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ASMC The Business of Defense
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As the President begins the drawdown process in Afghanistan, some other things will have to change as well. There will be a shift from rapid impact stability programs run by international agencies to infrastructure and economic growth projects that can be run by Afghans. Hydroelectric dams, roads, gas fields, mines, and increased agricultural production will be the center of attention as the 2014 drawdown deadline approaches.
June 24, 2011 -
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China hits the U.S., then the Pentagon fires back. The stakes in the shadowy cyber war are growing more and more costly. So former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is urging the two countries to set some limits. Kissinger told Reuters in his own words, if it\'s viewed case by case it will lead to accusations and counter-accusations.\" The Chinese government is suspected of cyber attacks ranging from rudimentary small scale hacking to broad disruptive assaults on major corporations.
June 24, 2011 -
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will cut its IT costs for email and collaboration services in half, by moving all its employees to the cloud. The science agency has just issued a three year contract to handle email, calendar, collaboration and mobile device synchronization. NOAA says it\'s the largest federal agency to move to a cloud solution so far. They expect to migrate 25,000 mailboxes to the new service by the end of this year.
June 20, 2011 -
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One part of the Air Force overcame the challenges surrounding a relocation from Washington to Fort Meade, Maryland, by pursing an aggressive telework system. The Air Force central adjudication facility, which processes security clearances, equipped and trained all 155 of its employees to telework. The agency credits the remote collaboration tools it created for letting it hold on to 92 percent of its workforce, in spite of the move to Maryland. They say they also increased productivity by 55 percent in just one year.
June 20, 2011 -
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The Agriculture Department\'s Rural Utilities Service is issuing 250-million dollars in low-interest loans to help smaller, rural electric providers add technology to their local power grids. USDA says the loans to implement smart grid technology will help bring innovative features like customized, real time electric usage monitoring to homes and businesses throughout America through smart electric meters. And technological improvements to the grid itself will decrease the number of blackouts.
June 20, 2011 -
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June 20th and June 22nd, 2011 Tangherlini serves as the principal policy advisor on the development and execution of the budget and performance plans for Treasury
June 20, 2011 -
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Department of Defense Undersecretary Ashton Carter has told Congress that it would keep working on Northrop Grumman\'s Global Hawk reconnaissance drone even though it\'s way over budget. He notified Congress on Tuesday that the program was essential to national security and that there were no alternatives that would meet the department\'s requirements for less money.
June 16, 2011 -
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A look at changes in the intelligence community in the ten years since 9-11. June 17, 2011
June 14, 2011 -
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J. David Cox AFGE National Secretary-Treasurer Andrew Fieldhouse Federal Budget Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute Former Rep. Bob Edgar (D-Pa.) President & CEO, Common Cause
June 14, 2011 -
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June 13th and June 15th From transforming the National Airspace System to managing homeland security resources, educating today\'s information leaders, and transforming government operations, these executives clarify and extend our understanding of the work they champion and the efforts they lead.
June 14, 2011 -
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Associated Press that the Obama administration tried to improve relations with Pakistan recently by sharing intelligence about on the locations where insurgents were suspected of making bombs, but it turned out to be a big disappointment. The two locations are in the tribal territories in northwestern Pakistan. But by the time authorities reached the facilities, the suspects had been tipped off and were gone.
June 14, 2011 -
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The United States and NATO are stepping up military operations against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, hoping to push him out of power to drive him from power -- or Reuters says a senior U.S. official is hoping they can kill him. The comments came after some of the heaviest bombing in Tripoli since the campaign to oust Gadhafi began. According to the Reuters report, the official said, \"no one would shed a tear\" if Gaddafi were to die in one of the many attacks.\"
June 13, 2011 -
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CIA director Leon Panetta, expected to be the next Secretary of Defense told the Senate during his confirmation hearing he thinks Iraq will ask the U.S. to maintain a military present beyond the end of this year, when American troops are currently scheduled to leave. Panetta said Iraqi leaders will have to decide support they need, and for how long, in order to make sure security gains there are not lost. He said there are still about 1,000 al-Qaida insurgents in Iraq and keeping some troops in Iraq to support security forces there is a good idea.
June 13, 2011
