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State Department taps Foreign Service veteran to be acting IG
Harold Geisel served as acting IG in 1994 and also has held other senior management jobs at the department.
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Army honors internal inventors
Developers of top technology solutions to be recognized for their work at June 12 ceremony.
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Forward Observer: Our Pricey Military
The country's small, high-paid, all-volunteer force just does not have the staying power to wage long wars.
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Coast Guard reaches milestone in massive equipment modernization project
Commandant Thad Allen talks about the troubled "Deepwater" program now that the service has received its first new long-range cutter in 36 years.
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ADVICE+DISSENT: Intelligence File Fusion Friction
Technology cannot change culture—a lesson we still haven’t learned.
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Newly appointed Afghanistan IG lacks necessary funding
The office exists only on paper, until Congress resolves issues with supplemental war funding requests.
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Marine general lays groundwork for unprecedented change
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff James Cartwright has a record of conceptualizing vast bureaucratic reforms -- and actually accomplishing them.
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From Nextgov.com: Bandwidth shortage threatens Army’s FCS plans
Congress concerned about Future Combat Systems and other programs that could overwhelm network capacity .
Defense
Chinese hackers pose serious danger to U.S. computer networks
Hackers may be responsible for two major U.S. power blackouts.
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House-passed bill would ramp up IED office oversight
A separate but related provision in the bill would place more emphasis on irregular warfare by creating an assistant secretary of Defense post.
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Defense seeks to reprogram funds to cover Army shortfalls
Without supplemental funding, Gates predicts furloughs and suspension of pay.
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From Nextgov.com: Defense boosts bandwidth of global network to meet battlefield needs
Rising demand attributed mostly to satellite and video images from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Homeland Security avoids subpoena by turning over documents
Congressional aides said the department turned over more than 300 documents, including a list of career civil servants who will manage the presidential transition.
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Virginia senator: McCain 'missing the boat' on veterans' benefits bill
Republican presidential hopeful argues that Democrat Jim Webb's amendment to increase education benefits would undermine the military's retention efforts.
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Pentagon issues regulations applying federal labor relations rules to pay system
Changes to the National Security Personnel System are required under a law passed last year.
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Senate gives FDA $265 million in Defense supplemental ’08 funding
Funds would expand agency’s inspections of foreign drug plants and food products, but faces Bush veto.
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Committee accuses DHS of double-counting small business figures
House Homeland Security panel wants greater oversight of how agency disperses its contracting funds.
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House chairman blasts VA move to set up panel on soldier suicides
Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., instead calls for “immediate action” to provide mental health evaluations for discharged service members.
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ICE chief urges lawmakers to tour detention facilities
Julie Myers on Friday defended how her agency treats illegal immigrants being held in facilities across the country.
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