Defense Department
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The Government Accountability Office is looking at the progress the Pentagon is making.
September 29, 2011 -
DoD\'s Family Advocacy Program works with military couples and families to show them how to build healthier relationships.
September 29, 2011 -
The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan is going dark.The Congressionally-chartered commission will shut down at the close of business Friday after three years, 25 hearings and eight reports to Congress.
September 29, 2011 -
The Defense Department\'s new strategic management plan includes changes to the department\'s previous business goals, as well as new areas DoD plans to focus on in the coming year.
September 29, 2011 -
Like every agency, the Defense Department has to help the government reduce its IT footprint. But unlike most agencies, it has more than a decade of data center consolidation experience to lean on. Space dedicated to servers in the Pentagon has come down from 45,000 to 15,000 square feet over the past 15 years, officials said.
September 28, 2011 -
The outgoing chief of staff for U.S. Cyber Command said recently the military\'s professional cyber corps has strong, diverse capabilities.
September 28, 2011 -
Todd Harrison, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss how deficit-reduction proposals would affect military recruiting.
September 27, 2011 -
The National Geospatial Agency formally opened its headquarters Monday. Its $1.7 billion facility is the third largest in the national capital region.
September 27, 2011 -
The Air Force says it is nearly ready to turn air traffic control in Iraq over to Iraqis as part of Operation New Dawn.
September 26, 2011 -
The U.S. is beefing up security at the Guantanamo war crimes court as it prepares for another round of tribunals.
September 23, 2011 -
Three senators say the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill needs tougher oversight after new figures show a quarter of the program\'s funds went to just eight companies that run for-profit colleges.
September 23, 2011 -
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn is asking Defense Department workers to unite for charitable giving with the start of the Combined Federal Campaign.
September 22, 2011 -
The Air Force is planning to make payments to civilian employees to encourage them to leave the federal payroll, in addition to offers of early retirement. The service is trying to get to the level of civilian employment authorized under DoD\'s civilian hiring freeze, which mandates the department maintain its non-uniformed workforce at fiscal 2010 levels.
September 22, 2011 -
The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved, by a voice vote, the nomination of Ashton Carter to be deputy secretary of defense.
September 21, 2011 -
Berry said he thinks feds will continue to donate at high levels in future drives, despite a two-year pay freeze and other proposals that could cut their pay and benefits
September 21, 2011