National & World Headlines
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The best defense against cyber attacks is not a new weapon system but strict human security procedures,
April 06, 2011 -
A Merit Systems Protection Board judge ruled that Adair Martinez was wrongfully fired by the Veterans Affairs Department, and the agency violated her 5th amendment rights.
April 05, 2011 -
Service members in certain prefectures of Japan will receive hardship duty pay effective April 1, Defense Department officials announced.
April 05, 2011 -
The Defense Department will begin taking Social Security numbers off of the ID cards held by DoD employees and retirees. The changes, part of a 2008 SSN reduction plan, will begin in June, officials said.
April 04, 2011 -
Nearly one-third of weapons systems the Defense Department has bought since 1997 are overbudget, and some of them by as much as 50 percent, GAO found.
April 01, 2011 -
The Department of Veterans is moving its electronic health record system to the open source community.
April 01, 2011 -
Federal authorities arrested a man in the Philippines accused of selling an unmanned military surveillance drone on eBay
April 01, 2011 -
Navy Admiral James Winnefeld says the U.S. needs to do more to prepare for natural disasters
April 01, 2011 -
Two separate incidents at Veterans Affairs result in credit protection services for 1,600 vets
April 01, 2011 -
The Defense Department is preparing its first departmentwide strategy on how it uses energy for military operations and what it\'s doing to move to more secure energy sources. Leaders are hopeful that the strategy will be sent to Congress in April.
April 01, 2011 -
The monthly data breach report from the Veterans Affairs shows risks due to human error are not as bad as they could be.
March 31, 2011 -
The U.S.-led air strikes are now under NATO control.
March 31, 2011 -
The DoD is funding research to combat the effects of altitude sickness in warzones. Research Physiologist, Dr. Stephen Muza, explains why.
March 31, 2011 -
A new bill would flatline pay for Defense civilian employees who receive poor performance ratings
March 31, 2011 -
The launch of phase two of the HR University moves the standardization and professionalization of federal human resources workers closer. The CHCO Council wants to expand the number of training courses and the specific types of classes for agencies. The HR University also provides a career path for federal HR workers.
March 31, 2011