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DoD assures Congress contractors will share in the pain of sequestration

The Defense Department is examining all of its contracts as part of the reductions necessary under automatic budget cuts. Reductions to contractors, not civilians, will make up "the majority" of the cost savings.

Tags: Congress , workforce , sequestration , service contracting , Edward Snowden , Richard Durbin , Robert Hale , Jared Serbu , industry , contracting

Wednesday - 06/12/2013, 05:59am EDT
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DoD to pursue commercial alternative to VA's VistA

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has decided to turn to the commercial marketplace for an integrated electronic health records solution rather than adopting VA' Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture. He cited market research that showed turning to the competitive process would generate reduced cost and technical risk for DoD.

Tags: VA , VistA , EHR , Frank Kendall , Jessica Wright , health IT , technology , Michael O

Wednesday - 05/22/2013, 10:17am EDT

Hagel: Accountability breakdown was leading factor in sexual assaults

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he's taken several steps to improve the military's response to and prevention of sexual assaults, but that the problem can't be solved by policy directives alone. On the matter of sexual assaults, he said he believes the military's chain of command has suffered an accountability breakdown.

Tags: sexual assault , Uniform Code of Military Justice , Martin Dempsey , Mark Welsh , Jared Serbu , management , workforce

Monday - 05/20/2013, 03:34am EDT
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Latest on sequestration and military budgets

On this week's edition of Pentagon Solutions, host Francis Rose looks at the latest information on furloughs at the Defense Department as well as the 2014 budgets for the Army and Air Force.

Tags: Pentagon Solutions , Francis Rose , sequestration , furloughs , Katherine Hammack , Kathleen Ferguson , Army , Air Force , budget

Wednesday - 05/15/2013, 04:50pm EDT
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Hagel makes 'difficult choice,' civilian furloughs to begin July 8

The Defense Department reduces the number of furlough days from 14 to 11. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said it's possible the number could drop further, but he offered no promises.

Tags: DoD , sequestration , workforce , furlough , Jared Serbu , Congress

Wednesday - 05/15/2013, 03:44am EDT
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