National & World Headlines
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What operating system has the more serious vulnerabilities?
August 30, 2010 -
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Ask any woman who serves in the Armed Forces what she thinks about the uniform that she wears, and she will likely say that she wears it with pride. But once you get beyond that pride, the question then becomes, how does she really feel about that uniform when you have to wear it day in and day out, especially in combat...and it doesn\'t fit just right? Both the Army and the Navy are taking steps to address the uniform concerns of their female members.
August 30, 2010 -
Security is always a concern, but nowhere is it more important than at a place like the Defense Information Systems Agency. Henry Sienkiewicz, chief information officer at DISA and tells us all about how they’re…
August 27, 2010 -
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Long before it hits Congress and reconciliation, your agency\'s budget has to be figured out. In a special panel discussion, Federal News Radio asks DoD\'s Mike McCord and former OMBer Karen Evans to explain how the magic happens.
August 27, 2010 -
Veteran NASA CISO Jerry Davis moves to Veterans Affairs. He joins us for a look back and ahead.
August 27, 2010 -
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DARPA sets out to eliminate internal cyber threats
August 27, 2010 -
Secure wireless communication is in high demand from every agency, and as application and device options explode, so will the demand for wireless networks.
August 27, 2010 -
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Could the DoD budget cuts actually result in...growth?
August 26, 2010 -
The Pentagon\'s primary purchasing agency is steeling itself for the possible impact of large-scale changes to its budget in the weeks and months ahead as DoD prepares the 2012 budget. The Defense Logistics Agency used a recent conference to inform the vendor community about its plans to save money.
August 26, 2010 -
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A failure by Navy air traffic controllers to follow standard procedures contributed to a midair collision that killed seven Coast Guard members and two Marines off Southern California last year, according to a Coast Guard report released Tuesday. The Associated Press says controllers at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, near San Diego, failed to notify the pilot of a Coast Guard C-130 plane that four Marine helicopters were in the area. The Marine flyers were also unaware of the Coast Guard plane\'s presence. The report said there is no single reason or person to blame for the crash on the night of Oct. 29, 2009. It made a series of recommendations to improve safety in the largely unregulated airspace.
August 25, 2010