National & World Headlines
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More Iraq and Afghanistan era veterans are finding work in the public sector than ever before.
March 11, 2011 -
The Defense Department is proposing a rule that requires contractors to display the DoD fraud hotline poster in common work areas.
March 11, 2011 -
The Defense Department is reaching out to employers of National Guardsmen and Reservists with a major survey to find out how the past decade of war and the heavy use of Reserve-component forces has affected their civilian workplaces.
March 11, 2011 -
Fears that the leak of thousands of State Department memos to the website WikiLeaks would reverse progress on interagency sharing of national security information have not materialized, officials testified Thursday. Agencies have responded by recognizing the need to protect data rather than by hoarding it, they said.
March 11, 2011 -
Two U.S. C-130s have transported Egyptian refugees from Tunisia to Cairo, Defense Department officials said.
March 10, 2011 -
The Defense Department\'s efficiencies initiative isn\'t just about internal DoD processes, the Army\'s acquisition chief said Wednesday. The service wants its vendors to help find ways to reduce costs and take on risk in the process, he said.
March 10, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has agreed to a plan that will allow for one commander to be in charge of both National Guard and reserve forces when they are called up to respond to domestic emergencies.
March 09, 2011 -
OFSA conducted a survey to point out which departments and agencies were best using open source technologies.
March 08, 2011 -
The Naval Academy is including cybersecurity courses as part of its core curriculum.
March 08, 2011 -
The Army plans to field smart phones that can work under three wireless technologies.
March 08, 2011 -
The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress said Monday. We learn more from Retired Air Force Gen. Lester Lyles, chair of the Military Leadership Diversity Commission.
March 08, 2011 -
The Defense Department\'s top technology research official wants to build better bridges with academia and industry - both to conduct present-day studies, and to train the researchers DoD will need in the future.
March 08, 2011 -
The essions will include a slideshow detailing what has and has not changed.
March 07, 2011 -
The Defense Department is giving the OK for Twitter, Facebook and other social media use within the services.
March 07, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says American military involvement is likely to continue in Afghanistan even after the 2014 end of combat operations. He\'s in Afghanistan for two days to meet with troops, commanders and Afghan officials. Gates says the presence after 2014 will be a small fraction of today and the personnel will be trainers and advisers.
March 07, 2011