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The Air Force says it is nearly ready to turn air traffic control in Iraq over to Iraqis as part of Operation New Dawn.
September 26, 2011 -
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The Air Force is planning to make payments to civilian employees to encourage them to leave the federal payroll, in addition to offers of early retirement. The service is trying to get to the level of civilian employment authorized under DoD\'s civilian hiring freeze, which mandates the department maintain its non-uniformed workforce at fiscal 2010 levels.
September 22, 2011 -
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The aircraft has been grounded since May because of reports of a bad oxygen system.
September 21, 2011 -
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The service no can longer pump money into ambitions that don\'t offer any immediate prospect of payoff, especially if those projects don\'t promise to deliver something the Air Force truly needs, the service\'s top officer said Tuesday.
September 21, 2011 -
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Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said Monday there are certain capabilities the service must keep whole as it navigates the current budget situation. He did not offer clues as to what the service would be willing to give up.
September 20, 2011 -
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Under the deal\'s terms, Lockheed will support the integration of software and components for the Air Force\'s combat support automated information systems.
September 14, 2011 -
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Panetta says the attacks a decade ago have in some ways strengthened the United States at home and abroad.
September 07, 2011 -
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The Air Force has awarded Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation a $50 million contract to evaluate the service\'s inventory of sensors. The Atlanta company will survey the sensor market and test how well different devices work and will also look at new ways for the military to use sensors.
September 06, 2011 -
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The contract is for HP to provide work stations, processors and other products.
August 30, 2011 -
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For the first time this weekend, dual-commanders were deployed for a natural disaster, the Defense Department announced.
August 29, 2011 -
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Todd Canni, the Air Force Associate General Counsel, joined the Federal Drive to discuss a recent article he wrote dealing with contractor suspensions and debarments.
August 26, 2011 -
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Agencies must sharpen their pencils to figure out what they can afford in 2012 and beyond. The Labor Department is asking program offices to rethink and redo budget proposals and plans. The Air Force will need to take more surgical cuts to find savings.
August 19, 2011 -
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The Pentagon will issue a strategic management plan by the end of August highlighting the services and agencies\' plans and milestones to cut costs from back-office functions. DoD Deputy Chief Management Officer Beth McGrath said there are seven main areas DoD will review, including IT infrastructure, acquisition and the workforce. McGrath already is conducting reviews of the first set of efficiency initiatives that began this year.
August 17, 2011 -
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Thanks to the pay freeze and an increasingly hostile Congress, many federal and postal workers said they\'d retire in a heartbeat if Uncle Sam would make them an offer, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey reports. So what are the odds...
August 17, 2011
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