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  Another Year, Another Bad Audit

  Posted by Jen DiMascio 3:59 PM on Dec 23, 2011

  Leave it to the Government Accountability Office. Instead of sending along warm tidings of joy, the GAO is delivering out a sharp kick in the pants to the Pentagon, whose books rem... Read More >>

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  Gates Stops JSF F136 Work; GE Picks Fight

  Posted by Jen DiMascio 5:07 PM on Mar 24, 2011

  Holy Moses. The Pentagon has stopped work on the JSF program, and Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is predictably going ballistic.So... Read More >>

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  Digital Unknowns Surround Afghanistan Fight

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 2:45 PM on Oct 23, 2009

  With a new build up in Afghanistan, the Pentagon is trying to understand how much the Taliban and other foes understand and can attack the allies’ digital tools, weapons and... Read More >>

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  Is Gates Overhauling the DoD?

  Posted by Sean Meade 8:11 PM on Sep 22, 2009

  Got my Wired magazine yesterday and Noah Shachtman, Editor of Danger Room, has an article about Robert Gates called Overhaul the Pentagon. In fact, Noah just posted about it.Here a... Read More >>

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  Don't Phone, Don't Tell

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 6:27 PM on Aug 07, 2009

  Future Pentagon rules may supersede the Marine Corps’ ban on social networking sites. The Defense Dept. sets policy for the services and is studying the prohibition.“Th... Read More >>

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  U.S. Cyber Weapons: the Toothless Threat?

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 2:06 PM on Jun 17, 2009

  A senior U.S. Air Force warfighting commander recently talked with Aviation Week about some of the weaponry that can used against cyber targets. At his disposal, as an airpower com... Read More >>

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  A Limey In King Gates' Court

  Posted by Graham Warwick 9:41 PM on May 07, 2009

  If US SecDef Robert Gates' unveiling of his budget outline on April 6 was the first shoe dropping, and you thought today's presentation of the DoD's FY2010 budget re... Read More >>

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  Conflict of Interest

  Posted by John M. Doyle 6:06 PM on Jan 26, 2009

  It looks like the up-and-down nomination of Raytheon lobbyist William Lynn to be the No. 2 civilian official at the Pentagon is back up again.Lynn, a respected comptroller in the C... Read More >>

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  The New Chief in the Pentagon: Performance

  Posted by Michael Bruno 12:57 PM on Jan 07, 2009

  There's a new chief coming to the Pentagon, and it's probably not what you expected. President-elect Barack Obama today is expected to announce a "chief performance officer" who wi... Read More >>

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  Overspending, Program Chaos Spells Obama Trouble

  Posted by David A. Fulghum 3:21 PM on Nov 17, 2008

  A rapidly broadening rift between the Obama administration and Congress over defense acquisition spending can safely be predicted, says a new study.Meanwhile, a three way battle &... Read More >>

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