Army
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Charlie Armstrong called it a career after spending the last seven-plus years as the assistant commissioner for the Office of Information and Technology and CIO for CBP.
February 15, 2016 -
One-year emergency budget spending won't cut it when it comes to modernizing and training the Army, members of the Future of the Army Commission told Congress.
February 11, 2016 -
The military services have been dithering with Congress over if and where to reduce their real estate footprint.
February 08, 2016 -
When U.S. Transportation Command transitioned a nearly $1 billion contract to move servicemembers’ vehicles around the world to a new company a year and a half ago, seemingly everything that could have gone wrong actually went wrong.
February 08, 2016 -
One of the Army’s key objectives is to bring reliable network access to smaller units at the company level and below. But DoD’s Office of Operational Test and Evaluation found the task has been complicated by the fact that too many of the systems the service is fielding are not exactly plug-and-play.
February 08, 2016 -
The military services have been dithering with Congress over if and where to reduce their real estate footprint. But there is one spot in the world where the Army is undergoing a major expansion in real estate. Camp Humphries, South Korea is undergoing a multi-billion dollar makeover. Katherine Hammack, the Army assistant secretary for installations, energy and environment, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with details of what's going on and why.
February 03, 2016 -
Fiscal 2017 may be the beginning of a funding gap between what the Defense Department needs and what it can be allocated unless Congress can fix the budget.
February 02, 2016 -
Defense analysts think the National Commission on the Future of the Army could have been bolder in its recommendations.
January 29, 2016 -
The National Commission on the Future of the Army suggested keeping the active duty Army size minimum at 450,000 and increasing multi-component integration.
January 29, 2016 -
The Air Force's modernization plans account for a large part of the Defense Department's overall spending to bring weapon systems up to date over the next decade, according to a new study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
January 27, 2016 -
During a confirmation hearing Eric Fanning said the Army needs a Rapid Capabilities Office and is lagging in readiness.
January 21, 2016 -
Col. Darby McNulty, the project officer for Integrated Personnel and Pay System-Army, said the Army still faces many challenges in getting soldiers their active-duty pay.
January 20, 2016 -
The Defense Department's new policy on climate change forces component heads to consider climate change in almost every decision.
January 19, 2016 -
An Army investigation found no single culprit for live Anthrax shipments that mistakenly traveled the globe, but a "culture of complacency" pervaded the lab they came from.
January 18, 2016 -
DoD's forthcoming update to enterprise email is likely to include several other business collaboration tools, and will be rebranded as the "Defense Office Automation Service."
January 13, 2016
