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House-passed bill would ramp up IED office oversight
A separate but related provision in the bill would place more emphasis on irregular warfare by creating an assistant secretary of Defense post.
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Defense seeks to reprogram funds to cover Army shortfalls
Without supplemental funding, Gates predicts furloughs and suspension of pay.
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From Nextgov.com: Defense boosts bandwidth of global network to meet battlefield needs
Rising demand attributed mostly to satellite and video images from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Homeland Security avoids subpoena by turning over documents
Congressional aides said the department turned over more than 300 documents, including a list of career civil servants who will manage the presidential transition.
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Virginia senator: McCain 'missing the boat' on veterans' benefits bill
Republican presidential hopeful argues that Democrat Jim Webb's amendment to increase education benefits would undermine the military's retention efforts.
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Pentagon issues regulations applying federal labor relations rules to pay system
Changes to the National Security Personnel System are required under a law passed last year.
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Senate gives FDA $265 million in Defense supplemental ’08 funding
Funds would expand agency’s inspections of foreign drug plants and food products, but faces Bush veto.
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Committee accuses DHS of double-counting small business figures
House Homeland Security panel wants greater oversight of how agency disperses its contracting funds.
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House chairman blasts VA move to set up panel on soldier suicides
Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., instead calls for “immediate action” to provide mental health evaluations for discharged service members.
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ICE chief urges lawmakers to tour detention facilities
Julie Myers on Friday defended how her agency treats illegal immigrants being held in facilities across the country.
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House-passed bill seeks better coordination between State and Defense
Amendment would establish a 12-member panel to review how the two departments, as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development, collaborate on overseas national security issues.
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From Nextgov.com: Hill: Regulatory groups fail to protect power grid from cyberattacks
Federal regulatory commission says it needs more authority to force plants to tighten security for computer networks.
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Coast Guard maritime casualty investigations hindered by poor management, IG finds
Service releases five-year plan to improve safety, but more resources are needed.
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Senate OKs war supplemental bill with veterans' benefits
Package includes a provision that would essentially provide a four-year scholarship to any public university to veterans who have served since Sept. 11, 2001.
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Panel praises Petraeus during nomination hearing
General said the number of violent incidents in Iraq last week was the lowest in four years.
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Report: Defense Department cannot fully account for $7.8B spent in Iraq
Inspector general concludes funds were spent without appropriate documentation; office reconciling Iraqi payments has been moved from Kuwait to Rome, N.Y.
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From Nextgov.com: Committee pulls purse strings to nudge services toward unified command-and-control systems
House Armed Services report also targets Future Combat Systems delays and IT staff shortage.
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GAO: Post-government employment of Defense contracting officials could pose conflict of interest
The Pentagon is not required to monitor former officials when they begin jobs with defense contractors.
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Advocates question ICE workplace raids' effect on kids
Immigration enforcement agency recently arrested hundreds of workers at an Iowa plant, 12 of whom were between the ages of 15 and 17.
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