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Joint Forces Command forecasts the future

The U.S. Joint Forces Command has released a report outlining a strategic framework that forecasts possible threats and opportunities that will challenge the joint force in the future.

Tags: mngt , contracting , Defense , DoD , Joint Forces Command , Lawrence Rice

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Cyber command delayed by Congress

Cyberstrategy slowed by Congressional questions about its mission and possible privacy concerns. DHS is asking for new ideas.

Tags: cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Defense , DoD , Cyber Command

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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 , Iraq , Afghanistan

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USNS Comfort brings Navy medicine anywhere, anytime

Over the course of seven weeks, the ship's U.S military and civilian medical personnel treated 871 patients, receiving at the height of the recovery effort one patient every six to nine minutes. The Navy's Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Adam Robinson gives us a behind the scenes view.

Tags: Navy , USNS Comfort , Adam Robinson , Surgeon General , Defense , DoD

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Woytek says SEWP's secret is its people

SEWP (Pronounced soup) stands for Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement. Program Manager Joanne Woytek explained the success of SEWP is customer service.

Tags: contracing , procurement , Aquisitions , SEWP , NASA , Joanne Woytek , best practices , Defense

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DoD QDR: Why it takes four years

The Defense Department has released its Quadrennial Defense Review to Congress, which is due every four years.

Tags: Defense , management , QDR , DoD , Amanda Dory , Quadrennial Defense Review , Dorothy Ramienski

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Crowdsourcing helps rebuild Health.mil

The Military Health System has launched a new Health.mil website that provides a single point of entry to military health news, information and resources.

Tags: technology , health.mil , Defense , Army , Navy , Marine Corps , Air Force , Coast Guard , Joint Chiefs of Staff , TRICARE , eBenefits , Kristi Beck

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GAO compares the costs of using contractors in Iraq

When costs have been discussed, the focus has been on the daily rate paid to contractor employees, rather than on the total costs of using State Department or DOD personnel. GAO changes that.

Tags: contracting , outsourcing , GAO , Iraq , State , Defense , Bill Solis

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Tracing attack source key to cybersecurity strategy

Share the hack info, Defense requires ethical hacker certification

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , cybersecurity , Michael Chertoff , RSA conference , DHS , Defense , ethical hacker certification

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HReinvented: the view from onboarding

This morning, we speak with a young federal employee who's relatively new to the workforce. As part of our week-long series, HReinvented, Shaun Khalfan, Enterprise Information Assurance Manager for the Military Sealift Command, tells us about his onboarding.

Tags: HReinvented , onboarding , hiring process , Shaun Khalfan , Military Sealift Command , Defense , P&B

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