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Federal Drive interviews - Oct. 22
Computer Sciences Corporation's David Rohret explains what federal networks look like from a would-be hacker's point of view. Plus, Federal Drive broadcasts live from the AUSA Conference in Washington.
Tags: Federal Drive , cybersecurity , technology , DoD , AUSA
Army offers early retirement in effort to reduce force size
Active-duty and reserve soldiers with between 15 and 20 years of service could be eligible for early retirement, the Army announced this week. The service is offering temporary early retirement authority (TERA) to military officers who have not been selected to move on to the next grade as well as noncommissioned officers identified by selection boards for involuntary separation. The service aims to shed 80,000 soldiers from its active component by the end of 2017.
Tags: DoD , pay and benefits , early retirement , Gerald Purcell , Jack Moore , workforce
DISA offers 'off-ramps' for military services' IT expenses
The Defense Information Systems Agency sees itself as a safety valve for increasing pressure on military services' IT budgets. At a meeting of CIOs last week, DISA told the military services they could offload commodity IT services to their data centers.
Tags: DoD , DISA , Joint Information Environment , enterprise email , cloud computing , Ronnie Hawkins , Jared Serbu , AFCEA , technology , budget
Top military officer opposes general's demotion
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is among those who believe that Gen. William Ward, the former head of U.S. Africa Command, should be allowed to retire at his full four-star general rank, the officials said.
Tags: William Ward , Martin Dempsey , DoD , Leon Panetta
Army 'stand down' focuses day on suicide training
In a service-wide "stand down," the Army has ordered soldiers to put aside their usual duties Thursday and spend the day on suicide prevention training as the military struggles with a spike in the number of self-inflicted deaths this year.
Army secretary injured in bike accident
Officials say Army Secretary John McHugh is being treated in a hospital for injuries he received in a bicycle accident but is expected to return to work soon.
Tags: DoD , John McHugh , Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Army tests body armor tailored for female soldiers
>Members of a female engagement team from the 101st Airborne Division, who will be directly interacting with Afghan women during the coming deployment, have been equipped with the female prototypes of the newest generation of Army tactical vests.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Afghanistan , body armor , Federal Drive ,
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 , Navy , Air Force , BRAC
First elements of DoD's Joint Information Environment come together in Europe
At meetings this week, DoD gives European Command the go-ahead to start building the first increment of a standards-based IT environment that will collapse thousands of networks into a single, interoperable environment.
Tags: DoD , technology , Joint Information Environment , Joint Enterprise Network , DISA , EUCOM , AFRICOM , David Simpson , Jennifer Napper , Jared Serbu
Process underway to one day bring cyber weapons to battlefield
Army officials said first they have to define what exactly is a cyber weapon or tactical fire in military-speak.
Tags: DoD , technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Marine Corps , Federal Drive
