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Sequestration would kill hundreds of thousands of defense industry jobs, the Pentagon warns. Frank Kendall told senators during his nomination hearing to be the DoD acquisition chief that personnel accounts would be shielded so lower-tiered contractors would feel the brunt of cuts.
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Federal technology leaders unveiled an initiative to develop better ways of harnessing the rapidly growing volume of increasingly complicated data sets, known as big data. The push is led by a joint solicitation — from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health — to develop the core technologies for reigning in big data. All told, six federal departments and agencies will take part in the program — committing more than $200 million in research-and-development investments.
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Center CIO Mike Bolger said encrypting laptops and implementing logical access are among his top priorities in 2012. Kennedy Space Center also is exploring how to let employees using their personal smartphones or tablet computers on the network. March 29, 2012
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Gregory Wilshusen, GSA\'s director of information security issue, discussed a recent report about IT supply chain risks with The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp
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Iris Cooper is executive director of VA\'s Office of Acquisition Operations. She joined The Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp at the Acquisition Excellence conference in Washington to talk about the agency\'s T-4 services contract.
March 29, 2012 -
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The Pentagon is telling lawmakers military retirees' share of health care costs is going to have to increase if it's going to meet the budget targets Congress and the President handed over with last year's budget control act.
March 29, 2012 -
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The Defense Department has launched a public challenge to develop mobile apps. DOD wants apps that aid in learning science, technology, engineering and math. The contest runs from April 2 to June 4.
March 29, 2012 -
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Ricardo Aguilera, the Defense Department Comptroller Chair at the Chief Financial Officer\'s Academy at the National Defense University\'s iCollege joined Pentagon Solutions with Francis Rose to discuss the course and the leadership skills it aims to enforce.
March 28, 2012 -
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The departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development want to put 10,000 homeless veterans in permanent housing with case management.
March 28, 2012 -
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The Army has released the implementation plan for how it will get its networked systems to a state it calls the \"common operating environment.\" The strategy is designed to phase out stovepiped systems and begin building technologies to a common set of open standards.
March 28, 2012 -
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Did the man killed in the Toulouse, France standoff have an accomplice when he killed seven people before his own demise? A video apparently showing a gunman\'s attacks on soldiers and a Jewish school was sent to the Al-Jazeera television network but not by him. Al-Jazeera decided not to air a video that allegedly was filmed from the killer\'s point of view and show his victims anguish before their deaths.
March 28, 2012 -
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Lawmakers say the Defense Department should either lift its cap on civilian workers or cut down on contractors.
March 28, 2012 -
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The Pentagon still is responding to major cyber attacks on the nation after the fact, the military\'s top cyber official said Tuesday. It would rather stop them before they succeed.
March 28, 2012 -
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Two GAO reports find agencies lack oversight and controls over ensuring vendors buy the components for hardware and software from trusted sources. DoD is ahead of most agencies. It is using intelligence expertise to secure the supply chain of national security systems.
March 28, 2012
