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Widening sex scandal rocks Texas Air Force base
From a chapel pulpit on Lackland Air Force Base, where every American airman reports for basic training, Col. Glenn Palmer delivered his first order to nearly 600 recruits seated in the pews: If you're sexually harassed or assaulted, tell someone.
Tags: DoD , Lackland , sexual assault
Congresswoman calls for further inquiry into Air Force sex scandal
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) said the military needs to take sexual assault more seriously.
Tags: sexual assault , DoD , Lackland Air Force base , STOP Act , Jackie Speier , Keith BieryGolick
Air Force commander relieved after Osprey crash
An Air Force squadron commander has been relieved following the crash of a tilt-rotor CV-22 Osprey from his unit in the Florida Panhandle.
Northrop Grumman scores cryptography contract
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a three-year contract to upgrade cryptography in the country's intercontinental ballistic missile system.
Tags: Northrop Grumman , Cryptography , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Federal Drive , DoD , contracting
New site makes retirement easier for Air Force civilians
The service launched a new portal to let civilian workers prepare for retirement, request a retirement estimate and acquire the necessary paperwork to pay a military or civilian deposit.
Tags: workforce , pay and benefits , DoD , Sharon Mack , Debra Warner , buyouts , retirement , Taeja Smith
Air Force, DLA lead way in suspensions, debarments
In this week's edition of On DoD, we hear from two of the agencies that are using suspension and debarment aggressively. The Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency together processed more than 800 suspensions, debarments, and proposed debarments last year. We hear from Steven Shaw, the Air Force's deputy general counsel for contractor responsibility, and Normand Lussier, DLA's associate general counsel for contracting integrity.
Tags: On DoD , acquisition , suspension and debarment , Jared Serbu , DoD , DLA , Steven Shaw , Normand Lussier
Air Force cites progress on F-22 oxygen mystery
The Air Force believes it is getting much closer to pinpointing the reason why pilots of its prized F-22 stealth fighters sometimes suffer an oxygen deficit during flight, a senior general said Thursday.
Tags: F-22 , Charles Lyon , Adam Kinzinger , Mark Warner , DoD , DoD Report
Suspension and debarments rise amid pressure from Congress
Agencies are making greater use of their ability to declare contractors and individuals ineligible for work by the federal government. Some outside experts suggest the increase may be the result of hasty decisions.
Tags: Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer , contracting , industry , suspension and debarment , Defense Logistics Agency , Crowell and Moring , Venable , McKenna, Long and Aldridge , Angela Styles , Rob Burton , Fred Levy , Normand Lussier , Steven Shaw , Jared Serbu
Army plans to begin four 'utility-scale' renewable energy projects this year
The four acquisition decisions the service will make in the coming months are the first fruits of a task force the Army created to pursue large-scale solar, geothermal, wind, biomass and waste-to-energy facilities on its bases.
Tags: Army , Renewable energy , John Lushetsky , Kathy Ahsing , Energy initiatives task force , solar energy , industry , Fort Bliss , Fort Irwin , Fort Detrick , Jared Serbu
DoD bolsters acquisition workforce in face of budget pressures
Tighter budgets and the threat of sequestration have not discouraged the Defense Department from increasing the size of its acquisition workforce, officials said. DoD is adding 20,000 employees to buy more efficiently.
Tags: acquisition , workforce , management , budget , DoD , Navy , DLA , Army , Rene Thomas-Rizzo , Scott Harwood , Roy Wood , Tom Evans , Ruben Gomez , Inside the Worlds Biggest Buyer
