SDFM The Business of Defense
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Jenny Mattingley hosts a roundtable discussion of the Pathways Program. January 25, 2013
January 26, 2013 -
How will the Military decide what the standard for physical fitness will be? Well the Marine Corps this summer will round up 800 Marines - -400 male and 400 females. They will run, jump, climb, do push-ups and pull ups and other exercises. The Marines will look at the outcomes and decide what kind of expectations they should have for women and men to qualify for combat roles. The Army has its own different process for deciding
January 25, 2013 -
What is NIH doing to advance biomedical research? What is being done to ensure the soundness of the country's credit union system? How can government better manage risks, reduce waste, and use resources more wisely? What are some of the key issues for governing in the next four years?
January 24, 2013 -
A Coast Guardsman who disappeared more than three months ago and showed up at his home over the weekend is in military custody at Pearl Harbor after being released from the hospital. According to the Associated Press, Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Gene Maestas said Wednesday that Tripler Army Medical Center medically cleared and released Petty Officer 1st Class Russell Matthews on Tuesday night. Maestas says Matthews was in the process of being discharged from the Coast Guard for illegally using marijuana when his wife reported him missing in October.
January 23, 2013 -
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January 23, 2013 -
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January 23, 2013 -
This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" AFGE Legislative and Political Director Beth Moten will preview the union's 2013 Legislative and Grassroots Mobilization Conference Feb. 10 - 13. AFGE Council of Prison Locals President Dale Deshotel and National Council of SSA Field Operations Locals President Witold Skwierczynski also address issues at their respective agencies.
January 23, 2013 -
Chief Information Officer GPO Riddle has nearly two decades of experience in leading complex information technology organizations. He came to GPO from the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service where he worked…
January 23, 2013 -
Data Center Consolidation Program Lead USDA For the past 2 years, Bryan Dixon has served as the USDA Data Center Consolidation Program Lead. Prior to that, he was the Acting CIO of the Foreign Agriculture…
January 23, 2013 -
Chief Information Officer NOAA Mr. Joseph F. Klimavicz was named National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director, High Performance Computing and Communications in January 2007. In this position, he is…
January 23, 2013 -
So guess what the Pentagon's research arm is up to? Recycling in space. They are planning to go into space, grab a dead satellite and stripping it of all it's useful parts and using them to either build a new one or revitalize the old one. DARPA's Phoenix program, which hopes to repurpose retired satellites while they remain in orbit, seeks to fundamentally change how space systems could be designed here on earth and then sustained once in space.
January 23, 2013 -
General William Shelton, who heads Air Force Space Command and oversees the Air Force's cyber operations, says Iran responded to a 2010 cyber-attack on its nuclear facilities by beefing up its own cyber capabilities, and will be a "force to be reckoned with" in the future. He declined to comment about Iran's ability to disrupt U.S. government computer networks, but said Tehran had clearly increased its efforts in that arena after the 2010 incident.
January 18, 2013 -
CEO Thundercat Technology Tom Deierlein is a West Point graduate, successful serial entrepreneur, Airborne Ranger, combat wounded military veteran, and philanthropist who co-founded the TDFoundation (www.tdfoundation.org). Tom was recently named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of…
January 17, 2013 -
Vice President, Systems Engineering NetApp, Inc. Mike Giesler is Vice President of Systems Engineering at NetApp, where he is responsible for pre-‐sales consulting, solution design, technology evangelism, and partner enablement for the US Public Sector.…
January 17, 2013 -
Agencies hope to consolidate 1200 data centers by the end of 2015. Consolidating data centers is more than moving hardware. It's an opportunity to modernize, reduce space requirements, improve performance, and cut energy consumption. The Path to FDCCI Compliance panel discusses technical, financial and operational challenges/successes with executives from NOAA, USDA, ThunderCat Technology and NetApp!
January 17, 2013