Defense
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In his recent visit to Poland, President Obama discussed joint defense actions between the United States and Poland with Polish President Komorowski and Polish Prime Minister Tusk. The meeting followed Poland\'s May 2011 ratification of a U.S.-Poland Bilateral Defense Agreement and focused on a number of topic areas including missile defense and air defense training. The discussion of missile defense revolved around the progress in Phases one and two of the PAA and on preparations for the 2018 deployment of a land-based interceptor in Poland.
June 03, 2011 -
Unless changes are made \"the United States faces new waves of waste in Iraq and Afghanistan\" according to the Commission on Wartime Contracting. USAID, the Departments of Defense and State are singled out in a new commission report for their inadequate planning.
June 03, 2011 -
The Defense Department has detailed its plans for a new generation of long-range bombers.
June 03, 2011 -
It\'s like something straight out of Star Wars. The Navy is developing laser cannons. Learn more in today\'s DoD Report
June 02, 2011 -
The Navy may have to keep some attack subs around past their retirement. Learn more in today\'s DoD Report
June 02, 2011 -
Lernes Hebert is the director at the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Officer & Enlisted Personnel Management. He joins In Depth with recruiting and retaining from the military
June 02, 2011 -
The man leading the transition of more than 200,000 defense civilian workers into new pay systems has accepted a job at the Missile Defense Agency.
June 02, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office examined the key systems DoD is using to provide space situational awareness. Federal News Radio spoke with Christina Chaplain, GAO\'s director of acquisition and sourcing management issues.
June 02, 2011 -
GAO\'s Sharon Pickup explains how the Army and Marine Corps are working together and how your agency can work with other agencies to achieve a common goal.
June 01, 2011 -
Malcolm O\'Neill, the Army\'s assistant secretary for acquisitions, logistics and technology will resign his post for personal reasons, he told colleagues in an email Tuesday.
June 01, 2011 -
The House is preparing to once again take up legislation that would grant the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission new authority to order private electrical grid operators to take emergency action in the event of a cyber attack or a new vulnerability. The power would extend to bulk electric systems and parts of the grid that supply electricity to Defense infrastructure that is critical to national security.
June 01, 2011 -
Agency officials will meet in June to approve the rollout of the first piece of an integrated and interoperable electronic health record for soldiers and veterans. VA and DoD also are creating a centralized database that will be located in DISA\'s data centers.
May 31, 2011 -
A cyber attack from another country could constitute an act of war and warrant military action, according to a Pentagon document.
May 31, 2011 -
The Defense Department and Veteran\'s Affairs have chosen its \"mainline\" interface for their joint e-health record.
May 31, 2011 -
Several outsourcing-friendly provisions made their way into the Defense authorization bill approved by the House of Representatives last week. The bill would lift a moratorium on public-private competitions via the A-76 process in DoD, and expresses the sense of Congress that DoD should insource only those jobs which are inherently governmental.
May 30, 2011