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Defense
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Agencies and industry are trading employees with specific technology skills, but in the end both need to increase the overall workforce. One expert calls for the professionalization of cybersecurity workers. Agencies are finding new ways to recruit these in-demand employees.
October 22, 2010 -
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The military\'s Missile Defense Agency plan to shoot down a fake ballistic missile of the coast of Central California was not successful. The objective of the mission was for the ALTB to destroy a solid-fuel, short-range ballistic missile while its rocket motors were still thrusting. A news release from the agency says, the Terrier Black Brant target missile was launched successfully, the system acquired and tracked the target, but never transitioned to active tracking.
October 22, 2010 -
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The government of Yemen is trying to put down a branch of al Qaida that has attacked Western and regional targets in the country next to oil giant Saudi Arabia. So Yemeni authorities offer a reward of $50,000 for information on the whereabouts of two Saudi \"terrorists\", Turki al-Shahrani and Ahmed al-Jasser. Yemeni aircraft bombed al Qaeda positions in southern Yemen.
October 22, 2010 -
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\"Shot spotter\" is being considered for use at the Pentagon specifically to help in situations like the one that unfolded yesterday. \"Two exterior windows had been hit by gunfire,\" says Pentagon Force Protection director Steven Calvery. Shot spotter is a gunfire location and detection tool that uses acoustic sensors to determine where gunshots came from, when they were fired and it can even determine whether an automatic weapon was used.
October 22, 2010 -
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The European Union should establish a three-way dialogue on security with Russia and Turkey to tackle frozen conflicts and promote stability on its eastern flank, a leading think-tank says. In a report released today, the European Council on Foreign Relations said the 27-nation EU must take more responsibility for security in its own neighborhood because the United States has its hands full dealing with Afghanistan, Iran and China and is no longer focused on Europe. The study says the current system failed to prevent wars in Kosovo and Georgia, or disruption to Europe\'s gas supplies, or to resolve a string of legacy disputes on the fringes of the former Soviet Union.
October 22, 2010 -
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Rob Carey is following Dave Wennergren for a third time. Carey will become the new Defense Department deputy chief information officer as of Oct. 24,
October 21, 2010 -
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The Defense Department is expanding its role by joining forces with the Department of Homeland Security to defend critical infrastructure from cyber attacks.
October 21, 2010 -
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The Net-Centric Enterprise Services Program, a project of the Defense Information Systems Agency, allows secure information sharing between soldiers in the field, as well as between systems, DoD reports.
October 21, 2010 -
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This will be the first formal training program ever for Arlington National Cemetery employees.
October 21, 2010 -
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Defense is quietly taking on an expanding role in defending U.S. critical infrastructure from cyber attacks.
October 21, 2010 -
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An American soldier was charged Wednesday with killing two fellow U.S. troops and wounding a third after an argument last month in a former Iraqi insurgent stronghold turned deadly.
October 21, 2010 -
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The administration has been shifting its focus toward determining what it wants agencies to accomplish, rather than first defining the lines of authority.
October 21, 2010 -
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Defense Department deputy CIO Dave Wennergren gets set to take on a new role in the department - assistant deputy chief management officer. Wennergren tells host Jason Miller about the new position. October 21, 2010
October 20, 2010 -
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The advocacy group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America has published a congressional report card for 2010.
October 20, 2010
