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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 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: The Commerce Department offers buyouts, the Army wants changes to its non-fighting force and the Navy test cyber readiness at sea.
August 16, 2011 -
Secretary John McHugh announced the creation of a new commission to revamp the part of the Army that prepares, trains, educates and supports troops. He said this part of the service has not been significantly update for 30 years.
August 15, 2011 -
The Pentagon is preparing a new approach that will allow it to buy and develop cybersecurity capabilities more quickly. If it succeeds, officials said they plan to expand it to other areas of IT.
August 15, 2011 -
Tony McClure, who spent 20 years in the Army and now works at the Army\'s Information Technology Agency in Washington, discussed making his move to the Washington area after years out in the field.
August 12, 2011 -
On the Federal Drive: The Coast Guard became the first agency to adopt both iPhones and Android mobile platforms, the Navy cyber command gets a new leader and the National Treasury Employees Union re-elected its leader.
August 11, 2011 -
The Army will begin lifting its finger off of the pause button for enterprise email within the next few days, the service\'s chief information officer said.
August 10, 2011 -
The Defense Department is not keeping up with the Department of Veterans Affairs in evaluating the disabilities of injured servicemembers, the Army\'s second highest ranking officer said Monday. The two agencies are working toward a joint system to reduce the evaluation time from 540 days to 295 days.
August 09, 2011 -
Now the Army is sending four Squad Mission Support System robot Jeeps to the country, where they will haul supplies for troops.
August 08, 2011 -
The Army plans to cut nearly 9,000 civilian jobs by October of next year, Federal Times reports. Army Secretary John McHugh ordered Army leaders to start cutting staffing as part of former Defense Secretary Robert Gates\' efficiency initiatives.
August 08, 2011 -
On Today\'s Federal Drive: The effect of the S&P downgrade on federal agencies, GSA rethinks new pay-for-parking rule and the Army cuts civilian personnel.
August 08, 2011 -
Half the cuts will come from the Army\'s Installation Management Command -- that\'s almost 12 per cent of the total workforce at the command.
August 05, 2011 -
This \"environmentally responsive\" material would constantly adjust to outside conditions as well as body heat.
August 02, 2011 -
Tom Hawley, deputy undersecretary of the Army, and Heidi Shyu, acting assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, discuss the Army\'s new acquisition in a press conference.
July 26, 2011 -
An Army-commissioned study finds that since 1996, the service has spent more than a billion dollars per year on defense systems that wound up being cancelled. Army leaders say they recognize the problem, and have already begun moving aggressively toward reform.
July 22, 2011
