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- Sequestration, budget cuts taking its toll on DoD
- Small companies won't feel effect of lowered contractor pay cap
- GSA trying innovative approaches to disposing of real property
- IRS draws new criticism over $70M employee bonuses
- VA identifying project managers, then improving their skills
- OMB sets new deadlines to improve data on USASpending.gov
- As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge
- BRAC-like commission proposed to hunt down government cost savings
- Sequestration claims another conference: DHS' GFirst cyber event
- Postal Service closing Capitol Hill post offices in 'symbolic' move
- Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet
- Fed pens new furlough song
- Web guru Dorris brings new life to government websites
- EPA CIO Jackson returning to private sector
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- NSA leak case gives vendors reason to reevaluate personnel
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
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Kevin Geiss leads Air Force toward energy efficiency
The Partnership for Public Service nominated Kevin Geiss, the Air Force's deputy assistant secretary for energy, for a 2013 Service to America Medal. Geiss' planning helped the service find $1 billion in savings through more efficient fuel usage.
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Senators blast military response to sex assaults
Pentagon brass calls sexual assault 'like a cancer,' but insists commanders keep authority
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Air Force rolls out more aggressive energy efficiency plan
After reaching one of its energy efficiency goals three years early, the Air Force has adopted a more ambitious plan. On this week's edition of On DoD, Dr. Kevin Geiss offers an update on where the Air Force is at now.
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Latest on sequestration and military budgets
On this week's edition of Pentagon Solutions, host Francis Rose looks at the latest information on furloughs at the Defense Department as well as the 2014 budgets for the Army and Air Force.
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AP Exclusive: Commander cites 'rot' in nuke force
AP Exclusive: Air Force sidelines 17 nuclear missile officers; commander cites 'rot' in system
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Airman who led sex assault unit charged in groping
Officer who led Air Force's sex assault response branch accused of groping in Va.
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Experimental Air Force aircraft goes hypersonic
Experimental Air Force aircraft reaches hypersonic speeds during test flight off California
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Air Force Secretary Donley to step down
Air Force Secretary Michael Donley will step down in June after nearly five years on the job, the Air Force announced Friday. Donley's last day with the service will be June 21.
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Air Force officer defends decision to overturn sexual-assault verdict
The Air Force commander who overturned a jury's guilty verdict in a sexual assault case -- enraging members of Congress and prompting talk of military justice reform -- explained his case in a letter to a top Pentagon official, saying he found the accused officer and his wife more believable than the alleged victim.
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How one Air Force program aims to save $1 billion
The Air Force Materiel Command is trying to save up to $1 billion through a process called High Velocity Maintenance. Dr. Steve Butler, the executive director of the Air Force Materiel Command, speaks with Francis Rose about how the process helps his agency save money.
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DoD's 2014 budget: Fewer civilians, higher retiree health fees
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Federal budget cuts ground Air Force aircraft
Budget cuts ground 3rd of Air Force warplanes; those headed to Afghanistan to be mission ready
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Air Force meets fuel efficiency goal several years early
In 2006, the service aimed to cut its fuel use by 10 percent. By 2012, it had reduced consumption by 12 percent.
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Air Force looks to reboot civilian cyber workforce
Officials aim to redefine operational series codes for civilian cybersecurity workers and offer more pay for additional expertise. The Air Force would like to create an elite cadre of civilian cyber warriors.
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Pentagon applying lessons from past ERP failures
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DoD puts 1 million users in its cloud email system
The Army expects to mostly finish the migration to enterprise email by the end of this month. The Air Force and the Navy begin pilot tests using the cloud applications.
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AP IMPACT: Combat stress felt far from front lines
AP IMPACT: Far from the front lines, combat stress troubles Air Force intelligence units
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DoD's recovery from sequestration-related cuts will take months, years
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Military worried small business suppliers will disappear during sequestration
Small firms already have taken a disproportionate hit from DoD's pullback in 2013 spending, Pentagon officials say. Military acquisition leaders worry the sudden cuts will bankrupt small businesses that provide one-of-a-kind capabilities.
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Sequestration treadmill picking up steam across DoD
The automatic budget cuts set to occur under sequestration will go into effect as a matter of law on Friday. But their full impact won't be felt until late this spring, long after lawmakers encounter the next budget showdown.
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