Defense
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Analysts see great risk in the Pentagon\'s 2012 budget proposal, which bets procurement plans on the services\' ability to squeeze billions of dollars from overhead and other spending.
February 23, 2011 -
The Air Force wants to create a whole unit of non-existent identities on social media sites.
February 23, 2011 -
The Navy is alerting servicemembers that operating under continuing resolution funding levels in its manpower and personnel accounts will lead to orders to new duty stations on much shorter notice.
February 23, 2011 -
The military issued its first secure identity card just about 10 years ago and now it\'s a part of the department\'s culture. The Pentagon is looking at how to expand the use of the Common Access Card to include transit benefits and electronic purse capabilities. The card, however, almost didn\'t get past the first pilot.
February 23, 2011 -
The Defense Department\'s procurement chief is asking contractors to submit comments on acquisition practices that increase costs but do not add value to DoD purchases. The request is part of DoD\'s \"Better Buying Initiative.\"
February 22, 2011 -
The Air Force is working to balance today\'s needs and tomorrow\'s challenges while operating under intense fiscal pressures.
February 22, 2011 -
Sharing knowledge is key and both parties are learning a lot from each other\'s knowledge and experience.
February 22, 2011 -
Leaders of the Joint Forces Command in Virginia are planning to meet with contractors this week discuss what the command\'s closure will mean for their businesses. If all goes according to plan, the lights will be turned out at JFCOM for the final time in a little more than a year.
February 22, 2011 -
The Defense Department will cut 209 senior executives, according to a DoD memo sent to The Federal Times. The memo said 126 positions will be eliminated and 83 jobs will be downgraded to GS-15 positions,…
February 21, 2011 -
DoD is trying to figure out how to keep risks that one part of the organization takes from affecting the rest of the military\'s networks. DISA addressing other security goals by adding PKI to secret network.
February 21, 2011 -
Last week the International Monetary Fund cautioned the government on spending. So how bad are federal finances? We ask GAO\'s Jeanette Franzel
February 21, 2011 -
People whose military service was involuntarily extended or whose retirement was suspended between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, have until March 4 to file for retroactive payments of $500 for each month of their extended service under the \"Stop Loss\" policy.
February 21, 2011 -
Is the U.S. considering movement of forces in the Middle East to respond to Iran\'s plans to send two warship through the Suez Canal? A spokesman for Secretary Defense Robert Gates says, \"we do not discuss the future movement of forces. We do have numerous assets in the region that are prepared to respond to contingencies if necessary.\" An Israeli official described the Iranian announcement as a public relations stunt.
February 18, 2011 -
CIA Director Leon Panetta told senators yesterday if the U.S. captures top al-Qaida leaders Osama Bin Laden or Ayman al-Zawahiri, they would likely be sent to the Guantanamo Bay military prison. What does that say about President Obama\'s plan to close Gitmo? White House press secretary Jay Carney said the president remains committed to closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Carney would not speculate on what would happen in the unlikely event Osama Bin Laden were captured alive.
February 18, 2011 -
It may comes as a surprise to some, but the man who helped train the London suicide bomber whose attacks killed 52 people in 2007 has been free for two years. According to court documents Mohammed Junaid Babar, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Pakistan, faced a 70-year prison sentence, but he cooperated with British and U.S. authorities and was released after five years. Some experts say his level of cooperation since his agreement has been extraordinary.
February 18, 2011