Defense
Senator Suggests Using War Funds to Pay for Vets Benefits Bill
Overseas contingency operations fund would be tapped to restore $6 billion in pension cuts.
Pay & Benefits
Navy Seeks to Increase Pay for Sailors at Sea
With the possibility of future pay and benefits cuts looming, Navy wants to provide a small stipend raise to boost recruitment.
Nextgov
Pentagon Insists Nuclear Missile Launch Code Was Never '00000000'
Lawmakers asked after media reports last year.
Defense
Five Years After Obama Vowed to Shut It Down, Guantanamo Bay Remains Open
The pace of the push to close the controversial camp has slowed in recent years, and doesn't show signs of picking up.
Nextgov
Battery Modification May Add 27 Years of Life to GPS Fleet
Fix reduces charge rate during solstice.
Defense
Analysis: A Defense of Obama's Afghan-War Ambivalence
Why ordering a surge he wasn't totally confident in could have been a reasonable decision
Nextgov
The Future of the Army: Fewer Soldiers, More Robots, More 'Lethality'
If Google is doing it, DARPA is also doing it, but with more lethality.
Management
Watchdog: Pentagon’s Efficiency Effort Lacks Proper Metrics
Budget crunch constrains Defense’s ability to adequately track project aimed at saving the department $100 billion.
Defense
Iran Got Uninvited from the UN's Syria Peace Talks
Reports say that Secretary of State John Kerry personally lobbied Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to rescind the invitation.
Defense One
Deciphering Obama’s Necessary Message to the Intelligence Community
President Obama’s NSA speech was what the public, and intelligence workers, needed to hear. The president of one intelligence group explains why. By Joseph R. DeTrani
Pay & Benefits
Report: Boosting Military Retiree Health Costs Would Save Billions
Defense now pays $52 billion annually -- about 10 percent of its base budget -- toward health care.
Nextgov
BlackBerrys Will Make Up 98% of Mobile Devices on New Defensewide System
About 80,000 of them and 1,800 Apple and Android phones and tablets will be managed by the system launching Jan. 31.
Management
Obama: NSA Reforms Should Give Americans 'Greater Confidence'
But will they be enough to satisfy critics?
Tech
Obama Plan Would Limit NSA Phone Sweeps
Under proposal, government would no longer retain phone records.
Nextgov
Gates Tells Jon Stewart He 'Failed' on Joint Health Record
Could not overcome turf wars, the former Defense secretary says.
Oversight
Congress Pushes Forward on Security Clearance Reform Bill
Legislation provides more oversight of government and contract investigators.
Management
Federal Contractors Saw Available Work Shrink in 2013
New York Times analysis says awards fell 11 percent.
Defense One
HASC Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon to Retire
The longtime chairman of the House Armed Services Committee will not seek re-election. By Kevin Baron
Tech