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Soldier adjusts to life at home after Afghanistan
Tags: DoD , Afghanistan
Army teams going to Africa as terror threat grows
A U.S. Army brigade will begin sending small teams into as many as 35 African nations early next year, part of an intensifying Pentagon effort to train countries to battle extremists and give the U.S. a ready and trained force to dispatch to Africa if crises requiring the U.S. military emerge.
Tags: AFRICOM , Carter Ham , DoD , al-Qaida , al-Qaida in East Africa
Panetta: Complete background checks by Jan. 21
Tags: DoD , Leon Panetta , Fort Myer , John McHugh , daycare
Pentagon greenlights Army's cloud-based intelligence system
A decade in the making, the Army gets the nod to start deploying a multi-billion dollar computing infrastructure to support intelligence work.
Tags: DoD , DCGS-A , Palantir Technologies , information sharing , intelligence , Stephen Fogarty , Harold Greene , Jared Serbu , technology
Mother: No justice in NYC soldier's hazing case
Tags: Defense , military , harassment , workforce ,
Senators press Army on suspension and debarment delays
A bipartisan group of senators has written to top Army officials to express concern about delays in the suspension and debarment process that leave the service open to contracting waste and fraud. In a letter to Army Secretary John McHugh and Chief of Staff Raymond Odierno, the senators questioned "significant time lapses" between referrals for suspension and actual debarment of contractors in Afghanistan.
Tags: Congress , Senate , acquisition , suspension and debarment , DoD , Claire McCaskill , Jeanne Shaheen , SIGAR , Afghanistan
Lawmakers up in arms over report on Army payroll problems
The U.S. Army's $47 billion in annual military payroll accounts has caused major woes for some soldiers trying to collect their pay, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. As a result of the Army being unable to track and collect data on numerous pay errors including over payments, under payments, data entry errors and fraud, active duty soldiers are not receiving the correct compensation and this has a bipartisan team of lawmakers furious.
Tags: oversight , GAO , DoD , payroll , Tom Coburn , Tom Carper , Katie Howard
Army 'to paint a picture' of force readiness for commanders
Lt. Col. Bobby Saxon, the division chief for the Army Enterprise Management Decision Support system, said a new dashboard will present data in a more user-friendly way for senior leaders to make decisions about warfighters.
December 13, 2012
Tags: technology , Bobby Saxon , Enterprise Management Decision Support , force readiness , workforce , data management , Oracle , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Army to close D.C.-area contracting center in bid to reduce staff turnover
The Army's Contracting Command will inactivate its National Capital Region contracting center in July of 2013, one of six it currently operates around the country. The move is partially intended to let the command decrease its turnover rate for acquisition talent.
Tags: DoD , Camille Nichols , Army Contracting Command , Jared Serbu
Federal Drive interviews - Nov. 27, 2012
A charity event next week raises funds for military members. Plus, the do's and don'ts of holiday giving (and receiving) at the workplace.
Tags: Federal Drive , Guy Timberlake , american Small Business Coalition , John Mahoney , Tully Rinckey , John Palguta , Partnershipfor Public Service , management , DoD , cybersecurity , technology ,
