Army Technology Live
10/30/09 09:14 am ET
The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command plans to launch a blog on Nov. 2, the latest entry into the Army Live/Defense Department Live blogosphere.>>
TECHNOLOGY AND THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT
10/30/09 09:14 am ET
The U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command plans to launch a blog on Nov. 2, the latest entry into the Army Live/Defense Department Live blogosphere.>>
10/29/09 04:33 pm ET
ACS Federal won the contract that the Veterans Affairs Department announced on Wednesday to pitch in, on a temporary basis, to help the department process GI bill benefit claims.>>
10/27/09 05:07 pm ET
Last week I reported that the Veterans Affairs Department didn't include education claims data in an online report, called the Monday Morning Workload Report, which details pending claims managed by the Veterans Benefits Administration.>>
10/26/09 05:31 pm ET
Last Friday, I traveled to Duke University in Durham, NC for dedication of a memorial to Duke graduates who lost their lives in action since WW II, including the best company commander I ever had, Marine Maj. Corky Ram, where Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki was the featured speaker.>>
10/23/09 02:17 pm ET
DURHAM, N.C. -- I'm at Duke University this Friday for dedication of a memorial to the Duke graduates who lost their lives on active duty since World War II, including the best company commander I ever had the privilege to serve, Maj. Cornelius "Corky" Ram.>>
10/22/09 09:10 am ET
The Coast Guard-operated Long Range Navigation system (Loran) managed to survive the Obama administration's cancellation attempts until at least January thanks to language in the final version of the Homeland Security Department Appropriations bill, which awaits the president's signature. >>
10/22/09 09:46 am ET
The Veterans Affairs Department manages a whole bunch of claims -- for disability, education and even burial benefits. Until this month, the department presented data on pending claims in a relatively straightforward fashion in a spreadsheet called the Monday Morning Workload Report. >>
10/20/09 05:47 pm ET
As I reported last week, the Veterans Affairs Department asked the Industry Advisory Council for its help in modernizing its venerable, but more than two-decade-old, Veterans Health Information System and Technology Architecture, or VistA. >>
10/19/09 05:07 pm ET
According to New York State Gov. David Paterson, it's time to add truckers, who might be following GPS-enabled map systems, to texting drivers as the latest high-tech road hazard.>>
10/16/09 05:20 pm ET
Well, if not the same barber, definitely the same haircut. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chefs of Staff, joked during a speech last night at the annual Alfred E. Smith Foundation dinner in New York, where CBS News anchor Katie Couric was one of the guests.>>
10/15/09 03:21 pm ET
Want some outrage today? Take out your pay stub, look at the gaping hole the Internal Revenue Service has made in your income and then read this Government Accountability Office testimony. It details how contractors have managed to defang the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the outfit that's supposed to protect the public purse from looters called federal contractors. >>
10/14/09 06:10 pm ET
Navy meteorologists and oceanographers might not consider themselves cyber warriors, but they are going to be lumped into a new Navy Information Dominance Corps established by Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, on Oct. 6.>>
10/13/09 06:43 pm ET
By default, it sure looks like Dr. Robert (Randy) Petzel, director of the Veterans Affairs Department's Midwest Health Care Network, has all but landed the job as VA's new undersecretary for health.>>
10/09/09 06:06 pm ET
In Australia, Vegemite, a dark brown sandwich spread with a salty and bitter taste made from used brewers yeast extract, has an iconic status and brand recognition that any company would lust after. It's loved by Aussies with the kind of passion they have for rugby. >>
10/08/09 05:30 pm ET
The Defense Department has spent almost $1 billion to develop as new personnel and pay system called the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System, or DIMHRS. And what has it got? Bubkes, said Congress in its final version of the fiscal 2010 Defense authorization act, which a Senate-House conference approved on Wednesday.>>
10/07/09 05:00 pm ET
The Defense Department shies away from talking about its cyberattack plans, but a solicitation released by the Air Force Electronic Systems Center yesterday indicates that the service definitely plans to have the capability to attack adversaries using computers.>>
10/06/09 04:52 pm ET
That's the stark and depressing news the Veterans Affairs Department released on Tuesday, while VA said the goods news is that the number is down 15 percent from last year.>>
10/05/09 06:52 pm ET
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the United Kingdom's Security Service, MI5. To mark the occasion, a Manhattan-phone-book-sized (1,032 pages) authorized history of the secret agency was released on Monday and has drawn some rave reviews for its candor and historical insights from the British press.>>
10/02/09 04:54 pm ET
Here's a real "Hooah" for the top leadership at the Veterans Affairs Department, who decided early on Friday to keep all 57 of the department's 57 regional offices open until every veteran waiting in line picked up an emergency GI bill check valued at up to $3,000.>>
10/02/09 04:52 pm ET
Late last month I reported that St. Louis hospital executive William Schoenhard appeared to have the inside track for appointment as the new undersecretary for health at the Veterans Affairs Department.>>
10/01/09 04:46 pm ET
Sen. John McCain spent a good bit of time on the Senate floor this week battling earmarks that his colleagues want to stuff into the 2010 Defense appropriations bill. One such earmark included this: a Montana project called the Magnetohydrodynamics Accelerator Research Into Advanced Hypersonics wind tunnel, or MARIAH.>>
