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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 , JFCOM , USSOCOM , Jack Moore

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DoD's cyber command would be next step in evolution

Experts say command would better organize military capabilities

Tags: technology , Robert Gates , DoD , DISA , NSA , DHS , USAF , Air Force , House Armed Services Committee , Henry Raduege , John Gilligan , Deloitte Touché , cybersecurity , Cyber review

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DoD offers more details of how cyber command would work

Lawmakers place focus on government's relationship with industry to protect computer networks. Military testing system with Defense Industrial Base to share threat information.

Tags: technology , Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander , Bob Lentz , Rep. Diane Watson , Rep. Brian Billbray , Rep. Jim Marshall , Rep. Jeff Miller , DoD , NSA , DHS , ODNI , OMB , House Armed Services Committee , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , cybersecurity

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DoD partially lifts ban on USB drives

Stratcom says only government-procured and government-owned devices allowed on military networks.

Tags: technology , DoD , cybersecurity , USB drives

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