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Iraq war could cost as much as WWII
The Christian Science Monitor has estimates from leading economists.
Tags: DoD Report , budget , Christian Science Monitor , In Depth , World War II
DoD reassures Congress it is fixing contingency contracting
Senior defense leaders told Congress they've already made huge steps toward implementing the recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Contracting. Former members of the panel say DoD still has a lot of work to do.
Tags: DoD , Congress , Senate , Commission on Wartime Contracting , Dov Zakheim , Katherine Schinasi , Claire McCaskill , Frank Kendall , Brooks Bash , acqusition , management , Jared Serbu , Afghanistan
Is Iraq Losing Ground?
Tags: national security , DoD , suicide bombings , John Pike , Globalsecurity.org , Al Qaida
President Obama and the 2010 State of the Union
If federal workers listen closely to the State of the Union address, they can get a good sense of what agency priorities are going to be for the upcoming year.
Tags: Lurita Doan , Barack Obama , 111th Congress , State of the Union , ARRA , healthcare reform , fiscal commission , Waxman-Markey , Afghanistan , Haiti , budget
More robots, faster!
Tags: management , Armed Forces , Rick Lynch , Army , Afghanistan
It pays to know...
When it comes to Iraqi culture, who ya gonna call? In the case of the Army's 34th Infantry Division, they call on the "Human Terrain Team". Its actually a group of social scientists who provide guidance on how Iraqis look at the world. Division officials learned from the team that Iraqis who work on base were offended by having to go through a narrow gate surrounded by razor wire. Iraqis say such a gate is unsafe -- and disrespectful. I'm Max Cacas.
Tags: management , Army
Millions of dollars of equipment left behind in Iraq
CNN's Brian Todd has details.
Tags: newscast , Defense , GWOT , Brian Todd , CNN
Former GSA, State employee Michael O'Brien on what he saw as contractor in Iraq
His book, "America's Failure in Iraq," details his experience working with military and civilian personnel as a contractor.
Tags: contracting , management , Michael O'Brien , Defense , DoD , Army , General Services Administration
New report: alternative energy methods key to securing troops on battlefield
Gen. Charles Wald of Deloitte discusses a recent report he co-wrote.
Tags: technology , Afghanistan , Energy , Defense , DoD , Deloitte , Gen. Charles Wald , Dorothy Ramienski
Analyst: Lessons of Iraq can be applied in Afghanistan
Former NSC staffer under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama says the surge can work in Afghanistan as it did in Iraq.
Tags: management , contracting , Defense , Brett McGurk , NSC , national security , Harvard , CFR , Afghanistan
