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Federal News Radio has compiled a list of important links and resources on the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure.
May 09, 2011 -
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Davi D\'Agostino, Director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues at GAO, discusses the report\'s findings.
May 06, 2011 -
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The stand-down order was made Tuesday but is just now becoming public. It\'s unclear how long the stand down will last.
May 06, 2011 -
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Days after landing a $21 million contract with Agriculture, SAIC has gotten a new contract.
May 06, 2011 -
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Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he supports the administration\'s plan to make it easier to get rid of excess property at civilian agencies.
May 06, 2011 -
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The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Thursday he will include language implementing the Defense Department\'s request to increase insurance fees for military retirees. That position is at odds with the panel\'s subcommittee on military personnel, which on Wednesday unanimously approved language which would prohibit the increase.
May 06, 2011 -
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A House committee cut funding for the project in the 2012 budget by 98 percent.
May 05, 2011 -
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Just how many Defense Department employees will eventually be using a cloud-based e-mail service depends who you ask. Maj. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s vice director, told reporters Tuesday, selling the Navy and Air Force on its cloud-based email system is a matter of when, not if. However, Hawkins admits, “If you [...]
May 05, 2011 -
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The Pentagon has been telling Congress for years it doesn\'t want the F136 alternative engine for the F35 fighter jet, because it costs too much money.
May 05, 2011 -
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Brent Elrod, the national program leader of military and veterans programs at USDA, talked to Federal News Radio about some of the programs that will be offered through the initiative.
May 05, 2011 -
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The alternative engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is getting a new lease on life.
May 05, 2011 -
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The Pentagon will issue new guidance this summer to move the military services away from buying technology in the same way they buy weapons. DoD\'s challenges are similar across the government, according to a new survey of CIOs. TechAmerica finds in their 21st survey of CIOs that technology managers believe acquisition employees need more expertise in buying IT.
May 05, 2011 -
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The burial at sea of terrorist Osama bin Laden raised some eyebrows around the world, but According to the Associated Press, for the U.S. Navy, it\'s a routine exercise. The Navy says it commits to the sea an average of 20 deceased every month - veterans, retirees and other U.S. citizens. Pentagon officials said Monday that bin Laden\'s body was placed in a \"weighted bag.\" An officer made some religious remarks and his body was placed on a flat board and tipped into the sea. The usual Navy burials at sea are similar, though include an honor guard that fires shots into the air and the playing of TAPS. For Americans who request such burials, U.S. vessels take the remains along with them and do the ceremony while the ships are on their scheduled deployments.
May 04, 2011 -
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The Obama administration Wednesday sent lawmakers a proposed bill that would create an independent commission to dispose of thousands of pieces of federal property that agencies have designated as excess. The administration also posted online a map showing the locations of more than 7,000 of the properties.
May 04, 2011
