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Iraq drawdown is a logistic challenge
Everything from helicopters to printer cartridges is being wrapped and stamped and shipped out of Iraq. U.S. military bases that once resembled small towns have transformed into a cross between giant post offices and Office Depots. Major General Stephen Lanza is the spokesman for all U.S. forces in Iraq explains the process.
Tags: management , logistics , Iraq , Steven Lanza , Stephen Lanza , Suzanne Kubota
GSA not kidding with contractor goats
The General Services Administration took an unorthodox approach to getting rid of unwanted grasses and weeds at one federal building in California - it hired goats.
Tags: GSA , contracting
Analysis: DoD spending cut starting points
The Pentagon is facing political and economic pressures to restrain its budget, while responding to challenges about the size and cost of the armed services. Jim McAleese, defense analyst and principal at McAleese & Associates takes a look at the process so far.
Tags: DoD Report , Defense , DoD , Jim McAleese
GSA hires goats...no kidding
No kidding. GSA hires environmentally-friendly contractor goats to clear land around the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals courthouse. Lorenzo Davis, property manager of GSA's 9th region, explains.
Tags: GSA , Lorenzo Davis , contracting , Vyomika Jairam
Three days to recess: where's your funding?
FY 2011 funding, Kagan, cybersecurity... What, if anything, will get done before the end of the week? We ask Ian Swanson, a news editor for The Hill.
Tags: Congress , funding FY 2011 , Ian Swanson , The Hill
The Hunt: Wikileaks and the search for terrorists
Will the release of classified information on the wikileaks website and in other places hurt the search for terrorists? Cato Institute legal policy analyst David Rittgers weighs in.
Tags: The Hunt , David Rittgers , Cato , WikiLeaks
How to find low hanging DoD spending cut fruit
US sending big helicopters to help flood relief, Pentagon says Rolling Stone writer denied embed
Tags: DoD Report , Defense , Jim McAleese , Pakistan , Rolling Stone , spending cuts
Federal cyber roles debated
New threat: Hackers look to take over power plants
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , DHS , critical infrastructure
Wednesday Morning Federal Newscast - August 4th
President Obama freezes bonuses for politicals, Report slams stimulus-plan uses, Alternative mail delivery schedule proposed, Border security bill stalls in Senate
Tags: newscast
Army prepares historic language training surge
Every soldier to be sent to Afghanistan will soon be required to complete language and culture training before being allowed to deploy. Federal News Radio gets the details of how that will be done from Col. Dino Pick, Commandant of the Defense Language Institute.
Tags: Army , DLI , Danial Pick , Defense Language Institute , Suzanne Kubota , language training
