Defense

  • Medical Foster Home is a type of Community Residential Care home chosen by the Veteran who is unable to live independently, as a preferred means to receive family-style living with room, board, and personal care. Director of the Medical Foster Home program, Dr. Thomas Edes, explains how it all works.

    April 28, 2010
  • New rule could change how vendors do business with DoD.

    April 27, 2010
  • Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative (TMTI) was pioneered by The Department of Defense to better prepare and protect the warfighter and the nation from emerging, genetically engineered, and unknown biothreat agents. Director David Hough gives us details on how that\'s done.

    April 27, 2010
  • Koobface is back, Air Force apologizes for \'Transformers 3\' phishing scam

    April 27, 2010
  • Technology has become crucial for and in federal recruiting of the disabled. Dinah Cohen, director of the Computer and Electronics Accommodations Program at Defense explains.

    April 26, 2010
  • Franklin Graham says the Army has withdrawn an invitation for him to appear at a special Pentagon prayer service. The Christian evangelist said he regrets the Army\'s decision but not stop praying for the troops. Graham, the son of legendary evangelist Billy Graham, has described Islam as evil in the past. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation raised the objection to the appearance, citing Graham\'s past remarks about Islam.

    April 22, 2010
  • Officials with the Veterans Administration admit there\'s a well-documented need to better train its IT workers.

    April 22, 2010
  • EADS North America has announced that it plans to bid on the U.S. Air Force\'s tanker modernization program. Sean O\'Keefe, CEO of EADS North America, explains how the company plans to win.

    April 22, 2010
  • New White House guidance calls for agencies to submit data feeds to OMB\'s Cyberscope tool. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra hopes the information will give agencies a better idea of vulnerabilities and threats to computer networks. Agencies may have to shift money away from traditional reports to upgrade systems to meet new FISMA requirements.

    April 22, 2010
  • Six years ago all sorts of people were fighting to prevent the National Security Personnel System from being implemented. Now, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey notes some people are saying that it worked well and is being buried prematurely.

    April 22, 2010
  • The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan wants to know how the Army is doing in administering services contracts.

    April 21, 2010
  • WFED\'s Max Cacas reports.

    April 21, 2010
  • The House Armed Services Committee has given unanimous approval to a bill that would mandate sweeping reforms of the Pentagon\'s non-weapons system contracting and acquisitions programs. The bill, HR 5013, enjoys broad bi-partisan support and is being fast-tracked for a possible vote as early as next week.

    April 21, 2010
  • The Navy may be changing its name soon from the Department of the Navy to the Department of the Navy and the Marine Corps. Jodi Schneider, Senior Editor in the Washington Bureau of the American Banker, has details on this an what else is moving on the Hill.

    April 21, 2010
  • Building a TSP account worth a million dollars or more is not rocket science according to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey. He\'s got the three-step formula which he outlines in today\'s column.

    April 21, 2010