Defense

  • The National Trust for Historic Preservation sues to turn DoD\'s plans for a firing range on Guam over. The trust\'s Brian Turner explains what\'s at stake.

    November 19, 2010
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is launching its first official blog, opening a new line of communication between the department and its stakeholders.

    November 19, 2010
  • The Department of Defense announced today the appointment of Navy Capt. Paul S. Hammer, as the director of the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) in Arlington, Va.

    November 19, 2010
  • Turning innovation, research and development into products you can actually use. It can be challenging, and not only for government. The Defense Department has been working on this commercialization for years. The Government Accountability Office…

    November 18, 2010
  • In light of two data breaches, VA CIO Roger Baker said employees are not following procedures to safeguard information.

    November 18, 2010
  • The Defense authorization bill has been on the Senate calendar, and off the Senate calendar. Now it\'s on again. The Senate majority leader is now promising to bring a 2011 defense authorization bill to the floor for a vote.

    November 18, 2010
  • This week on Federal Security Spotlight host Tom Temin talks to Riley Repko, the senior advisor for cybersecurity to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Requirements at the Air Force. November 18, 2010

    November 18, 2010
  • The Air Force is warning its troops to be careful when using Facebook and other popular networking sites because some new features could show the enemy exactly where U.S. forces are located in war zones.

    November 18, 2010
  • The Department of Housing and Urban Development went from being the poster child for the dysfunctional federal hiring process to being a model of what others are striving for.

    November 17, 2010
  • Dave Philipps, author of \'Lethal Warriors\', joined the DorobekINSIDER to describe how one Army unit struggled with PTSD.

    November 17, 2010
  • WFED\'s Jason Miller describes efforts at some agencies to cut hiring time.

    November 17, 2010
  • Many agencies have reduced the time it takes to hire a new employee. DoD, Energy and VA are among the departments that have made the most progress over the last year. OPM Director John Berry said a full government-wide look will not be available until early 2011.

    November 17, 2010
  • Republican and Democratic leaders in the Senate are still debating the 2011 defense authorization bill, but the lame-duck Congress may put off a vote until next year.

    November 17, 2010
  • The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a congressional advisory commission says in its annual report that lawmakers should require a Pentagon assessment of the military\'s capacity to withstand a Chinese air and missile assault on American regional bases and the implications of a similar assault on Taiwan\'s air defenses. The commission was set up by Congress in 2000 to advise, investigate and report on U.S.-China affairs.

    November 17, 2010