Posted by Publisher on November 26, 2014 · Leave a Comment
First Jack Reed, now Michèle Flournoy say they don’t wish to be considered for Secretary of Defense, leaving Deputy Defense Minister Bob Work and his predecessor, Ash Carter still in the running.
Posted by Publisher on October 7, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Most DoD civilians return to work this week and all furloughed federal workers look to receive back pay, but industry layoffs threaten and military recovery time grows. An emerging futures market based upon government outcomes may prove the best bet in town.
Posted by Publisher on October 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Brinkmanship, partisanship, disruptive or stupid — whatever you call it, Congress shuttered government and froze most federal workers’ paychecks, but not their own.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags China Sea, civilian retirement, cyber security, Democrats, furlough, GOP, government, hagel, Japan, military pay, military retirement, Peter Munson, retirement, sequestration, Shahed 129, spending bill
Posted by Publisher on July 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment
As Defense Sec’y Chuck Hagel warns of continued budget threats to top personnel, the Pentagon readies a consolidated health care program to save $2.4 billion.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags Computer Sciences Corp., Defense Health Agency, drone, France, hagel, Harris Corp, Hewlett-Packard, military sexual assault, NAS:PaxRiver, NSA, Panama Canal, Pentagon budget, Pentagon cuts, X-47B
Posted by Publisher on July 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Civilian drone workers looking to organize; India debates foreign defense investment cap; exec salaries ‘deconstructed’; IRS targets more than conservatives; vet employment up; Navy seeks RAD.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags all volunteer force, cyber warfare, Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, executive compensation, Google, Google smart phone, hagel, India, India commerce minister, India defense minister, IRS, IRS targeting, Montorola, Persian Gulf, RAD, Reduce Administrative Distractions, Southern Maryland Sailing Foundation, US Navy
Posted by Publisher on July 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Congressmen seek end of equal allocations among military branches, call for re-balancing through strategic planning. The Reserves might not survive.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags China, Chuck Hael, delay JSF, Dow Jones Business News, Edward Snowden, European officials, European surveillance, Fort Meade Alliance, Greater Southern Maryland Chapter (GSMC) of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, hagel, JSF, MUOS Satellite, North Korea, sequestration, South Korea
Posted by Publisher on June 12, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Contractor wages catch Senate budgeting attention again as security clearance questions fill both chambers. Next Fire Scout moves forward.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags al-Qaeda, citizen surveillance, Defense Appropriations Bill, defense budget, disclose security requests, F-35, Fire Scout, Google, hagel, Judicial Watch, Lockheed Martin, PRISM, security clearance, sequestration, sexual assault prosecution, STEM
Posted by Publisher on June 10, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Despite reductions elsewhere, a month of achievements and cost savings is good news for the JSF. It’s more of a mixed bag for cyber-security.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags air to air missile launch, CIA, cyber-attack, cyber-defense, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, defense budget bill, Facebook, furloughs, hagel, HASC, Helms, Jim Sanborn, JSF, JSF air missile launch, Kryptos Sculpture Code, Lockheed Martin, Mark Zuckerman, McCaskill, PRISM, Susan Helms
Posted by Publisher on June 3, 2013 · Leave a Comment
A re-work of furlough scheduling qualifies Navy employees for unemployment insurance and a re-think of tactical nuclear strikes is needed now says a Pentagon-respected think-tank.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags chinese, cyber security, defense stocks, drone strike, drones, executive pay, furloughed unemployment benefits, hackathon, hacking, hagel, Lindsay Graham, national civic day of hacking, Obama, pay cap, satellite technology, sexual assault victims, Syria, tactical nuclear strike, unemployment benefits for Navy employees, White House, Yemen
Posted by Publisher on May 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment
JSF continues a week of successes at Pax, but the week ahead for Defense Authorization Bills look less sunny.
