Defense Department
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Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-Va.) joined WTOP\'s Ask the Governor to discuss why he believes DoD should not close the Joint Forces Command in his state.
November 30, 2010 -
The Army Times received more than 70 e-mails from active-duty, civilian and retired users. Almost all of them expressed some dissatisfaction with the site.
November 29, 2010 -
The Center for Defense Information\'s Winslow Wheeler compares how the deficit reduction plans handle defense spending and financial management reform.
November 29, 2010 -
milTube is the Pentagon\'s latest social media offering. It\'s like YouTube but only members of the military can access it. Justin Filler is the deputy director of MilTech Solutions. He tells us how and why the site was created.
November 29, 2010 -
In the wake of the WikiLeaks release, the Pentagon is taking steps to better secure its information. Gordon Lubold, a reporter for Politico, brings us the details.
November 29, 2010 -
Federal offices face a public health scourge spreading across the nation: bedbugs. Five agencies have joined forces to form the Federal Bed Bug Workgroup, which works to educate on and control the spread of bed bugs. The EPA\'s director of Office of Pesticide Programs tells us about findings of the first National Bed Bug Summit.
November 29, 2010 -
Host Derrick T. Dortch talks to Navy Captain Mark Steiner, Chaplain of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, about his work providing for the spiritual welfare of men and women in the military. November 26, 2010 (Encore presentation December 3, 2010)
November 26, 2010 -
Under secretary Carter issued a new memo requiring the use of a new methodology for all business applications worth more than $1 million. DoD has more than 156 systems that meet that requirement.
November 24, 2010 -
A very curt message for Defense Secretary Robert Gates yesterday. Bolivian President Evo Morales said Latin American nations will pick their own friends and business partners, including Iran, regardless of U.S. opinion. The remarks came during a welcome ceremony for delegates at a regional defense conference Morales never mentioned Gates. But observers say most of the speech, and all of the applause lines, obviously aimed at Gates.
November 22, 2010 -
The Navy has a new chief information officer. Terry Halvorsen received the promotion today from Secretary Ray Mabus.
November 22, 2010 -
The National Trust for Historic Preservation sues to turn DoD\'s plans for a firing range on Guam over. The trust\'s Brian Turner explains what\'s at stake.
November 19, 2010 -
The Department of Defense announced today the appointment of Navy Capt. Paul S. Hammer, as the director of the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) in Arlington, Va.
November 19, 2010 -
Turning innovation, research and development into products you can actually use. It can be challenging, and not only for government. The Defense Department has been working on this commercialization for years. The Government Accountability Office…
November 18, 2010 -
The Defense authorization bill has been on the Senate calendar, and off the Senate calendar. Now it\'s on again. The Senate majority leader is now promising to bring a 2011 defense authorization bill to the floor for a vote.
November 18, 2010 -
This week on Federal Security Spotlight host Tom Temin talks to Riley Repko, the senior advisor for cybersecurity to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Requirements at the Air Force. November 18, 2010
November 18, 2010