National & World Headlines
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Insourcing versus outsourcing - the debate continues. David Berteau is Senior Adviser and Director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, Center for Strategic and International Studies and he joins Francis Rose in today\'s DoD Report.
May 17, 2011 -
Agency CIO Roger Baker said a new initiative will try to pare down the number of software packages employees use by 95 percent. The Ruthless Shutdown Project, is getting underway to address the proliferation of applications that is costing VA hundreds of thousands of dollars.
May 17, 2011 -
This is \"going to be a great weekend to be an American,\" Lt. Col. John Klatt told Federal News Radio. We get the inside scoop about this weekend\'s air show at Andrews Air Force Base, including a really fast jet-truck.
May 17, 2011 -
Civilian Pentagon whistleblowers need protection. It\'s the job of Daniel Meyer the director of whistleblowing and transparency at the Department of Defense\'s Office of the Inspector General.
May 16, 2011 -
Aargh! The Navy will deploy a new breed of fighters to combat Somali pirates: internet-gamers.
May 16, 2011 -
The Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney\'s Military Engines division a modification to nearly one billion dollars in contracts for F-35 Joint Strike Force fighter engines.
May 16, 2011 -
Census and DISA are losing the hardwires in favor of mobility.
May 16, 2011 -
Ft. Monmouth Garrison Manager George Fitzmaier explains how his base is pulling it off.
May 13, 2011 -
Kate Kelly, chief the BRAC office for the command, discussed how planning started the moment Materiel Command found out it would be relocating to the Redstone Arsenal.
May 13, 2011 -
Carolyn Stoneburner was 17 years old, fresh out of high school, when she started working as a secretary at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
May 13, 2011 -
Because of mandates requiring new DoD buildings to meet minimum requirements for environmental design, tens of thousands of Defense employees are making moves from older, energy inefficient buildings into greener ones.
May 13, 2011 -
Debra Edmond, Special Assistant for Civilian Personnel at the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical, explains what it takes to move an entire hospital.
May 12, 2011 -
The closures of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center brings big changes for wounded warriors, military members and their families - and big money for making those changes work.
May 12, 2011 -
Congress is considering a proposal to establish an independent commission to sift through more than 12,000 excess federal properties and streamline the process of either selling or demolishing them. We get details from Representative Jeff Denham (R-Ca.).
May 12, 2011 -
Congress is considering a proposal to establish an independent commission to sift through more than 12,000 excess federal properties and streamline the process of either selling or demolishing them. We get details from Representative Jeff Denham (R-Ca.).
May 12, 2011