83,000 Missing Troops Still
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There are more than 83,000 missing troops, who remain unaccounted for from World War II forward, and each day the odds get longer for finding their remains, reports Military.com.
By executive fiat, federal contractors must now provide up to seven days sick leave for employees, GovExec reports on the Labor Day executive order from President Obama. The Obama administration has also acted to protect conversations among co-workers about their compensation, partially to fight the wage gap between men and women. GovExec reports, previously these co-worker conversations could be prohibited by employers.
The Navy tells a House subcommittee, Congressionally mandated shock trials will delay by two years, putting the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford into the fleet, reports Seapower.
Whose winning the government shutdown/budget wars in Congress? Depends on what you call winning, reports the Washington Examiner.
Defense One reports, US Central Command says numbers of deaths and injuries from Iranian IEDs much lower than presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) announced.
US intelligence officials say nation states, more than rogue states or hackers, are the greatest cyberspace threat, reports Defense Systems.
Robots clear unexploded ordnance to prepare a a new live-fire test range at Fort Bragg, NC, reports Defense Systems.
Down from 32 to three, now Pentagon officials consider cancelling the third Zumwalt-class destroyer, even though General Dynamics is already 41 percent done with this final piece of the three-destroyer, $22 billion program, reports Pilot Online.
Defense One reports, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says he trusts the intelligence community to monitor Iran’s behavior and that the only other choice is to see Tehran obtain nuclear arms.
Rep. Randy Forbes, R-VA, head of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projections Forces Subcommittee, is worried about the condition of aging US bombs, reports Defense Tech.
Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Virginia, is being awarded a $10,770,430 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable contract for management and professional support services to the Ship and Air Integrated Division for the Department of Defense, joint service, and federal agencies programs. Services to be provided consist of contract management, project management, organizational management, administrative and material acquisition support. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Maryland (98 percent); California, Maryland (1 percent); and San Diego, California (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2017. Fiscal 2015 working capital funds (Navy) in the amount of $1,464,212 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304 (c)(1). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00421-15-C-0030)
