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GAO finds limited burrowing during Bush years

Auditors looked at 117 employee conversations to career positions from political ones and found most followed the rules. OPM is reviewing five of the seven that GAO determined to be improper.

Tags: management , GAO , OPM , VA , DoJ , Marshals Service , Office of Special Counsel , burrowing , political position conversions , Rachel Stevens

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Air Force saves cash by changing cell phone rate plans

The Air Force plans to save millions of dollars by changing the rate plans for thousands of its cell phone accounts.

Tags: Peter Orszag , OMB , cell phones , rate plans , DoD , Rachel Stevens

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HP to build cyber system for Air Force

After Google hack, warnings pop up in SEC filings

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , HP , contracting , Google , Intel , Symantec , Northrop Grumman

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Satellite Launch Begins New Era of Explosion Monitoring

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has announced the deployment of a satellite that heralds the beginning of a new era of space-based nuclear explosion monitoring. On May 27th, the U.S. Air Force successfully launched the first I-I-F series of satellites, carrying improved nuclear detonation detection instruments built by Sandia National Labs and Los Alamos National Laboratory for the N-N-S-A. Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator Ken Baker says the deployment of the new instruments will significantly improve the agency's ability to detect atmospheric, or space-based, nuclear explosions and verify compliance with nuclear test ban treaties. The sensors are being integrated on to Air Force GPS satellites, thus the entire planet is monitored continuously for tell-tale signs of treaty violation.

Tags: technology , Meeting Mission Goals Through Technology , NNSA , Ken Baker , Scott Carr

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Pilot error likely in combat crash

Pilot error is likely to blame for the first crash of a CV-22 Osprey in a combat zone, WTOP has learned.

Tags: Jamie McIntyre , Osprey , CV-22 , V-22 , Afghanistan ,

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Facebook fixing forgery bug

Cybersecurity bill leans on buying power, cyber warrior ranks swell

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Security update , cybersecurity , Facebook , Joe Lieberman , contracting , technology , digital warriors

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OMB seeks comments on FISMA metrics

GPS glitch hit some military systems in January.

Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , OMB ,

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How to fight through a digital meltdown

How would the military carry on in the event that an enemy manages to meltdown the DoD's digital information infrastructure? We get thoughts from Air Force Major General Kevin Kennedy, Director for Joint Capability Development (J8), U.S. Joint Forces Command.

Tags: Federal Drive , cybersecurity , DoD , Kevin Kennedy , AFCEA , security , Suzanne Kubota

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McAfee offers refunds after bad update

Koobface is back, Air Force apologizes for 'Transformers 3' phishing scam

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Koobface , McAfee , Transformers 3

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HReinvented: Why NSPS didn't work

In our ongoing series, HReinvented, Ruby Butler DeMesme, Director of Human Capital Innovative Market Strategy for Deloitte and a former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force tells us why she believes one of the most infamous pay-for-performance systems, the National Security Personnel System, didn't work out as planned.

Tags: HReinvented , NSPS , pay for performance , Ruby Butler DeMesme , Defense , Deloitte

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