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Bob Brewin
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Bob Brewin joined Government Executive in April 2007, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience as a journalist focusing on defense issues and technology. Bob covers the world of defense and information technology for Nextgov, and is the author of the “What’s Brewin” blog.
Gustav response highlights Army’s improvement in disaster communications
September 2, 2008 Alexandria, La. - Hoping to avoid the communications breakdown it experienced during Hurricane Katrina, the Army has turned to mobile command vehicles built from the ground up to coordinate with first responders in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. During Katrina, Defense Department units had difficulty communicating with state and local ...
Keeping Track
September 1, 2008 Radio frequency technology takes off in the federal world of supply and demand. Federal agencies have deployed radio frequency identification technology to manage their assets, tracking everything from seagoing containers to paper medical files, and even to determine how fast a letter moves through the international postal system. RFID technology ...
Walking the Deck
September 1, 2008 The military's top doctor demands accountability, in person and online. Dr. S. Ward Casscells, assistant secretary of Defense for health affairs, says Defense Secretary Robert Gates provided him with a one-word job description when he took over as the military's top doctor in April 2007: accountability. Gates couldn't wait for ...
Keeping Track
September 1, 2008
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Radio frequency technology takes off in the federal world of supply and demand. Federal agencies have deployed radio frequency identification technology to manage their assets, tracking everything from seagoing containers to paper medical files, and even to determine how fast a letter moves through the international postal system. RFID technology ...
What's Brewin: YouTube, MySpace and PTSD
August 29, 2008
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The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury plans to launch this fall a massive multimedia campaign to destigmatize post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, including using social networking sites such as MySpace and YouTube, Cmdr. Tony Arita, a psychologist at the centers told me. ...
Bush administration vows Gustav response will be different
August 29, 2008
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Top federal disaster officials led by Homeland Security Department Secretary Michael Chertoff promised during a whirlwind trip to Louisiana on Thursday a better and more coordinated response to Hurricane Gustav than they provided after Hurricane Katrina. Comment on this article in The Forum.Chertoff and David Paulison, administrator of the Federal ...
Bush administration vows Gustav response will be different
August 29, 2008 Top federal disaster officials led by Homeland Security Department Secretary Michael Chertoff promised during a whirlwind trip to Louisiana on Thursday a better and more coordinated response to Hurricane Gustav than they provided after Hurricane Katrina. Chertoff and David Paulison, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, held press conferences ...
Agencies get ready for massive Gulf Coast storm
August 28, 2008
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Federal agencies are scrambling to prepare for a major hurricane predicted to hit the Gulf Coast early next week, following a declaration of a state of emergency and a request for federal assistance on Wednesday by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Comment on this article in The Forum.Forecasters predicted Hurricane Gustav, ...
Agencies get ready for massive Gulf Coast storm
August 28, 2008 Federal agencies are scrambling to prepare for a major hurricane predicted to hit the Gulf Coast early next week, following a declaration of a state of emergency and a request for federal assistance on Wednesday by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Forecasters predicted Hurricane Gustav, currently in the vicinity of Jamaica, ...
Democratic convention shows off technological prowess
August 22, 2008
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When the Democratic National Convention kicks off on Aug. 25 in Denver, delegates, party officials and the media will tap into some of the most sophisticated communications networks ever installed for a single event. Comment on this article in The Forum.Qwest Communications installed a fiber-optic network at the Pepsi Center ...
