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Contractors are doing core acquisition jobs, Defense official says
Pentagon’s top procurement executive notes danger of outsourcing inherently governmental tasks.
Defense
Panel questions cost of contractors in war zones
Democrat cites example of defense contract personnel eating in taxpayer-funded facilities at a cost of $14,000 a person.
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Appropriators urge DHS to see if grants are improving security
According to GAO, the department has never developed a way to measure achievements resulting from the aid.
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Defense Information Systems Agency director to retire in July
Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Croom will be succeeded by Rear Adm. Elizabeth Hight, the first Navy head of DISA.
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Defense, VA lay out plans to improve health care for wounded soldiers
For now, families must navigate a stovepiped system with "a fistful of business cards," says father of a wounded soldier.
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Democrats pledge to raise issue of Iraq waste, mismanagement
Senate appropriators suggested they would use the information to fight Bush's $102.5 billion supplemental request for the war.
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Air Force now supports alternate engine program for F-35
Secretary tells panel that the second engine would give the military a hedge in the event of problems with the primary one.
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House chairman asks agencies to probe Blackwater
At issue is whether the company can declare that its security guards are independent contractors, not employees.
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House report criticizes Homeland Security’s workforce diversity
DHS says data is outdated, points to success of Hispanic and disabled employees.
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Senior administration officials refuse to join hearing on signing statements
House panel had asked representatives from the Defense and Justice departments to testify on the effect of President Bush's statement on fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill.
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NOAA completes tsunami warning system
Upgraded buoy network enables officials to better determine when to issue tsunami warnings to the public.
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GAO: Future Combat Systems network still more concept than reality
GAO reports that amount of software code required has more than tripled since 2003.
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Report: National security agencies have failed in Iraq, Afghanistan
Nation building has been left to the U.S. military, which is ill-suited to the task, special House panel says.
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Senator condemns Army response to unsafe water in Iraq
A March 7 inspector general report says former Halliburton subsidiary did not follow Army standards on water quality.
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Army says it needs up to $260 billion per year
That’s about half the total requested by the Pentagon for 2009.
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FEMA to take over mass care role formerly held by Red Cross
GAO finds agency’s expanded role is appropriate, but raises concerns.
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House panels seek info on FBI data collection programs
The FBI requested $12 million for information analysis center in fiscal 2008.
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Overruns, delays plague satellite programs, lawmakers told
Development setbacks stretch into decades and billions of dollars, GAO official said.
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Lawmaker to Navy: Cut new destroyers, build cruisers faster
Ending DDG-1000 production would likely require the Navy to start production again on the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class destroyer.
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