National & World Headlines
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Some of the budget cutting ideas like pay cuts and freezes, furloughs and cutbacks are \"just crazy\" according to a federal employee union official.
January 07, 2011 -
The Obama administration has ramped up its secret war on terror groups with a new military targeting center to oversee the growing use of special operations strikes against suspected militants in hot spots around the world.
January 07, 2011 -
DoD is expanding the use of demilitarized zones to improve security of its unclassified network. Over the next two years, DISA require all service applications to go through these buffer zones.
January 07, 2011 -
DISA\'s Tony Montemarano said the agency wants to use more performance based contracts to better manage contractors.
January 07, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that the Pentagon will reduce costs by raising health care premiums of working-age military retirees.
January 07, 2011 -
GAO\'s Michael Sullivans explains the recommendations for the Defense Department to improve oversight of its power source investments.
January 06, 2011 -
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WFED\'s Jason Miller and Jared Serbu give details on stories they are working on.
January 06, 2011 -
Fifteen contract laboratory workers are being laid off at Fort Detrick because of budget cuts at the Department of Homeland Security, AP reports.
January 06, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates was expected to spend the morning detailing for members of Congress his internal cost-cutting measures, which he said in August would save the department $100 billion over five years. Analysts said the effort was intended to preempt any budget cuts that Congress might force on the department.
January 06, 2011 -
The Army\'s largest post saw a record number of soldiers kill themselves in 2010 despite a mental health effort aimed at reversing the trend.
January 06, 2011 -
Camelina biofuel has broken the sound barrier. Tom Hicks, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy tells us why that\'s important.
January 05, 2011 -
A new program covering the dependents of TRICARE beneficiaries up to age 26 will not be ready for a formal roll-out for several more months, but one of the program\'s top officials said they intend to make the new coverage retroactive to Jan. 1.
January 04, 2011 -
A ten percent DoD budget cut can be done, says Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O\'Hanlon.
January 04, 2011 -
Small Wars Journal\'s Robert Haddick outlines the top three resolutions he has suggested for the Defense Department.
January 04, 2011