Defense Department
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There will be slightly less \"video intelligence\' at the Department of Defense from now on.
March 15, 2011 -
Military personnel would not be subject to a furlough in the event of a government shutdown, according to guidance prepared by the Defense Department as a contingency plan. The memo, drafted earlier this month, gives broad overarching guidance to military departments and agencies who would have discretion to determine what activities would and would not be exempted from a shutdown.
March 15, 2011 -
The Defense Department is proposing a rule that requires contractors to display the DoD fraud hotline poster in common work areas.
March 11, 2011 -
Fears that the leak of thousands of State Department memos to the website WikiLeaks would reverse progress on interagency sharing of national security information have not materialized, officials testified Thursday. Agencies have responded by recognizing the need to protect data rather than by hoarding it, they said.
March 11, 2011 -
The Defense Department\'s efficiencies initiative isn\'t just about internal DoD processes, the Army\'s acquisition chief said Wednesday. The service wants its vendors to help find ways to reduce costs and take on risk in the process, he said.
March 10, 2011 -
OFSA conducted a survey to point out which departments and agencies were best using open source technologies.
March 08, 2011 -
The Naval Academy is including cybersecurity courses as part of its core curriculum.
March 08, 2011 -
The Defense Department\'s top technology research official wants to build better bridges with academia and industry - both to conduct present-day studies, and to train the researchers DoD will need in the future.
March 08, 2011 -
The Defense Department is giving the OK for Twitter, Facebook and other social media use within the services.
March 07, 2011 -
The Defense and Energy departments will team up on a pair of multimillion dollar research projects. The goal is to give the military access to secure, reliable renewable energy, both in deployed units and on military bases.
March 07, 2011 -
Tim Ford, CEO of the Association of Defense Communities, joins host Derrick Dortch for a wide-ranging discussion of BRAC and the opportunities available for those who want to get involved in the process. March 4, 2011 (Encore presentation June 17, 2011)
March 04, 2011 -
Terry Halvorsen, who was named the Department of the Navy chief information officer in November, told attendees at a San Diego conference that his organization would seek to build more effective, efficient IT structures by leveraging the size and capabilities of both the Navy and Marine Corps. He also predicted the department\'s IT operation would have to meet its responsibilities with fewer people and fewer resources than it now has.
March 04, 2011 -
Reuter reports EADS is close to conceding its loss of the $35 billion Air Force KC-X tanker award to Boeing.
March 03, 2011 -
Evan Lesser, director of ClearanceJobs.com and Dice Learning, discusses how potential impacts of defense spending cuts in obtaining and retaining skilled workers.
March 03, 2011 -
According to the Pentagon, two soldiers assigned to the Aberdeen Proving Ground have been killed in Afghanistan. Twenty-five-year-old Staff Sgt. Chauncy Mays of Cookville, Texas, and 22-year-old Spc. Christopher Stark of Monett, Mo., died Monday in Wardak province when enemy forces attacked their unit with an improvised explosive device. They were assigned to the 63rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 20th Support Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground.
March 03, 2011