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The last police woman goes down
The last policeman standing or in this case policewoman has gone down in a strip of border towns in the Juarez Valley of Mexico. Gunmen stormed into the home of Erika Gándara in the town of Guadalupe about 6 o'clock am. two days before Christmas and kidnapped her. The 28 year ood Gándara, was the only police officer in the municipality of Guadalupe which is about two miles from the Texas border. All the rest of the police, the men, had fled the town, giving in to the powerful drug cartels and their henchmen. No word on her condition.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green , Defense
Bombs explode at Embassies
Who's behind blasts at embassies across Europe. Package bombs exploded at the Swiss and Chilean Embassies and were found at others. No one immediately claimed responsibility, but authorities appeared to discount domestic anarchists or protesters. Rome's Mayor Gianni Alemanno "It's a wave of terrorism against embassies, something much more worrisome than a single attack," Last month, suspected Greek radical anarchists sent fourteen mail bombs to foreign embassies in Athens.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green , Defense , Gianni Alemanno
Congress orders DoD to study Mark Center traffic
Language in the defense authorization bill passed this week will require the Army to submit a transportation plan to Congress in the next 90 days, addressing how 6,400 new Pentagon workers will commute to a new office with no access to Metro.
Tags: BRAC , Defense authorization bill , Jim Moran , Mark Center , Jared Serbu
Forward-looking approach needed to reduce improper payments
Alvin Tucker of the American Society of Military Comptrollers explains the challenges to reform financial management.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , financial management , IT , technology , improper payment , Alvin Tucker , CFO Act , accountability , management
DoD contracting cuts less painful than expected
In a meeting with members of Congress and industry association leaders this week, DoD officials said proposed cuts to Defense contracting will only impact a small subset of the department's service contracting budget. DoD officials said they are looking at contracts that support staff augmentation and other similar support service contracts.
Tags: contracting , industry , Robert Gates , Bill Lynn , Gerry Connolly , Stan Soloway , Bobbie Kilberg , Professional Services Council , Northern Virginia Technology Council , Deltek Consulting , budget cuts , services contracts , Jared Serbu
DoD stop loss pay deadline extended
March 4, 2011, is the new deadline to apply for Retroactive Stop Loss Pay.
Tags: Stop Loss Pay , military , pay and benefits
DADT repealed -- now what?
Jeremy Johnson, formerly of the Navy, discussed some of the steps the military must take now that DADT will be repealed.
Tags: DADT , military , Barack Obama , Jeremy Johnson , Navy , gay rights , Dorobek Insider
DoD experts: civilian agencies critical to national security
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Pentagon Solutions , John Nagl , William Perry , Stephen Hadley , QDR , Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel , Robert Gates , management , industry
Terrorist strike Nairobi
A bomb exploded at a downtown bus station in Kenya's capital late yesterday as passengers boarded a bus, killing at least one person and wounding more than 39 others, Police say the person who was killed was carrying a piece of luggage that contained the bomb. Most of the wounded were Ugandans traveling home for Christmas, Al-Shabab, Somalia's most dangerous militant group, has threatened to carry out more attacks on Uganda and Burundi, the two nations that contribute troops to the 8,000-strong African Union force in Mogadishu.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green , Defense
Flournoy, Cartwright on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Korea
Pentagon leaders say relationship with Pakistan is central to U.S. efforts in Afghanistan.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Michelle Flournoy , James Cartwright , management , Afghanistan , Pakistan
