National & World Headlines
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After the Office of Special Counsel intervened on their behalf, two federal whistleblowers won a 45-day stay on personnel actions taken against them.
October 14, 2011 -
IBM has won a contract to create a machine that can hear and speak in many languages. The $6.5 million contract came from the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency.
October 14, 2011 -
Rep. Jeff Denham, who is sponsoring a proposal that would create a civilian BRAC-style process for federal buildings, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss the proposal.
October 14, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants the department to have at least part of its books ready for audit well in advance of the Congressionally-mandated 2017 deadline. The edict could prove challenging for some components of DoD.
October 14, 2011 -
The plaintiffs are also asking TRICARE to give free credit monitoring services to all 4.9 million beneficiaries.
October 13, 2011 -
Washington lawyer Steve Ryan joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris and said government tends to stay on on top of wrongdoing by errant contractors.
October 13, 2011 -
The Army plans to release technical standards for its IT systems next year, in a process that leaders say will give greater predictability to industry. For the Army, the benefit will be an enterprise network that lets it quickly integrate new technologies as they come to market.
October 13, 2011 -
Executive Director Mike Perry describes the center\'s mission.
October 12, 2011 -
In this week\'s \"Pentagon Solutions,\" host Francis Rose brings highlights from the House Armed Services Committee Panel on Defense Financial Management and Auditability Reform hearing, \"Is the Financial Management Workforce Positioned to Achieve DOD\'s Financial Improvement Goals?\"
October 12, 2011 -
The Lebanon Medical Center in Pennsylvania is using a new dashboard to measure how it\'s implementing sustainability efforts. VA expects to save or avoid about $178,000 in the first year of the portal\'s use at the facility.
October 11, 2011 -
The Office of Special Counsel is seeking to halt adverse personnel actions against two federal whistleblowers. Both employees were placed on unpaid administrative leave after they blew the whistle at their agencies.
October 11, 2011 -
In the face of suggestions that the military of the future will rely more on air and sea power than ground forces, Army leaders say such arguments were wrong in the past and are wrong now.
October 11, 2011 -
When President Barack Obama awarded the nation\'s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, to Army Ranger Sfc.Leroy Arthur Petry, he became only the second living, active-duty service member to receive the honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan.
October 10, 2011 -
The Maritime Administration\'s mission is to improve and strengthen the U.S. marine transportation system to meet the economic, environmental and security needs of the Nation.
October 10, 2011 -
Retired Maj. Gen James Snyder, the assistant chief of the Army Reserves, discussed the challenges for reserves as they withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan and return to civilian life. Snyder spoke from the Association of the U.S. Army 2011 conference.
October 10, 2011