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President Barack Obama has promised to end homelessness among veterans within three years. He\'s made it a high-priority goal, challenging agencies to meet it without additional resources or laws. Officials say they\'re on track thanks to a unique collaboration between two agencies and dozens of local partners is focusing on the toughest cases.
The Defense Department\'s Combat Feeding Directorate oversees the nutritional requirements and changing tastes of America\'s fighting force when designing its MREs, or meals ready-to-eat.
In a break from the Cold War mass-mobilization model, the Army is considering the Army Force Generation, or ARFOGEN, model as a way to find efficiency and savings in the equipping process.
Robert Dacey, the Government Accountability Office\'s chief accountant, breaks down the reasons why GAO was unable to render an opinion on the federal government\'s consolidated financial report.
The Army\'s newly-appointed program executive officer for enterprise information systems wants shorter RFPs but more industry engagement and an holistic view of program capabilities
Missile Defense Agency awards $980 million contract to Lockheed Martin.
The Army says it\'s learned a lot about how to put intelligence capabilities directly into the hands of soldiers. The next challenge is to maintain the momentum for development of those capabilities once troops are out of combat.
The Department of Veterans Affairs avoided $200 million in turnover costs by investing in online training resources for employees, Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration John Sepulveda told Federal News Radio. He also explained how the VA plans to make veterans 40 percent of its workforce, weather the retirement tsunami and continue to be a federal leader on human capital issues in a wide-ranging interview.
Twila Gonzales, director of disposition services at Defense Logistics Agency, explains how the military decides what it should keep and what it should destroy from the material brought out of Iraq.
Improved technology has made it easier for NORAD to hone in on the infrared signature of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer\'s nose. In 2010, volunteers at Santa Tracker call center answered 80,000 phone calls.
House of Representatives intelligence committee chairman Mike Rogers says the troop pullout will reduce U.S. influence.
Asif Khan joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss a recent GAO report examining those services\' financial-management issues.
Air Force completes 2011 approximately 1,200 airmen over its endstrength.
Treasury\'s building, DoD\'s Mark Center both get LEED Gold certification. Treasury expects to save $3.5 million by improving how the structures uses energy. DoD expects its new building to use 45 percent less water.