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Air Force report falls short in fighting sexual assaults, victim advocate says

Jennifer Norris, a victim advocate at the Military Rape Crisis Center in Maine, said the Air Force report released Wednesday investigating the widespread scandal at Lackland Air Base made recommendations but didn't address the military culture that allowed the sexual assaults to occur.

Tags: Jennifer Norris , Military Rape Crisis Center , DoD , Lackland Air Force base , sexual assaults , Federal Drive , workforce , Michael OConnell , Edward Rice

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Air Force scandal prompts changes at training base

Tags: Lackland Air Force base , DoD , sexual assault , Christopher Smith , DoD Report , Federal Drive

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'Careless' budget cut threatens critical debris tracking system, Air Force space chief says

Gen. William Shelton says some costs for space activities are unsustainable and the service is working to bring them down. But he implored "congressional teammates" not to cut funding for programs that are working.

Tags: Congress , William Shelton , budget , DoD budget , space , Space Defense Operations Center , Joint Space Operations Management System , Jared Serbu

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New standards to tame how the Air Force develops IT systems

Lt. Gen. Michael Basla, the Air Force CIO, said the three baselines will be delivered to the acquirers in the functional areas who operate the systems. They will use them to understand the IT environment in which their capabilities will exist.(Encore presentation November 8, 2012)

Tags: Michael Basla , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller , technology , AFNet migration , budget , cloud computing

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Federal Drive interviews - Oct. 26

How would the Pentagon change under Mitt Romney? And what would President Obama do to the Defense Department in a second term? Federal Drives talks to advisers to the two candidates about the different approaches to national security.

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD , cybersecurity , technology , Michele Flournoy , Dov Zakheim , BethAnn Telford , Ironman , John Michel ,

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Air Force looks to revamp its definition of cyberspace

Current definitions of cyberspace have led to confusion about roles, responsibilities, lanes in the road, a top Air Force general said Thursday. Senior leaders will convene a summit in November to zero-in on a common understanding of cyber.

Tags: DoD , technology , cybersecurity , workforce , acquisition , Michael Basla , William Shelton , Jared Serbu

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Air Force wrestling with how best to define an IT 'enterprise'

As service transitions to Air Force and DoD enterprise IT models, defining what technology services should be shared is still on the to-do list. The service's AFNet program is the umbrella effort to centrally-manage many commodity IT functions.

Tags: DoD , enterprise services , technology , Essye Miller , Frank Konieczny , David Uhrich , Jared Serbu , AFCEA DC

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Federal Drive interviews - Oct. 3, 2012

GSA's Dorothy Robyn discusses new green initiatives being tested on federal facilities. And the president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is urging a new approach to how the federal government predicts weather.

Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Bogdan , University Corporation for Atmospheric Research , Dorothy Robyn , GSA , green government , NOAA , Carlo Munoz , The Hill ,

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From the Pentagon, a plea for budget normalcy

DoD's top financial manager says the Pentagon is pressing forward to meet Congressional edicts for auditable financial statements. But constant federal budget emergencies are sapping huge amounts of energy from the financial workforce tasked with preparing for audit.

Tags: DoD , financial management , audit readiness , Robert Hale , Elizabeth McGrath , Congress , Navy , Gladys Commons , Marilyn Thomas , DEAMS , ERP , House Armed Services Committee , budget , Jared Serbu , DoD Report , Federal Drive

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DoD cuts ribbon on centralized medical headquarters

Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for the new Defense Health Headquarters in Virginia.

Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive , Army , Navy , BRAC

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