Defense Department
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal loses his job after remarks to freelance reporter that reflected poorly on his civilian superiors.
June 23, 2010 -
More and more cases of fraud and corruption by troops and contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan are being investigated. The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, brings us up to speed.
June 23, 2010 -
Cyber coordinator Schmidt says the administration will issue a draft national strategy for secure online transactions by Friday. The goal is to make identity management easy to use, secure and interoperable to conduct business with the government and the private sector. Schmidt says transactions are key to everything the White House wants to do.
June 23, 2010 -
An organization representing companies that sell to the federal government is worried about newly approved provisions of the Defense Appropriation Bills now pending in the House and Senate. The Professional Services Council is worried that the provisions could cause more harm than good to contractors, and in some cases, were approved without the benefit of rigorous debate on their potential to affect the contracting community.
June 22, 2010 -
Toy Story 3 opened… big… great reviews… and a big box office. What does that have to do with government? But did you know that the technology that spurred the creation of Pixar was funded…
June 21, 2010 -
The Air Force plans to save millions of dollars by changing the rate plans for thousands of its cell phone accounts.
June 16, 2010 -
Federal emergency responders can expect prompt and well-rehearsed reaction from the Defense Logistics Agency when providing disaster relief during this year\'s hurricane season, which runs June 1 through Nov. 30. DLA\'s Aaron Geduldig explains.
June 15, 2010 -
Bug hunter discovers serious Windows XP flaw
June 15, 2010 -
Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the new Defense Department\'s Cyber Command, says the military needs to bolster its ability to see and understand what\'s happening across its many computer networks in real-time.
June 15, 2010 -
Determining the language you\'ll use to work together is step one, says MHS CIO Chuck Campbell.
June 14, 2010 -
We get analysis from Washington Business Journal Sarah Krouse.
June 14, 2010 -
A recent GAO report looked at agencies\' policies for choosing the locations of conferences and found that cost was the number one factor when it came to planning. Details from GAO\'s Lorelei St. James.
June 14, 2010 -
Defense Health Information Management System\'s program manager says e-health records are saving lives and making soldiers safer. The information also is giving commanders more data on soldiers to help stave off health problems.
June 14, 2010 -
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In reflecting on lessons learned, what was perhaps the most striking observation was the commonality of the responses from our allies, who came from varied nationalities, ranks, specialties, and experiences, says Peter Singer with Brookings.
June 11, 2010