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Countdown: Defense finance mess; Feds retiring quicker
This week's three most important Federal news stories, as chosen by Agilex's Bob Otto, and Washington Post "Federal Eye" Ed O'Keefe.
Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Bob Otto , Ed O'Keefe , Federal News Countdown , Shirley Sherrod , USDA , Tom Vilsack , Gulf Coast oil spill , OMB , Ted Kaufman , VA , Vivek Kundra , FDCCI , GAO , Asif Khan , ERP
Senate report: U.S. contractor money aids enemy in Afghanistan
A Senate Armed Services Committee report found the army of private contractors working for the U.S. in Afghanistan threatens the safety of American troops.
Tags: Senate Armed Services Committee , contracting , Taliban , Afghanistan , Washington Post , Must Reads , Dorobek Insider
White House hands out awards for green efforts
Subhead: Administration honors sustainability efforts by seven agencies with the 2010 GreenGov Presidential awards.
Tags: green government , management , White House , Council on Environmental Quality , Nancy Sutley , NARA , VA , Forest Service , Energy , NIST , HHS , 2010 GreenGov Presidential Awards , Jason Miller
How DoD cost-cutting affects the CIO office
Paul Brubaker, senior director for Cisco System's North America Public Sector Solutions, former deputy CIO at DoD and one of the people who crafted the legislation that created the CIO's over a decade ago, joined the DorobekINSIDER to discuss changes happening at the DoD CIO office.
Tags: Paul Brubaker , Cisco , CIO , budget , technology , management , Dorobek Insider
Pentagon's Cyborg Army
With the help of robotics, nanotechnology and neuroscience, the Defense Department is creating an army that may look like the troops of today but is faster, stronger and more resilient, Wired reports.
Tags: Must Reads , Dorobek Insider , technology , cyborg army , robotics , prosthetics
Cyber Arms Race Begins
Are we witnessing the beginning of a cyber arms race? Seems like it. The Stuxnet computer virus is taking worries about cyber warfare to a new level. It's the first reported case of malicious software designed to sabotage industrial controls. Experts say it is a prototype of a cyber-weapon that will lead to a new global arms race. Computers will be the weapons. The program specifically targets control systems built by Siemens AG, a German equipment maker. Iran, the target of U.N. sanctions over its nuclear program, has been hit hardest of any country.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green , Cyber
Security companies in Afghanistan shutting down
Afghanistan has begun disbanding private security companies and confiscating their weapons. President Hamid Karzai said in August all private security companies had to close down within four months. It's part of part of a plan for the government to take over all security responsibilities beginning in 2014. Karzai says the firms are responsible for horrific accident and a series of killings, crimes and scandals.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green , Hamid Karzai
Assange was obsessed
What led to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's decision to release 75 thousand classified documents obtained from a U.S. Army private? A former group spokesman, who quit the organization said it was becoming consumed by its confrontation with the Pentagon. Daniel Domscheit-Berg, a German who said he left because of Assange's management style. He told Der Speigel he had serious problems with Assange's "obsession" with attacking the U.S. government.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green , Julian Assange , Daniel Domscheit-Berg , Army
Wikileaks unraveling
There is word that wiki-leaks is coming apart at the seams. The Associated Press says WikiLeaks is unraveling from internal turmoil and power struggles. Key staffers at the website have reportedly deserted the organization out of anger that founder Julian Assange unilaterally decided to publish tens of thousands of classified documents before enough work was done to protect the names of informants. Assange, a 39-year-old Australian, founded WikiLeaks in 2006 for people wishing to anonymously publish material that companies and governments want kept secret.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green
Wennergren, others get new jobs at DoD
The Defense Department announced reassignments for its Seniors Executive Service.
Tags: management , David Wennergren , David Bennett , Rebecca Harris
