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Author archiveBob Brewin

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.

This Electronic Health Record’s Cost Has Jumped 2,233 Percent

…and other billion dollar horrors from GAO.

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Electronic Warfare Accounts for 5 Percent of the Defense 2015 Science Budget

Advanced systems are needed to counter threats from adversaries, including China, lawmakers told.

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Army Secretary John McHugh, left, and Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno testified on Capitol Hill last year.

Good News: Army Chiefs Plan ‘Smart’ Civilian Workforce Reduction

The Bad News: Possible RIFs.

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An F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter (JSF) aircraft

Software Continues to Plague $397 Billion F-35 Project, GAO Finds

Marines may not meet July 2015 operational target.

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Computer Security Problems at VA More Than Doubled in the Past Six Years

Department still lags in network security after 16 years of warnings.

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Barack Obama holds an iPad at an event at a Maryland school in February.

The POTUS Wireless Ecosystem

Ensuring the president can communicate ‘anywhere, anytime, by any means with anyone in the world.’

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A U.S. Marine exits a steel container, the lights illuminating the smoke from a trash-burning pit, at Forward Operating Base Jackson, in Sangin, Helmand province, Afghanistan.

VA Fails to Set Up Registry of Troops Exposed to Burn Pits

The department says it’s testing hardware and software; lawmakers outraged.

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Here Comes the milCloud

Trademark it before the competition grabs it.

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Commercial crews load the first of two containers with low-level radioactive waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Los Alamos Nuclear Waste Heads to Texas Temporarily After Radiation Leaks

No date set for reopening shuttered N.M. storage site.

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Marijuana grown for medical purposes is shown inside a greenhouse at a farm in Potter Valley, Calif.

I’ll Pass on the Medical Grass to Treat PTSD

Sounds too much like street grass, which didn’t help.

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