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Virginia fights JFCOM closing
Virginia's political leaders are heading to Washington, D.C., to press the military on the planned closing of the Joint Forces Command in Hampton Roads.
Tags: Federal Drive , Defense , JFCOM , Bob McDonnell
Pentagon reaches out to Chinese military
The Pentagon is opening talks with China to restart stalled military relations, Wall Street Journal reports.
Tags: Dorobek Insider , DoD , China , Taiwan , military , Wall Street Journal , Robert Gates
Congress to grill DoD on spending proposals
Congress is getting ready to sink its teeth into the massive shifts in defense spending proposed by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Tags: Dorobek Insider , Robert Gates , DoD , defense spending , Congress
Army expands online training efforts
The Army has been steadily increasing the amount of education and training it delivers online. Details from the Army's Phyllis Bailey
Tags: Federal Drive , Army , DoD , information assurance , online learning , contracting
DOD to tighten scrutiny of online colleges
The Defense Department plans to increase oversight of for-profit, online college degree programs that it spends hundreds of millions of dollars on each year in tuition assistance for servicemembers.
Tags: Federal Drive , online learning
Obama nominates Jones to head Air Staff
President Obama has nominated Major General Darrell Jones to oversee manpower and personnel issues on the Air Staff.
Tags: Dorobek Insider , Air Staff , Air Force , Darrell Jones , management
Britannia hails the Joint Strike Fighter program
Britain's Defense Minister, Liam Fox, has written a letter to Sen. Carl Levin expressing support for the Joint Strike Fighter program.
Tags: Federal Drive , JSF , F 135 , Carl Levin , Rolls-Royce , General Electric , Defense
Kindles, iPads drafted for battlefield testing
The Army is testing consumer technology to see how well it performs on the battlefield.
Tags: Federal Drive , Kindle , iPad , Army , Ft Bliss
DoD faces challenges in staffing cyber command
The Defense Department's cyber command will become fully operational on October 1. Federal News Radio's Jason Miller joined DorobekINSIDER with details about how General Alexander believes DoD can overcome the lack of qualified cyber employees.
Tags: DoD , Keith Alexander , cybersecurity , Cyber Command , Jason Miller , Dorobek Insider
Don't Ask working group marches on
The Senate vote that failed to begin debate on the defense authorization bill does not change the Defense Department's process on the possible repeal of the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law.
Tags: Federal Drive , Defense , don't ask , defense appropriations , management
