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Air Force looks to reboot civilian cyber workforce

Officials aim to redefine operational series codes for civilian cybersecurity workers and offer more pay for additional expertise. The Air Force would like to create an elite cadre of civilian cyber warriors.

Tags: Air Force , workforce , cybersecurity , National Initiative for Cyber Education , Earl Matthews , Jared Serbu , technology , AFCEA

Monday - 03/18/2013, 09:57am EDT
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Pentagon to deploy more missile interceptors

The Pentagon announced Friday it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to a West Coast-based missile defense system, responding to what it called faster-than-anticipated North Korean progress on nuclear weapons and missiles. In announcing the decision, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he is determined to ensure protection of the U.S. homeland and stay ahead of the North Korean missile threat. He acknowledged that the interceptors already in place to defend against potential North Korean missile launches have had poor test performances.

Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , J.J. Green

Monday - 03/18/2013, 08:45am EDT

Medal draws fire

Veterans groups are asking President Barack Obama to step into a dispute over a new medal for remote warfare troops that was ranked higher than traditional combat medals like the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. The Veterans of Foreign Wars and other groups sent a letter to Obama on Thursday asking him to keep the medal ranked below the Purple Heart. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has already ordered a review of the new medal, which is for drone operators and cyber warfighters.

Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , J.J. Green

Monday - 03/18/2013, 08:43am EDT

Pentagon applying lessons from past ERP failures

DoD said it is tightening-up governance over its large business IT systems, looking for indicators of future failure and forcing resource sponsors to justify their needs before projects begin. Elizabeth McGrath, DoD's deputy chief management officer, told House lawmakers the Pentagon is working on data quality and changing business processes to avoid previous problems.

Tags: ERP , Congress , ECSS , Air Force , Elizabeth McGrath , John McCain , Jared Serbu , House Armed Services Committee , technology , VA , health IT

Friday - 03/15/2013, 07:19am EDT
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New 9/11 gallery highlights a revved-up National Guard

A new gallery at the National Guard Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., opens Monday to commemorate the role of the National Guard since 9/11.

Tags: National Guard , National Guard Memorial Museum , Gus Hargett , Craig McKinley , Brian Scott LaMorte , 9/11 , Emily Kopp , Jolie Lee

Thursday - 03/14/2013, 02:52pm EDT

DoD puts 1 million users in its cloud email system

The Army expects to mostly finish the migration to enterprise email by the end of this month. The Air Force and the Navy begin pilot tests using the cloud applications.

Tags: technology , enterprise email , DISA , Army , Microsoft , Alfred Rivera , John Hale , Jared Serbu , cloud computing , Navy , Air Force

Thursday - 03/14/2013, 11:04am EDT
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Sequestration forcing DoD's acquisition programs into 'damage limitation' mode

The Pentagon's acquisition chief said he's planning day-to-day, not year-to-year because of sequestration's indiscriminate cuts and political uncertainty over DoD's budget. In 2014, there will be more opportunities to prioritize, but spending reductions also will lead to cancellation of contracts and downsizing of the military and civilian workforce.

Tags: acquisition , sequestration , Ashton Carter , Frank Kendall , Jared Serbu , McAleese & Associates , Credit Suisse , industry , budget

Thursday - 03/14/2013, 10:33am EDT
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