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IG: Steep decline in Pentagon senior mentors after new rules

The use senior mentors — retired military officers or former high-level civilian officials hired as contractors — has dropped precipitously in the year and a half since the Defense Department instituted stiffer conflict-of-interest rules and a pay cap, according to an inspector general's report issued last week.

Tags: DoD , Navy , Marines , senior mentors , conflict of interest rules , USSOCOM , STRATCOM , Jack Moore

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Odierno looks at future of JFCOM under his command

The new Joint Forces Command leader says he knows what he has to do, even thought the future of his command is uncertain.

Tags: In Depth , Francis Rose , Ray Odierno , Michael Mullen

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Sen. Warner 'troubled' over JFCOM

Unconvinced any significant analysis was conducted" prior to Aug. 9th announcement

Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Mark Warner ,

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Webb holds DoD nominations over JFCOM closing

Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) said he will hold DoD nominations until he gets information related to the Joint Forces Command closing in Norfolk.

Tags: Jim Webb , nomination , DoD Update , Dorobek Insider

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Sen. Webb puts hold on DoD nominations

Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) said he will place a hold on all Defense Department nominations for civilian and flag or general officers, saying the Pentagon has not been forthcoming with information about its decision to close the Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va.

Tags: Jim Webb , Robert Gates , nomination , nominations , transparency , DoD Update

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JFCOM job transition center opens in Suffolk

Employees who are impacted by the closing of U.S. Joint Forces Command now have access to a new career transition center.

Tags: DoD Report , DoD , Suffolk

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JFCOM shuffles organizational chart

The U.S. Joint Forces Command, which will be formally disestablished later this year as part of Defense Secretary Robert Gates' efficiency initiative, had several of its functions transferred to other DoD components on Tuesday. The Pentagon said the realignment would preserve critical capabilities and place them in other branches of the department's organizational chart.

Tags: DoD , contracting , industry , Robert Gates , Ray Odierno , DoD budget , efficiency initiative , Jared Serbu , DoD Report

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JFCOM contractors await closure details

Leaders of the Joint Forces Command in Virginia are planning to meet with contractors this week discuss what the command's closure will mean for their businesses. If all goes according to plan, the lights will be turned out at JFCOM for the final time in a little more than a year.

Tags: DoD , contracting , industry , Robert Gates , Ray Odierno , DoD budget , Kaufman and Canoles , Federal Capture Consulting , Terry Murphy , Butch Bondoc , Scott Rigell , Jared Serbu

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Most JFCOM layoffs will be contractors

Gen. Ray Odierno, the commander of the soon to be shuttered Joint Forces Command said Wednesday that the vast majority of jobs lost in JFCOM's closure would be contracted positions. Most of the command's civilian and uniformed billets will be moved into a newly-created two-star command or transferred to individual military services.

Tags: DoD , contracting , Robert Gates , Ray Odierno , DoD budget , Jared Serbu

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JFCOM closure timeline begins to take shape

Gen. Ray Odierno, the current commander of Joint Forces Command, said the organization will likely cease to exist within the next year. He will finish an implementation plan to shut the command down and transfer its remaining functions within the next 45 days.

Tags: DoD , Robert Gates , Mark Warner , Ray Odierno , DoD budget , Jared Serbu

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