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Can you think like a hacker? That’s the subject of this week’s Federal Security Spotlight, which airs tomorrow at 10 a.m. Host Tom Temin Tom talked to Robert Young, an associate professor specializing in information…
August 19, 2009 -
There are some rather staggering numbers coming out of the war in Iraq. Four thousand soldiers killed in action, more than 34,000 wounded – and only six considered worthy of the nation’s highest military award,…
August 19, 2009 -
Prof. Robert Young National Defense University August 20, 2009
August 18, 2009 -
Many fundamentals are reiterated, while new threats are also identified.
August 13, 2009 -
The Defense Department’s success in using biometrics in Iraq and Afghanistan is inspiring the military to expand the use of identification technologies. DoD has several pilots or plans for tests to use biometrics in non-wartime…
August 05, 2009 -
The U.S. Army has picked two firms -- Clark Energy Group of Bethesda, and Acciona Solar Power of Henderson, Nevada -- to help develop and build the largest solar power array in the Department of Defense. It will be built at Fort Irwin, in California\'s Mojave Desert. When complete, the solar farm will generate 500 megawatts using photovoltaic cells, and solar concentrators, which turns the heat of the sun into electricity.
August 03, 2009 -
He also nominates new CPSC commissioner and chairwoman of Merit Systems Protection Board.
July 31, 2009 -
By Jason Miller Executive Editor FederalNewsRadio Denise Jones, a contract specialist for the Defense Contract Management Agency, is $5,000 richer. The General Services Administration honored Jones today for acquisition excellence by giving her the Ida…
July 29, 2009 -
In 2047, the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Air Force, there\'s a good chance that unmanned aircraft will play a bigger role than ever. Officials say the \"Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan\" recognizes that pilots on the ground still operate the U-A-Vs, as they\'re called. The advantage is that they can fly over fixed positions for long periods of time, something you can\'t do when a human being is in the plane.
July 27, 2009 -
The Defense Logistics Agency is rolling out the blankets and cots, loading up on fuel, and stocking food all in preparation for this year’s hurricane season. Recently, the agency conducted a mock exercise with FEMA…
July 24, 2009 -
Defense Review process called flawed more than six months before release.
July 23, 2009 -
CIO Council to use dashboard to analyze macro trends of why agency technology programs are in trouble. Federal CIO Kundra calls for aggressive focus on project management.
July 22, 2009 -
Aerospace Industries Association looks into policy decisions that affect certain sectors of the defense industrial base.
July 21, 2009 -
Agency CIO says he will add one-page summary for each of the temporarily stopped programs.
July 20, 2009 -
What happens when the Defense Department makes decisions that the defense industry can’t support? That’s the topic of a new study from the Aerospace Industries Association. Fred Downey is the Vice President of National Security…
July 20, 2009