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Army re-enlistment bonus in thousands
Soldiers can receive anywhere from $1,300 to $40,000
Tags: Federal Drive , Defense , DoD Report , re-inlistment ,
Assange was obsessed
What led to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's decision to release 75 thousand classified documents obtained from a U.S. Army private? A former group spokesman, who quit the organization said it was becoming consumed by its confrontation with the Pentagon. Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a German who said he left because of Assange's management style. He told Der Speigel he had serious problems with Assange's "obsession" with attacking the U.S. government.
Tags: DoD , Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green , Julian Assange , Daniel Domscheit-Berg ,
Cybersecurity and telework make an interesting team
Tight security measures both tighten the leashes of executives, while driving them out of the office.
Tags: technology , Telework Ceter , cybersecurity , telework , DHS , USPS , Treasury , Polycom , Suzanne Kubota
New Army website takes reports of suspicious incidents
The Army has a new system for soldiers and civilians to report suspicious incidents, FtLeavenworthLamp.com reports.
Tags: DoD Report , Dorobek Insider , FtLeavenworthLamp.com , terrorist threats , technology , iSalute
Army fights contracting workforce attrition
With attrition from retirement and other factors, the Army is faced with needing as many as 500 new contracting officials almost every year for the foreseeable future. We get details on the options for dealing with that from the Army's Edward Harrington.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , DoD Report , acquisition workforce , contracting , Edward Harrington , Defense
iphones coming to the Army
The Army may soon begin distributing Apple's iphone to new recruits. The goal appears to be giving young people effective training tools and tools that are fun. Defense Tech reports Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, the top officer in charge of Army basic training says the service is making a radical shift away from Power Points and into iPhone apps. Several hundred iphones have been isued as a part of a preliminary study to see if smart phone delivery of training material works better with this generation of recruits.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , Mark Hertling , J.J. Green
Army expands online training efforts
The Army has been steadily increasing the amount of education and training it delivers online. Details from the Army's Phyllis Bailey
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , DoD , information assurance , online learning , contracting
Kindles, iPads drafted for battlefield testing
The Army is testing consumer technology to see how well it performs on the battlefield.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Kindle , iPad , Ft Bliss
Army Materiel moving from Belvoir to 'Bama
The Army Material Command is moving from Ft. Belvoir to Redstone Arsenal. At least most of it is. We get an update from Kate Kelley, chief of the BRAC office.
Tags: Federal Drive , BRAC , Materiel Command , Ft. Belvior , Redstone Arsenal , Kate Kelley , DoD Report , Defense , DoD , Suzanne Kubota
The Army needs virtual cyber trainers
The Performance Work Statement (PWS) defines the requirements for the Contractor to provide non-personal services for Information Technology (IT) support to the United States Army Chief Information Officer (CIO)/G6, Cyber Information Assurance Directorate.
Tags: Federal Drive , Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , RFP
