The furloughs were put in place to offset automatic, across-the-board spending cuts implemented by sequestration. DoD estimates the furloughs will save between $1.9 billion and $2.1 billion.
July 08, 2013 -
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Department will move away from DoD-specific approaches to cybersecurity, lean more toward informing and relying on governmentwide efforts.
July 08, 2013 -
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Thousands of federal employees at four separate government agencies are required to take an unpaid furlough day July 5. Meanwhile, employees at two government agencies could see a diminished impact of furloughs.
July 05, 2013 -
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On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts will discuss how the Berry Amendment is affecting troop supplies, what's ahead for Congress when its members return from vacation, and the lobbying activities of companies that supply goods and services associated with the July 4th holiday. July 4, 2013
July 04, 2013 -
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Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed DoD's cyber posture at a recent Brookings Institution event. Dempsey says part of the planning process is forcing DoD leaders to look outward at the changing world.
July 03, 2013 -
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The Defense Information Systems Agency is targeting the third or fourth quarter of 2014 for full operational capability of its cloud broker service. DoD components will use automated tools to choose cloud computing services from DoD, other agencies or private providers.
July 03, 2013 -
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The DoD Special Missions Wing in Afghanistan does not have adequate personnel to man its existing and planned aircraft fleet, according to an audit from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The air wing only has one fourth of the recruits needed to achieve full strength to be able to handle 48 newly purchased aircraft.
July 02, 2013
