Vanessa Guillen

women in the military, online harassment, DoD

Nowhere safe to hide: What online harassment is doing to service members and the military

Social media and text messaging are now a way of life for people in the military — they use the services to keep in contact with friends, for recruiting,…

Defense

U.S. Navy/Rick Naystatt

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 10, 2009) Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Ryan Allshouse uses the intrusion detection system to monitor unclassified network activity from the automated data processing workspace aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). IDS is part of the integrated shipboard network system and serves as an important computer network defense enabler protecting the unclassified shipboard network from cyber attack. (U.S. Navy photo by Rick Naystatt/Released)

Federal union has some ideas on how to address Pentagon workforce shortages

Federal Newscast

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After Fort Hood review, Army adding civilian leadership to criminal investigations

Army

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FILE - In this April 2, 2014, file photo, members of the media wait outside of the Bernie Beck Gate, an entrance to the Fort Hood military base in Fort Hood, Texas. Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money in 10 bank accounts from a couple of U.S. Army veterans in Texas, who they say used personal information stolen from soldiers to defraud the military out of as much as $11 million. In an affidavit filed in court in June 2020 seeking to search the couple's home in Killeen, near Fort Hood, investigators described how they allegedly used a transportation reimbursement program to swindle the Army out of $2.3 million to $11.3 million. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)

Calls to move military sexual assault cases to independent prosecutors reach a boiling point

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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Army changing how sexual harassment is investigated

Army

Senators concerned by military leadership of DoD, but will their votes reflect it?

Defense

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Army fires, disciplines 14 leaders for failed command climate at Fort Hood

Army

14 Fort Hood soldiers fired, suspended over violence at base

Army

Pentagon reports $5B in improper payments to civilian workforce

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Army will now assume soldiers are missing and not AWOL after multiple deaths this summer

Army

White House objects to Senate security clearance reforms

DoD Reporter's Notebook

FILE- In this April 23, 2020, file photo a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak is shown in San Antonio. Compounding the hardships of coronavirus, some nursing homes have demanded that low-income residents turn over their $1,200 economic stimulus checks. On Tuesday, June 9, Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., called on the Health and Human Services inspector general's office to issue a warning to nursing homes and assisted living facilities that such practices are “improper and unlawful.” (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

PRAC details how it plans to monitor coronavirus stimulus funds

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee outlines its roadmap for oversight over the next five years.

Federal Newscast