National & World Headlines
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There\'s a new, FREE smart phone mobile application that makes it easier for servicemembers and veterans to track their emotional health after deployments. e got the story from the Army\'s Dr. Robert Ciulla.
November 11, 2010 -
Effective immediately, DCAA will accept contracting officers\' requests for audit assistance only for fixed-price proposals of more than $10 million and cost-type proposals worth more than $100 million. Tom Temin and Amy Morris explain.
November 11, 2010 -
A new film explores combat stress from the Civil War to today.
November 11, 2010 -
Veterans Day is the day set aside to thank and honor ALL those who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime. VA Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth joins us with details.
November 11, 2010 -
Agency CIOs are under pressure to move to the new network protocol over the next two years. Technology officials can look to the Defense Research and Engineering Network for some important lessons learned. DREN has successfully made the transition to IPv6.
November 11, 2010 -
The VA\'s VistA health IT system could be national model, said James Herbsleb, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, in an interview with the DorobekINSIDER.
November 10, 2010 -
More than 60 years after world war two, Germany is still very sensitve how it deploys it\'s troops in foreign countries. The government has announced it will extend three military deployments including its contribution to an EU naval force tracking pirates off Somalia. Germany has more than 300 troops participating in the anti-piracy force. There are 120 soldiers to Bosnia, and it\'s considering sending a ship with 220 soldiers to take part in NATO\'s Active Endeavour operation patrolling in the Mediterranean. Germany also has 4,900 troops in Afghanistan.
November 10, 2010 -
Missile launches off the coast of California are commonplace --but this one was a mystery. Military officials said early on it didn\'t represent a threat to the United States. They also said it was not a launch by a foreign power. The video captured by a news helicopter showed an object shooting across the sky and leaving a large vapor trail. DoD said it wasn\'t involved, and that it might have been created by something flown by a private company. Which could lead to big trouble for that company.
November 10, 2010 -
Agency CIO Baker said moving the electronic health system to open source would let VA to more easily and more quickly use software developed outside of the department. VA\'s decision comes after an industry panel recommended 10 ways to fix VistA.
November 10, 2010 -
Troubled weapons programs will fall victim to the budgetary ax as the service tries to spend its money more wisely.
November 10, 2010 -
Brenda Farrell, director of Defense Capabilities and Management Issues at GAO, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss GAO\'s recommendations for DoD\'s senior staff assessment process.
November 10, 2010 -
The Washington Post reports on what the administration\'s top officials are doing to mark Veterans Day.
November 10, 2010 -
Basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, now includes two sections on being a good \"cyber wingman\" and taking care of the network, and the Air Force Academy now offers a cybersecurity major.
November 10, 2010 -
The Pentagon said Tuesday it did not know what created a vapor trail that crossed the skies off the Southern California coast and resembled a missile launch.
November 10, 2010 -
DoD awards program generating ideas that military is turning into cost savings and efficiency.
November 09, 2010