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The House is preparing to once again take up legislation that would grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission new authority to order private electrical grid operators to take emergency action in the event of a cyber attack or a new vulnerability. The power would extend to bulk electric systems and parts of the grid that supply electricity to Defense infrastructure that is critical to national security.
June 01, 2011 -
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Agency officials will meet in June to approve the rollout of the first piece of an integrated and interoperable electronic health record for soldiers and veterans. VA and DoD also are creating a centralized database that will be located in DISA\'s data centers.
May 31, 2011 -
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A cyber attack from another country could constitute an act of war and warrant military action, according to a Pentagon document.
May 31, 2011 -
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The Defense Department and Veteran\'s Affairs have chosen its \"mainline\" interface for their joint e-health record.
May 31, 2011 -
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Several outsourcing-friendly provisions made their way into the Defense authorization bill approved by the House of Representatives last week. The bill would lift a moratorium on public-private competitions via the A-76 process in DoD, and expresses the sense of Congress that DoD should insource only those jobs which are inherently governmental.
May 30, 2011 -
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GAO found many agencies will fall short of the June 30 deadline to determine if they are using service contractors appropriately.
May 27, 2011 -
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President Barack Obama announced Monday his intention to nominate Army Gen. Martin Dempsey as the next Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman. Former Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy DeLeon talks with Federal News Radio.
May 27, 2011 -
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John Pendleton is Director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues at GAO.
May 27, 2011 -
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Retired Air Force Major General Dale Meyerrose is the vice president and general manager of Cyber and Information Assurance for the Harris Corporation. He is here to tell us what a new facility can offer to your agency\'s cloud computing needs.
May 27, 2011 -
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President Obama and Russian President Medvedev held a private meeting on May 26th to discuss missile defense and security policy at the G-8 Economic Summit in France. The meeting comes after President Medvedev expressed concern over the United States\' current approach for missile defense in Europe, which would deploy land- and sea-based interceptors around Europe. After their meeting, the two leaders emphasized the need for continued cooperation on missile defense and the European-based missile defense shield.
May 27, 2011 -
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The Defense and Veterans Affairs departments have agreed to use commercial, open source software to develop a joint electronic health record. VA CIO Roger Baker will head the advisory board.
May 27, 2011 -
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The system is to identify other combat units and prevent fratricide.
May 27, 2011 -
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Veterans Affairs\' Dr. Ronald Przygodzki explains on the program will further the science of genomics.
May 27, 2011 -
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Agency chief information officers say the road to more agile acquisition and development of information technology has some speed bumps, including misaligned budgetary and acquisition cycles, and industry partners who are just as accustomed to the old way of doing things as the government is.
May 27, 2011
