SDFM The Business of Defense
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The Pentagon Budget will be front and center in about a month. Among the programs and issues on the bubble are the Army’s Future Combat systems. The GAO also recommended that Congress not approve full…
March 23, 2009 -
Have DHS’s priorities changed when it comes to the southern border? DHS secretary Janet Napolitano seemed to suggest they have. Meeting with reporters Napolitano said DHS is still focused on fighting illegal immigration and drug…
March 20, 2009 -
Summer in Afghanistan is called “120 days of Wind” by some. But this one may be called “The Long Hot Summer”. Pentagon sources say the war in the southern and eastern parts of the country…
March 16, 2009 -
A new report indicates the U.S. Army’s main modernization program, being run by Boeing Co, has failed to meet key benchmarks. The program may cost almost 20 billion dollars more than orginally planned and may…
March 13, 2009 -
After intense criticism about his political views, Ambassador Charles Freeman Jr. has requested that his selection to be Chairman of the National Intelligence Council not proceed. Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair says he…
March 11, 2009 -
Kamal Bherwani Chief Information Officer & Executive Director, HHS-Connect March 9th and 11th, 2009
March 09, 2009 -
The number of U.S. troops who have suffered wartime brain injuries may be as high as 360,000 and could cast more attention on such injuries among civilians. The Associated Press’s Pauline Jenelik reports The estimate…
March 05, 2009 -
Carol Waller Pope FLRA Acting Chairwoman Mark Roth AFGE General Counsel Jim Aldridge President of AFGE\'s Law Enforcement Council Don Drewett Vice president of AFGE Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Local 3860
March 05, 2009 -
Michael Dominguez –Acting Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness was charged with cleaning up the mess after the military health scandal at Walter Reed hospital broke two years ago is about to leave office. What was…
March 04, 2009 -
It was a year ago that the military destroyed a defunct satellite, loaded with Hydrazine fuel. Now they say there is absolutely none of that debris left in space. On the other hand, a Chinese…
March 03, 2009 -
President Barack Obama is expected to release a directive soon that expands his national security team ans supposed makes it better prepared to meet 21st century threats, which may now involve the nation’s vast cyber…
March 02, 2009 -
Michael Astrue Commissioner March 2nd and 4th, 2009
March 02, 2009 -
President Barack Obama promised greater scrutiny of Pentagon weapons buying in his 2010 budget released Thursday, following recent runaway costs and missed deadlines on some multibillion-dollar Defense Department weapons contracts. The Associated Press reports Obama’s…
February 27, 2009 -
South Korea\'s Defense Ministry says North Korea recently deployed a new type of medium-range ballistic missile capable of reaching Australia and the U.S. territory of Guam.
February 25, 2009 -
Thomas G. Day Senior Vice President, Intelligent Mail and Address Quality February 23rd and 25th, 2009
February 23, 2009