National & World Headlines
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TSA is offering targeted early retirements, but certain mission-critical employees cannot apply. NGA is offering 150 buyouts.
January 13, 2012 -
The American Association for the Advancement of Science says agencies are shelling out almost two billion dollars LESS this fiscal year — most of it because of defense cuts.
January 13, 2012 -
John Streufert will become the new director of the National Cybersecurity Division. He comes to DHS after spending more than five years as the State Department\'s chief information security officer. Additionally, Rear Adm. Michael Brown retires today.
January 13, 2012 -
This month the National Institutes of Health created the new National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to bridge the gap between scientific research and usable drugs or medical devices.
January 13, 2012 -
The Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould issued an order in April 2010 that prohibited drug use, applying to all Academy cadets, cadet candidates and military members attached to the Academy, according a the Air Force website.
January 13, 2012 -
The Air Force plans to host its first Software Development Forum in Colorado Springs, Colo. next month. The forum is intended to provide program managers, application owners, developers and industry personnel with a central resource and community.
January 12, 2012 -
The Air Force has targeted an additional 4,500 civilian positions for elimination as it completes a broad restructuring of its civilian workforce. The latest reductions follow a rebalancing in November, which saw 9,000 positions marked for elimination and a second wave of buyouts announced Jan. 3.
January 11, 2012 -
Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Dunn, president and CEO of the Air Force Association, discussed the Air Force\'s purported plans to scale back on In Depth with Francis Rose.
January 11, 2012 -
Rebecca Grant, the president of IRIS Independent Research and the director of the General William Mitchell Institute for Airpower Studies, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss whether the cuts in DoD\'s new strategic plan are reversible.
January 11, 2012 -
The Air Force and EPA signed a memorandum of understanding last month to conduct environmental footprint analyses on Air Force installations in the Pacific Southwest Region.
January 11, 2012 -
The Air Force has announced Lt. Gen. Bill Lord, will retire as the service\'s chief information officer at the end of July. Taking over for Lord, who was named chief of warfighting integration and the chief information officer in July 2009, will be Lt. Gen. Michael Basla.
January 10, 2012 -
An analysis by the American Association for the Advancement of Science found the 2012 budget for research and development will make investments into energy and environment research and cut R&D at the Defense Department and NASA.
January 10, 2012 -
Roger Waldron, the president of the Coalition for Government Procurement, said the members of his group, which include many of the largest players in the industry, are already preparing for how they'll shift gears. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss how the new strategy affects the contracting sphere.
January 09, 2012 -
The Joint Authorization Board releases specific requirements around each of the security controls for FedRAMP for systems needing low and moderate security levels. GSA and IAC will hold an industry day Wednesday.
January 09, 2012 -
A long-range stealth bomber may be the only major new program in the foreseeable future given the $490 billion the Pentagon must cut from it\'s budget over the next decade. The \"optionally manned\" aircraft will be first new bomber design since Northrop Grumman\'s B-2 nearly 30 years ago.
January 09, 2012