Tom Temin Commentary
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The U.S. military strategy for the current world: Take a given-sized ball of dough and stretch it into a wider but thinner pie crust.
February 10, 2016 -
Banged-up cars and seizing ship engines. A slice of federal programs isn't going as planned.
February 08, 2016 -
An incident in the TSA's Las Vegas "Pre store" shows data sharing and database matching don't always align the way they should.
February 08, 2016 -
If the White House vetted and hired Ashkan Soltani, it could not have known or expected his security clearance would not come through.
February 05, 2016 -
Indiana avoided $80 million in what the feds would call improper payments, and now the crooked filers are moving on.
February 04, 2016 -
FBI Director Jim Comey should drive out to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency campus on the outskirts of Fort Belvoir.
February 01, 2016 -
'Midshippie' does have a hip sort of ring, can be spoken or sung, and it would sound perfect if shouted out by a drill instructor at a cadet (cadette?).
January 27, 2016 -
Using a particular BPA might help the governmentwide picture, but it won't necessarily help individual agencies manage their own expenses.
January 26, 2016 -
The great CEOs of American history make up a ceaselessly fascinating bunch. Movies, though, not so much.
January 26, 2016 -
A Region 5 email reads like CYA, not someone with the power to do something, jumping in and helping with the real problem.
January 22, 2016 -
Fear of asteroids can conjures up snickers, like worries of a spaceship veering in on the National Mall. In reality, asteroids whack at the Earth regularly.
January 21, 2016 -
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus has ordered the service, including the Marine Corps, to review all job or rank titles with the aim of removing "man" as a descriptor syllable.
January 20, 2016 -
The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the EPA to set standards for drinking water. It's safe to say, what was coming out of the taps in Flint doesn't qualify.
January 18, 2016 -
For the second year in a row, NASA's safety panel points out a "growth over time in the maximum acceptable Loss of Crew probabilities."
January 15, 2016 -
Of the 1,000 or 1,200 political positions, very few appointees actually do apply to burrow in. In fact, most depart early for the misty shores of think tanks, consultancies, and corporate USA.
January 14, 2016