Defense Department
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The U.S. Joint Forces Command, which will be formally disestablished later this year as part of Defense Secretary Robert Gates\' efficiency initiative, had several of its functions transferred to other DoD components on Tuesday. The Pentagon said the realignment would preserve critical capabilities and place them in other branches of the department\'s organizational chart.
May 03, 2011 -
Federal News Radio\'s Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Mark Amtower for a wide-ranging discussion of how the nation\'s cybersecurity efforts have changed over the years. May 2, 2011 (Encore presentation May 9, 2011)
May 02, 2011 -
The Deputy commander of Navy Fleet cyber command Rear Admiral Bill Leigher explains the significance of this realignment.
May 02, 2011 -
Information sharing has come a long way since Sept. 11, 2001. This interagency collaboration will be key to military successes, especially as the Defense Department prepares for massive spending cuts.
May 02, 2011 -
Jim McAleese is a defense contracting expert and founder of McAleese and Associates. He talked with Federal News Radio about how bin Laden has affected our national debt and how his death is being received by government defense contractors.
May 02, 2011 -
The Army will open its next Apps for Army challenge to industry and the public, officials said Friday. The process is focused on developing capabilities that are not dependent on any particular platform.
May 02, 2011 -
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The Army is working on another \"Apps for the Army\" content, this time opening it up to the public and industry.
April 29, 2011 -
To give insight on what military bloggers can and can\'t do is milblogger and retired Senior Master Sergeant Rex Temple of the Air Force.
April 29, 2011 -
Thirteen lawmakers sent a letter to DoD urging greater efforts to eliminate improper payments.
April 29, 2011 -
The Defense Department is creating identity and access management tools as an enterprise service across the department. One possible way ahead, leaders say, is a single authoritative digital identity system the Defense Information Systems Agency created to support the Army\'s move to enterprise email.
April 29, 2011 -
Federal News Radio hears about the drawdown process and how the military is working to achieve its goals and deadlines from Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan.
April 29, 2011 -
President Barack Obama says the changes to his national security team are meant for guidance \"through the difficult days ahead.\" CSIS\'s Anthony Cordesman takes a look at the new team and what they face.
April 29, 2011 -
In Depth host Francis Rose gets analysis of the changes from Travis Sharp, research associate at the Center for a New American Security, and Danielle Pletka, vice president on Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
April 28, 2011 -
The Defense Department lacks details for how it will evaluate its 226,000 civilian employees after they transition from the merit-based National Security Personnel System to the General Schedule by the end of this year.
April 28, 2011