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From Nextgov: Investigation reveals widespread insider hacking at immigration agency
Breaches at Texas Service Center before 2008 raise national security concerns and highlight vulnerability of citizenship data.
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DARPA director under investigation for conflict of interest
Defense inspector general confirms probe of Regina Dugan’s continued relationship with family firm.
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Obama: 'Lone wolf' attack is biggest concern
Guarding against someone being able to carry out a massacre with a with a single-weapon is a main focus right now.
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Military faces stark choices in coming budget battles
Rising personnel and health care costs are forcing painful management decisions, leaders say.
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From Nextgov: VA promotes social media use with new policy
Department wants to give veterans the opportunity to communicate directly with its employees.
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Panetta and Clinton wade into domestic politics
The secretaries of Defense and State are pushing for a 'balanced' debt-reduction deal that doesn't fall disproportionately on their two departments.
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Deficit debate drags military into political fray
The Pentagon is understandably nervous that the congressional deficit-reduction super committee will fail, automatically triggering as much as $1 trillion in cuts to defense spending.
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Army secretary creates commission to simplify bureaucracy
But John McHugh acknowledged that large-scale institutional change can take years.
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Pentagon faulted for not collecting contractor debts
Four senators send letter criticizing Defense’s financial management.
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Air Force announces civilian hiring freeze
Early outs and buyout offers are also in the works, officials say.
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Scores killed in attacks across Iraq
Nearly 70 people killed and dozens more wounded after a relative respite from violence during Ramadan.
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Army suicides rise to record level in July
Last month's 32 Army suicides underscore the military’s continuing inability to prevent troubled soldiers from taking their own lives.
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G.I. Bill expands coverage, still faces budget uncertainty
New provisions include eligibility for educational programs that do not lead to a college degree, such as flight training and apprenticeships.
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Army announces new renewable energy task force
Move will help to centralize management of large-scale projects and find private sector investors.
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From Nextgov: VA adds tablet computers to massive technology buy
The purchase will mark the first large-scale procurement of tablets in the federal government.
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Pentagon identifies servicemen killed in helicopter crash
The crash on Saturday caused the biggest single-day loss of life for American forces in Afghanistan.
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Senate holds up nominee for State Department nonproliferation bureau
The office manages efforts to halt the proliferation and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction.
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Growing indications SEALs were sent on low-level mission
While the military initially said troops who died Saturday were rescuing Army Rangers, it now says they were sent to apprehend fleeing militants.
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House GOP chairmen balk at defense cuts
Lawmakers want to know the national security implications of a worst-case deficit-reduction scenario.
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