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Joint Forces Command forecasts the future
The U.S. Joint Forces Command has released a report outlining a strategic framework that forecasts possible threats and opportunities that will challenge the joint force in the future.
Tags: mngt , contracting , DoD , Joint Forces Command , Lawrence Rice
Cyber command delayed by Congress
Cyberstrategy slowed by Congressional questions about its mission and possible privacy concerns. DHS is asking for new ideas.
Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , DoD , Cyber Command
Analyst: Lessons of Iraq can be applied in Afghanistan
Former NSC staffer under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama says the surge can work in Afghanistan as it did in Iraq.
Tags: management , contracting , Brett McGurk , NSC , national security , Harvard , CFR , Iraq , Afghanistan
USNS Comfort brings Navy medicine anywhere, anytime
Over the course of seven weeks, the ship's U.S military and civilian medical personnel treated 871 patients, receiving at the height of the recovery effort one patient every six to nine minutes. The Navy's Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Adam Robinson gives us a behind the scenes view.
Tags: Navy , USNS Comfort , Adam Robinson , Surgeon General , DoD
Woytek says SEWP's secret is its people
SEWP (Pronounced soup) stands for Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement. Program Manager Joanne Woytek explained the success of SEWP is customer service.
Tags: contracing , procurement , Aquisitions , SEWP , NASA , Joanne Woytek , best practices ,
DoD QDR: Why it takes four years
The Defense Department has released its Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress, which is due every four years.
Tags: management , QDR , DoD , Amanda Dory , Quadrennial Defense Review , Dorothy Ramienski
Crowdsourcing helps rebuild Health.mil
The Military Health System has launched a new Health.mil website that provides a single point of entry to military health news, information and resources.
Tags: technology , health.mil , Army , Navy , Marine Corps , Air Force , Coast Guard , Joint Chiefs of Staff , TRICARE , eBenefits , Kristi Beck
GAO compares the costs of using contractors in Iraq
When costs have been discussed, the focus has been on the daily rate paid to contractor employees, rather than on the total costs of using State Department or DOD personnel. GAO changes that.
Tags: contracting , outsourcing , GAO , Iraq , State , Bill Solis
Tracing attack source key to cybersecurity strategy
Share the hack info, Defense requires ethical hacker certification
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Michael Chertoff , RSA conference , DHS , ethical hacker certification
HReinvented: the view from onboarding
This morning, we speak with a young federal employee who's relatively new to the workforce. As part of our week-long series, HReinvented, Shaun Khalfan, Enterprise Information Assurance Manager for the Military Sealift Command, tells us about his onboarding.
Tags: HReinvented , onboarding , hiring process , Shaun Khalfan , Military Sealift Command , P&B
