National & World Headlines
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The Hill reports on the Air Force Chief of Staff\'s strong comments to the contracting community.
February 10, 2011 -
The Department of Defense is placing civilian federal employees in the Afghan Ministry of Defense. We learn more about it from Defense\'s James Schear.
February 10, 2011 -
A new VA support line and website for caregivers of veterans launches, marking the beginning of benefits approved under the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act.
February 10, 2011 -
Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of the soon to be shuttered Joint Forces Command said Wednesday that the vast majority of jobs lost in JFCOM\'s closure would be contracted positions. Most of the command\'s civilian and uniformed billets will be moved into a newly-created two-star command or transferred to individual military services.
February 09, 2011 -
Joint Chiefs Chair says force resilience should start the first day of basic training.
February 09, 2011 -
Although a mere fraction of the troops are dedicated to Civil Affairs, they have been deployed without proper training and equipment to hostile territory to carry out heroic efforts against difficult odds and they are killed far out of proportion to their numbers, a Center for Public Integrity investigation found. We get details from the Center\'s Barbara Slavin.
February 09, 2011 -
DCAA has added 500 employees over the last two years but is conducting fewer, though higher quality, audits each year. Director Patrick Fitzgerald explains the thinking behind a new framework.
February 09, 2011 -
Four projects will use innovative new technologies in VA facilities to improve the quality of patient care for Veterans. VA\'s Jonah Czerwinski explains.
February 09, 2011 -
Medal of Honor recipient and Iowa native Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta will end his Army career in June and move to Colorado to pursue his education, a military spokesman said Tuesday.
February 09, 2011 -
AFGE members marched on Capitol Hill to put a face on the federal workforce. They want to correct the misperception that government workers are to blame for the deficit and gridlock in Washington.
February 09, 2011 -
The Defense Department wants its information technology projects to be developed in smaller, faster chunks that take no more than 18 months to deploy. One Air Force program executive officer says he\'s already doing it in 12 months.
February 08, 2011 -
The Air Force initially issued guidance that anyone accessing WikiLeaks is violating the Espionage Act. The department has since backed off from that statement.
February 08, 2011 -
The old refueling tankers the Air Force still uses aren’t just outdated but also waste millions of gallons of fuel – and millions of defense dollars. General Duncan McNabb, in charge of the U.S. Transportation…
February 08, 2011 -
Military Times reports that defense and veterans programs may get funding cuts in the upcoming budget battle.
February 08, 2011 -
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February 08, 2011