Defense Department
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GAO\'s biannual list includes 30 programs that are in trouble. House and Senate members promise to focus more of their attention on the initiatives most at risk. Members plan to use the model that worked for DoD and personnel security clearances in other problematic areas.
February 17, 2011 -
The government watchdog agency highlights 30 areas that are at-risk of major problems or failure. Auditors added Interior\'s handling of gas and oil resources, but several on-going challenges saw the scope of oversight shrink because of progress agencies have made.
February 16, 2011 -
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said repeatedly over recent weeks that operating the Defense Department under 2010 funding levels represented a \"crisis on my doorstep.\" Several Defense spending critics said the assessment was overblown.
February 16, 2011 -
Calls for reform at the Pentagon are not just coming from the top of the organization. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has outlined a plan to change the way the agency looks and works, but there…
February 15, 2011 -
Continuing to operate at 2010 funding levels under a continuing resolution would be a crisis for the military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. He made the remarks at a briefing detailing DoD\'s proposed budget for 2012.
February 15, 2011 -
A Congressional subcommittee heard testimony from three cybersecurity experts Friday who said the Defense Department should share more information on cyber threats with private network operators. The hearing, which examined DoD\'s role in the nation\'s cyber defense, produced a consensus that the country needs to do more to protect itself from cyber threats, the subcommittee\'s chairman said.
February 14, 2011 -
Christopher Zember, deputy director of the centers, explains how analysts sift through all the data.
February 11, 2011 -
Cordell Hall, program manager and music director for USA EXPRESS, joins host Derrick Dortch for an in-depth look at the Army\'s touring show band. February 11, 2011
February 11, 2011 -
The Federal Acquisitions Regulations Councils have withdrawn their advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to change contractor transparency.
February 10, 2011 -
The Department of Defense is placing civilian federal employees in the Afghan Ministry of Defense. We learn more about it from Defense\'s James Schear.
February 10, 2011 -
Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of the soon to be shuttered Joint Forces Command said Wednesday that the vast majority of jobs lost in JFCOM\'s closure would be contracted positions. Most of the command\'s civilian and uniformed billets will be moved into a newly-created two-star command or transferred to individual military services.
February 09, 2011 -
Joint Chiefs Chair says force resilience should start the first day of basic training.
February 09, 2011 -
The Defense Department wants its information technology projects to be developed in smaller, faster chunks that take no more than 18 months to deploy. One Air Force program executive officer says he\'s already doing it in 12 months.
February 08, 2011 -
Homeland Security Newswire reports that the new program by DARPA allows computers to repair themselves after an attack.
February 07, 2011 -
The government on Friday issued a new 10-year strategy for dealing with the increasingly contested, increasingly congested area of space. The document aims to preserve the U.S. leadership role in space while also building effective international norms.
February 07, 2011