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DOD Official to Industry: We Need Fitness Tracking Software, Not New Devices
Better tracking software could help military patients recover from injuries, Col. Deydre Teyhen said.
Defense
The FBI's ViCAP Database Could Catch Rapists, But It's Largely Unused
Three decades after the FBI launched a revolutionary system to catch repeat offenders, it barely has any data.
Oversight
Clinton Will Testify in Front of the House Benghazi Committee
The GOP-led panel said the former State Department chief's public appearance in October has been finalized.
Defense
Saudi Arabia Wants 600 Patriot Missiles in Response to the Iran Deal
The Kingdom’s request for additional interceptors could be the first of many new Mideast arms purchases aimed at warding off Iranian missiles.
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UPDATED: Leidos Wins Massive Pentagon Health Care Records Contract
The Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract’s base value is $4.3 billion over 10 years, with an expected 18-year lifecycle value of $9 billion.
Defense
The Navy is Looking at High Cancer Rates at Guantanamo Bay
A "cancer cluster" is being investigated.
Defense
State Department Plan for Training Center Draws Senatorial Flak
Echoes of Benghazi are heard in debate over duplicative costs.
Defense
Robert Gates, Overseer of the Demise of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' at Defense, Welcomes Gay Scoutmasters to the Boy Scouts
The former Pentagon chief is an unlikely gay-rights hero.
Defense
What is in the Justice’s Cybersecurity Memo?
Despite calls for its release, the government will not make public a memo that Sen. Ron Wyden says is crucial to the Senate’s cybersecurity debate.
Management
Inspectors General Lose Bid to Expand Access to Agency Documents
Justice Department's opinion interprets statute as protecting grand jury, wiretap and credit information.
Defense
Obama Administration Says It's In Final Stages of Drafting Plan to Close Guantanamo
Press secretary Josh Earnest also told reporters Wednesday that if a major defense bill included a provision to prevent closing the prison, Obama would veto it.
Defense
Army Chief Nominee Supports Arming Recruiters
Gen. Mark Milley, Obama’s nominee to become Army chief of staff, says measures are being taken to protect recruiters, like the ones targeted in the Chattanooga attack.
Defense
Martin O’Malley’s Linking of Climate Change and ISIS Isn’t As Crazy As You Might Think
Conservatives mocked the Democratic presidential candidate, but there’s evidence of a connection between drought and the Syrian civil war.
Defense
Obama Announces New Loan Protections for Troops
The changes close loopholes in a 2006 law aimed at preventing predatory lenders from taking advantage of service members and their families.
Defense
Closing Guantanamo Tops Havana's To-Do List
The U.S.-Cuba relationship may be thawing, but Congress may be the only one who can melt the iceberg that is the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Management
What It Will Take to Move the Needle on Reform
For each step forward on acquisition, rules or inaction stall progress.
Defense
The Iran Deal Trips Up Clinton’s Delicate Foreign Policy Dance
The agreement is forcing the Clinton campaign to figure out how to tout her tenure as Obama’s first secretary of state while keeping the president’s mixed national-security record at arm’s length.
Defense
Head Air Marshal to Congress: We've Still Got This
The "last line of defense" in the sky is persevering despite several challenges.
Defense