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Going Green, Winning Gold: Navy earns Presidential Energy Award
Recognizing individuals, groups, and agencies for their outstanding contributions in the areas of energy efficiency, water conservation, and the use of advanced and renewable energy technologies at federal facilities.
Tags: Christopher Floro , Going Green Winning Gold , series , Presidential Award for Leadership in Federal Energ , Public Works Business Line
Work is Fun for SAMMIE Nominee
Tags: SAMMIES Tracker , P&B , Service to America Medals , Fran Ligler , U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Russia Buzzes Navy
If you think things between the U.S. and Russia are cozy, think again. Pentagon officials say two Russian aircraft buzzed a U.S. Navy warship in the Arctic's Barents Sea last week, each coming within about 50 yards of the frigate. Flying by Navy ships in international waters is not unheard of. But this Cold War-style incident was enough to stir some concern. Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Navy personnel aboard the ship did not believe the actions were hostile. He told reporters on Friday that the U.S. was still trying to determine whether either side broke protocol.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , J.J. Green
Renegade Drone Poses a Problem
The U.S. military almost launched fighter jets and discussed a possible shoot-down when an errant Navy drone briefly veered into restricted airspace near the nation's capital last month, a senior military official said Thursday. The Associate Press reports the incident underscores safety concerns with unmanned aircraft as defense officials campaign to use them more often during natural disasters and for homeland security. Navy Adm. James Winnefeld Jr., head of Northern Command, said Thursday that the August mishap could hamper the Pentagon's push to have the Federal Aviation Administration ease procedures for drone use by the military in domestic skies.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , military , James Winnefeld Jr. , J.J. Green
Navy Blamed for Fatal Midair Crash
A failure by Navy air traffic controllers to follow standard procedures contributed to a midair collision that killed seven Coast Guard members and two Marines off Southern California last year, according to a Coast Guard report released Tuesday. The Associated Press says controllers at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, near San Diego, failed to notify the pilot of a Coast Guard C-130 plane that four Marine helicopters were in the area. The Marine flyers were also unaware of the Coast Guard plane's presence. The report said there is no single reason or person to blame for the crash on the night of Oct. 29, 2009. It made a series of recommendations to improve safety in the largely unregulated airspace.
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , Marine , Coast Guard
McChrystal meets with his bosses
Many people are still wondering what General Stanley McChrystal was thinking. "He really in meeting with him didn't try to explain it, he just acknowledged that he had made a terrible decision," said Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. The Rolling Stone article that will leave a black mark on his career made Admiral Mike Mullen sick when he saw it. "He is a friend, an extraordinary officer. He made a severe mistake and I think the actions that were taken were appropriate."
Tags: Pentagon & Beyond , Pentagon , Stanley McChrystal , Mike Mullen , Robert Gates , J.J. Green
Navy, DHS, State make strides in the cloud
When it comes to reducing costs and wasteful spending at agencies, IT managers are being leaned on heavily to get the job done. The Navy is moving ahead with its technology efficiency and consolidation initiative by putting the brakes on spending for new servers, server upgrades and data centers. “We are reevaluating what all of [...]
Tags: AFCEA Bethesda , cloud computing , data center consolidation , DHS , IT , State , virtualization
United States Navy
Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr.
Surgeon General, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
February 9th and 11th, 2009
Tags: Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson , Surgeon General
United States Navy
Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr.
Surgeon General, Chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
November 10th and 12th, 2008
Tags: tech , IBM , Adam Robinson, Jr.
Department of the Navy
Robert J. Carey
Chief Information Officer
September 29th and October 1st, 2008
Tags: tech , IBM , Robert Carey
