Some Capitol Hill lawmakers are skeptical of the Defense Department’s cost-saving measures, even as debate about the federal deficit continues to ratchet up ahead of the 2012 budget process. Top Pentagon leaders
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The Defense Department’s Deputy Chief Management Officer Elizabeth McGrath at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association event last Friday, said it’s a new day for defense IT acquisition. DoD will procure
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The new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) isn’t wasting any time in exerting his oversight responsibilities. Following a number of housekeeping procedures last week, the committee
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The Defense Department is now using online virtual reality as an alternative method of treatment for soldiers experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder. According to DoD, soldiers interacting in the virtual world, Second Life, are educated about
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The Defense Department has announced a recent host of civilian personnel changes. David M. Wennergren, who now serves as assistant deputy chief management officer for the defense secretary, will take over as
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Following President Barack Obama’s stamp of approval on plans to close the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va., Defense Department leaders are preparing for the transition. “We hope that the implementation plan
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As the Defense Department continues an arduous process of transitioning more than 220,000 employees from a national security-centric personnel system back into the general pay schedule, the director of the transition said
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The Office of Management and Budget’s IT management reform was the talk of the town last month – at least among federal tech circles. But, as the chatter and the buzz dies
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The Defense Department recently scaled down plans to withhold a percentage of payment if a contractor supplies a deficient business system. The original rule change, which would apply to internal company controls,
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Defense Department employees must be prepared to provide a cost estimate any time they want to use the company credit card, so to speak. According to a DoD memo from Defense Secretary
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