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- OMB reworking financial system requirements to focus on outcomes, not inputs
- Hagel: Accountability breakdown a leading factor in sexual assaults
- PHOTOS: Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal Finalists
- Lew taps government retiree pension fund
- More Obama aides knew of IRS audit; Obama not told
- Former IRS commissioner heads to Hill amid scandal
- Next-gen Apple devices cleared to join Defense IT networks
- In fight over intelligence IT system, Army prioritizes access to data
- DoD upends slow approval process for mobile devices
- Bonuses to senior execs under fire at GSA, other agencies
- VA's Gould moves the needle on many of VA's toughest challenges
- White House wants to root out copycat programs - starting with STEM
- Hagel makes 'difficult choice,' civilian furloughs to begin July 8
Navy removes use of SSN on personnel site
The move is part of a larger transition from SSN use
Navy bans smoking on submarines
Defense.gov reports on the policy to prevent secondhand smoking's effects on other sailors.
DoD IG: Navy failed to review costs from drone contract
The Navy is under fire for not properly reviewing invoices from a contract with Northrop Grumman
DADT repealed -- now what?
Jeremy Johnson, formerly of the Navy, discussed some of the steps the military must take now that DADT will be repealed.
Navy CIO writes first -- and last -- blog post
Navy CIO posts a blog post to let others know this will be the only one.
Navy CIO writes first -- and last -- blog post
Navy CIO posts a blog post to let others know this will be the only one.
Navy activates real-time view of networks
The Navy's Fleet Cyber Command said a lack of real-time visibility into their computer networks is a problem. A new operations center opening this week at Ft. Meade will let technicians see cyber attacks as they are happening.
Navy delays Littoral contract
The Navy has delayed awarding a contract to build 20 Littoral Combat ships.
Navy intel officer accused of leaking classified docs
The Washington Post reports that a Navy intelligence officer is accused of leaking classified documents.
US Navy Memorial website defaced
A hacker broke into the U.S. Navy Memorial website and left a message for the administrator.
Navy chaplain discusses role in the military
Host Derrick T. Dortch talks to Navy Captain Mark Steiner, Chaplain of the Joint Staff at the Pentagon, about his work providing for the spiritual welfare of men and women in the military.
November 26, 2010 (Encore presentation December 3, 2010)
Navy names Halvorsen as new CIO
The Navy has a new chief information officer. Terry Halvorsen received the promotion today from Secretary Ray Mabus.
Navy psychiatrist to head traumatic brain injury center
The Department of Defense announced today the appointment of Navy Capt. Paul S. Hammer, as the director of the Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) in Arlington, Va.
Navy wants to grow sailors' brains with iPhone app
Wired reports that the Navy wants businesses to produce an app that stimulates sailors' minds.
Adm. Greenert: We'll cut programs that aren't working
Troubled weapons programs will fall victim to the budgetary ax as the service tries to spend its money more wisely.
Yemen is still a problem
Yemen has been a trouble spot for more than a decade and explosives have always been the problem and they've always been relatively small. It was in 1998 that the U.S.S. Cole, a Navy Destroyer was attack while in Yemen. 17 sailors were killed and 39 were injured. A small craft approached the port side of the destroyer, and an explosion occurred, leaving a 40-by-40-foot gash in the ship's port side. The toner cartridges with the explosive PETN in them that were discovered aboard planes in the UK and Dubai last week contained only a small amount, but had they gone off, they would've inflicted maximum damage.
Navy asks Congress for both LCS designs
Rival teams from Lockheed Martin and Austal USA have been waiting all year to see which of their designs would be chosen for the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) competition. Now, if the Navy gets permission from the lame-duck Congress, the winner could be: both.
Navy on course to meeting energy conservation on ships
The service has reached an important first milestone in its effort to achieve a key energy conservation goal with last week's test of the first experimental ship to operate using algae-based bio-diesel fuel.
Navy sets course for agile IT development
Across the government, chief information officers are being asked to modernize technology systems more quickly and in smaller, more modular programs -- and for less money. But what happens when your network is on a moving ship?
Cyber workforce cannot be a zero sum game
Agencies and industry are trading employees with specific technology skills, but in the end both need to increase the overall workforce. One expert calls for the professionalization of cybersecurity workers. Agencies are finding new ways to recruit these in-demand employees.
