Defense Department
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Shay Assad, director of the office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told industry professionals Thursday that DoD would provide them with a clearer picture of what the Pentagon wants when it issues solicitations to industry. Past acquisition processes, he said, had forced vendors to guess what factors DoD thought were truly important.
March 18, 2011 -
Retired Air Force Colonel Chet Richards says DoD has missed the mark in several of its big decisions during recent years. He says defense leaders are making choices that leave people scratching their heads.
March 17, 2011 -
Cadets at West Point are on the cyber-front lines. How are they preparing for these new roles?
March 17, 2011 -
It\'s that time of year again when you have to fill out your March Madness brackets. But not for the basketball tournament -- for the cyber defense contest.
March 17, 2011 -
More U.S. troops who sustain combat-related brain injuries could soon be eligible for the Purple Heart.
March 17, 2011 -
The Defense Department is looking to standardize the procedures its components use in source selection under competitive acquisitions. New DoDwide procedures issued this month will take effect in July.
March 16, 2011 -
The State Department\'s senior adviser for non-proliferation and arms control says Iran is approaching the capability to produce nuclear weapons. Robert Einhorn told the Arms Control Association yesterday in his own words, \"We believe that at a minimum Iran is moving to the threshold of a nuclear weapons capability.\" But he clarified that he was referring to their intentions rather than their actual capabilities. Some have speculated Iran could reach the point where it could produce a nuke this year.
March 16, 2011 -
Iran wants more information from the U.S. on a former FBI agent who vanished in 2007 claiming they would make an attempt to find him. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said last week Washington had seen recent indications that Robert Levinson was being held in southwest Asia and appealed to Iran to help find him, despite past frustration that Tehran had ignored U.S. pleas for information about him.
March 16, 2011 -
Gulf Arab countries have been thinking about imposing a no-fly zone over Libya. That exercise requires more than just a blank declaration preventing Libya government jets from flying. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told Congress in his own words, \"let\'s just call a spade a spade. A no-fly zone begins with an attack on Libya to destroy the air defenses.\" The question that arises now is what are the Arab states willing to do that? The U.S. is said to be thinking about giving weapons to the rebels fighting the Gadhafi regime, but no firm decision has been made.
March 16, 2011 -
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is not happy with the slow pace of using unmanned Predator drone aircraft. They\'ve had great success in Afghanistan, dating back to early 2008. Gates told the Air Force Academy Friday that \"it\'s been like pulling teeth\" to get more of the planes \"because people were stuck in old ways of doing business.\" Gates also clashed with Air Force leadership over production of the top-of-the-line, F-22 Raptor. He said pressure to build more than twice the number budgeted by the Defense Department is a problem.
March 16, 2011 -
Members of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel are studying the Defense Department\'s proposal to increase fees for working-age retirees who use the military\'s TRICARE health insurance benefit. The panel heard, in separate hearings, from DoD officials defending the increase, and retiree groups who fear it is a \"camel\'s nose under the tent.\"
March 16, 2011 -
For the third year in a row, President Barack Obama plays the March Madness game.
March 16, 2011 -
The American Federation of Government Employees said Tuesday it will no longer participate in discussions related to the future status of DoD employees who had been part of the soon-to-be-terminated National Security Personnel System. The labor organization said \"union-busting\" activities by the Air Force were the reason for its decision.
March 16, 2011 -
Former Air Force Chief of Staff on solving the \"people\" challenges at the DoD.
March 15, 2011 -
Reducing pay and benefits of federal civilian employees, military and retirees could save the government $10 billion over five years and $50 billion over 10 years, according to a March report by the Congressional Budget Office.
March 15, 2011