Furloughs Begin Across DoD

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The 11 furlough days imposed on 85 percent of DoD’s civilian workforce will save $1.8 billion by the end of September, says Defense.Gov.

A run from the Capitol to the Pentagon and a Facebook page to serve as an antidote to the faltering morale of furloughed DoD civilians, reports Government Executive, which also posted a Furlough Blues video by Mama Sass parodying “Monday, Monday” as “furlough day, I get no pay.”

As US-China cybersecurity discussions opened Monday, Associated Press reports a Brookings scholar explaining, “the U.S. does not do commercial espionage to benefit our own firms competitive position, the Chinese side does and we insist that they stop.”

In the wake of US surveillance disclosures, e-government leader Estonia warns EU against reliance on US cloud technology, reports Defence Talk.

MIT can tell what Google knows about you and about your gmail connections. If you want to find out for yourself, reports Next Gov, MIT offers the service.

Pentagon releases first annual acquisition report to Congress, reports Defense.Gov. The report, says acquisition chief Frank Kendal, identifies cost overruns the result of poor management, reports Inside Defense. (Paywall.) Comptroller’s report gives insight into Pentagon’s planning strategies and priorities, says Breaking Defense.

Markets driving growth of smaller, smarter drones, reports Aviation Week. Israel manufactures the most drones, CNN Security Clearance has video.

Russia, the world’s second largest arms exporter sold $15.2 billion worth of weapons last year and as of June 1 has orders for $34 billion, reports Defence Talk.

Raytheon wins $279.4 million Navy contract to develop the Next Gen Jammer for the EA-18G Growler, reports Aviation Week.