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House defense bill passes with slight pay, TRICARE increases
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 passed the House on a 322-96 vote. The bill determines defense spending levels and policy.
Tags: DoD , National Defense Authorization Act , Buck McKeon , House Armed Services Committee , budget , Congress , pay and benefits ,
Gates: Pay and benefits should be on table for cuts
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the military is not the cause of the nation's debt and deficits -- but it needs to be part of the solution. And he said finding that solution could involve reexamining military pay and benefits.
Tags: DoD , budget , Congress , pay and benefits , DoD budget , Robert Gates , efficiency initiatives , management , American Enterprise Institute , Cato Institute , Christopher Preble , Jared Serbu
Cyberwarfare rules included in Defense bill
Clandestine operations in cyberspace included in 2012 Defense Authorization bill.
Tags: security , cybersecurity , Defense , DoD , 2012 Defense Authorization bill , budget , budget 2012 , management
HASC leaders at odds over TRICARE hike
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Thursday he will include language implementing the Defense Department's request to increase insurance fees for military retirees. That position is at odds with the panel's subcommittee on military personnel, which on Wednesday unanimously approved language which would prohibit the increase.
Tags: DoD , pay and benefits , Congress , Robert Hale , Joe Wilson , Buck McKeon , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
TRICARE is more than healthcare
DOD's Tricare Management Activity is not only one of the world's biggest health care providers. It is also a big acquisition organization. We learn more from TMA's Michael Fischetti.
Tags: FedSMC , Federal Drive , Michael Fischetti , DoD Report , DoD , Defense , acquisition , Tricare Management Activity , procurement
TRICARE sustains protest in $17 billion service contract
TRICARE, the Defense Department's managed healthcare organization, said Thursday that it will reevaluate a multibillion dollar award to administer health insurance services for military members in one of its three U.S. regions.
Tags: DoD , Humana , UnitedHealthcare , Health Net , industry , contracting , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Dueling testimony on TRICARE fees
Members of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel are studying the Defense Department's proposal to increase fees for working-age retirees who use the military's TRICARE health insurance benefit. The panel heard, in separate hearings, from DoD officials defending the increase, and retiree groups who fear it is a "camel's nose under the tent."
Tags: DoD , pay and benefits , Congress , health care , Robert Gates , Stan Strobridge , Rick Jones , Niki Tsongas , Joe Wilson , National Association of Uniformed Services , Military Officers Association of America , Jared Serbu
Humana Tricare contract award challenged
UnitedHealthcare is protesting the Defense Department's decision to reverse course and award a multibillion-dollar insurance contract to competitor Humana.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , pay and benefits , contracting ,
CR may turn into crisis for Defense, Gates says
Continuing to operate at 2010 funding levels under a continuing resolution would be a crisis for the military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday. He made the remarks at a briefing detailing DoD's proposed budget for 2012.
Tags: DoD , Congress , pay and benefits , DoD budget , Robert Gates , Robert Hale , dod efficiency initiative , military pay , cybersecurity , Jared Serbu
Retiree groups wary of TRICARE proposal
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said last week that he wants to increase health insurance premiums for working-age military retirees by a "modest" amount to take pressure off of DoD's ballooning health care budget. Groups that represent retirees say Gates' past proposals for TRICARE hikes have been anything but modest.
Tags: DoD , pay and benefits , Congress , Robert Gates , budget , Military Officers Association of America , The Retired Enlisted Association , CSIS , Cathy Beasley , Deirdre Holleman , Maren Leed , Jared Serbu
