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General's wife speaks out on his misconduct probe
Tags: DoD , Jeffrey Sinclair
Army suicides for 2012 surpass last year's numbers
Tags: DoD , Suicide , Federal Drive , DoD Report
Hurricane Sandy offers Army lesson in social media best practices
The Pentagon's Office of the Chief of Public Affairs is training the military's social media practitioners how to get information out quickly, securely and, most importantly, accurately during emergencies like the recent superstorm that hit the East Coast.
Tags: Hurricane Sandy , social media , twitter , Facebook , Dale Sweetnam , DoD , technology , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell
Federal Drive interviews - Nov. 13
What are the implications of the Petraeus scandal and what should other high level federal employees be aware of? A lawyer explains. Plus, will a second Obama term bring changes to federal benefits?
Tags: Federal Drive , Philip Joyce , Dale Sweetnam , DoD , cybersecurity , technology , Legal Loop , Debra Roth , Kathleen Miller , BGov , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service
Army to rebalance workforce at expense of civilians, contractors
Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said the service wants to bring more uniformed men and women into the institutional Army. He said they have relied too much on civilian employees and contractors over the last decade. Odierno said the Army also has to change the way it trains its leaders to be more adaptable.
Tags: DoD , Ray Odierno , budget , workforce , personnel reductions , CSIS , total force policy , training , Jason Miller
Army's ‘link to industry' keys move to Joint Information Environment
Terry Edwards, the director of the Office of the Chief Systems Engineer and chief information officer for the assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology, said his office helps acquire technology and ensure standards are met.
November 1, 2012(Encore presentation December 27, 2012)
Tags: technology , Terry Edwards , Joint Information Environment , enterprise services , cloud computing , data center consolidation , standards , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Water resource infrastructure not adequately funded, report says
A National Research Council report recommended Congress and the White House take a broader view at planning and allocating funds for the resources maintained by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Tags: David Dzombak , National Research Council , water , infrastructure , Army Corps of Engineers , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell
Dempsey: Africa Command change not tied to Libya
The top U.S. military officer is denying reports that Army Gen. Carter Ham's planned departure as head of U.S. Africa Command is linked to the Sept. 11 attack in Libya.
Tags: Carter Ham , Martin Dempsey , Joint Chiefs of Staff , DoD , Leon Panetta , David Rodriguez
Army looks 30 years into future on acquisition, modernization
The service's new acquisition strategy tries to imagine the Army's needs over the next three decades as the focus shifts away from large counterinsurgency and stability operations.
Tags: DoD , Rapid acquisition , acquisition , industry , Heidi Shyu , Keith Walker , James Barclay
Army to take first integrated set of IT to the battlefield
Two brigades of the Army's 10th Mountain Division are training on a ready-to-go set of networking capabilities as they prepare to deploy to Afghanistan. The IT comes out of the Network Integration Evaluation process.
Tags: DoD , Network Integration Evaluation , agile development , Dan Hughes , Genaro Dellarocco , Jennifer Zbozny , Mark Elliott , Jared Serbu , AUSA confrence , technology , acquisition
