ASMC The Business of Defense

  • Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is in Colorado Springs, Colo., for his first visit to the area since being sworn in. While there Hagel will visit the headquarters of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command. He'll be briefed by Gen. Chuck Jacoby and staff on a number of issues including homeland defense, integrated air and missile defense, US-Mexico military-to-military relations, and defense support of civil authorities. He will also visit Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and Fort Carson.

    June 28, 2013
  • Tommy Hwang CIO Merit Systems Protection Board Tommy Hwang has been the CIO of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) since January, 2005. In this position, he has implemented innovative technologies that helped improve case…

    June 27, 2013
  • A Conversation with Chuck Prow, editor and Dave Walker, contributor, Governing to Win: Enhancing National Competitiveness through New Policy and Operating Approaches.

    June 27, 2013
  • Commander Kevin Keast is a career Coast Guard Officer with over 22 years of active duty service to our nation. He attended the United States Coast Guard Academy and graduated in 1991 with a Bachelor…

    June 27, 2013
  • Curtis Tarr, the former head of the Selective Service System who oversaw the lottery for the draft during the Vietnam War, has died. Tarr died of pneumonia on Friday at his home in Walnut Creek, Calif. He was 88. The nation had held its first lottery drawing for the draft in December 1969. Before the lottery, local draft boards had control over who was called and who was not.

    June 27, 2013
  • German authorities are investigating two men of Tunisian origin suspected of planning to use model airplanes for terrorist attacks, prosecutors said Tuesday. At the same time police in Germany and Belgium raided a series of sites searching for evidence of "possible attack plans and preparations." No one was arrested in Tuesday's raids, which were carried out by about 90 police in the Stuttgart and Munich areas of southern Germany and in Saxony in eastern Germany, federal prosecutors said in a statement.

    June 26, 2013
  • Thomas Bayer CIO SEC Mr. Bayer comes to the SEC from Maris Technology Advisors in Leesburg, Va., where he advised banking and financial services clients on technology strategy, software development, and program management solutions. In…

    June 25, 2013
  • Law enforcement and first responder got a special bulletin recently warning them to be aware of and understand that terrorists frequent popular social media sites and Web blogs to gather pre-operational surveillance. Some cyber terrorists according to the bulletin are sophisticated enough to penetrate an organization's network and devices-and gather personal, sensitive, or proprietary data. Virtual tours, security procedures, even business hours are key sources of information for terrorists and criminal organizations. Authorities warn terrorists are getting better and could use this type of information launch both cyber and physical attack almost simultaneously.

    June 25, 2013
  • The U.S. government and military are still mulling over how to help Syrian rebels. Sources say the CIA and military are quietly training Syrian rebels on how to use anti-tank and anti-aircraft launchers, but one senior military official says no decisions have been made on what type of weapon support to provide or when to do it.

    June 24, 2013
  • Tony Vergnetti will hows a roundtable discussion of federal insurance benefits and what you can do to fill any holes in your coverage. June 21, 2013

    June 21, 2013
  • There is a lot of back and forth at the U.N. as Afghanistan and Pakistan traded accusations in the U.N. Security Council on Thursday over the whereabouts of Islamist extremists. The United Nations called increased tensions between the two as "unfortunate and dangerous." Both sides blame the other for deadly terrorist attacks that take place almost on a daily basis.

    June 21, 2013
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    June 20, 2013
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    June 20, 2013
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    June 20, 2013