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Improved Inter-operability ... in an instant

The Defense Department is looking for two things as it pertains to collaboration: Security and inter-operability.

Tags: collaboration , Extensible Markup Language , Defense Information Systems Agency , interoperability

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Better understanding of DoD networks sought

Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the new Defense Department's Cyber Command, says the military needs to bolster its ability to see and understand what's happening across its many computer networks in real-time.

Tags: Collaboration Center , technology , collaboration , Defense Department's Cyber Command , DoD ,

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates: I'm looking to cut $10 billion

Sec. Gates orders a top-to-bottom review to find at least $10 billion in annual savings.

Tags: In Depth , contracting , management , Robert Gates , defense budget

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UPDATE: More on training and mentoring managers at your agency

Agencies will have defined benchmarks to hit for training current and future managers.

Tags: management , best practices , Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Co , Daniel Akaka , Nancy Kichak , Marilee Fitzgerald , OPM ,

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InfoWarCon covering all angles of information operations

Details on the event coming to the Washington Convention Center next week.

Tags: In Depth , technology , cybersecurity , Defense , DoD , Web 2.0 , government 2.0 , Gov 2.0 , InfoWarCon , Bob Geisler , Dan Kuehl

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UPDATE: More on military pay raise from Senate Armed Services subcommittee

More from this hearing on using funds for specialty and incentive pay instead of across-the-board pay raises.

Tags: In Depth , pay and benefits , management , best practices , Defense , DoD , Pentagon , Department of Defense , William Carr , Brenda Farrell , Government Accountability Office

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Commission on Wartime Contracting probes Army services contracts

The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan wants to know how the Army is doing in administering services contracts.

Tags: contracting , best practices , Commission on Wartime Contracting , Army , CACI , AECOM , DoD , Pentagon ,

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Defense acquisition reform bill coming from House Armed Services Committee

Committee Chairman Ike Skelton says fixing the acquisition system at the Department of Defense is a bipartisan goal.

Tags: contracting , best practices , Congress , Defense , DoD , Pentagon , Ike Skelton , Defense Acquisition Reform Panel , Rob Andrews

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Federal News Countdown for April 16th

My countdown of the three biggest news stories of the week, as chosen by experts on the Federal government

Tags: Federal News Countdown , Jonathan Breul , Debra Roth , Todd Platts , Comptroller General , Government Accountability Office , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , National Security Agency , transition , Fort Hood , Robert Gates , acquisition , DoD , Pentagon , Federal Protective Service

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Social media helping in Haiti

Social media is helping the U.S. government with recovery and relief efforts in Haiti.

Tags: technology , Collaboration Center , USDA , Facebook , twitter , State Department , Haiti

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