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Ethics rule could slow DOD's revolving employment door
Defense Department employees who have worked on large procurements must get a written opinion from an ethics officer before signing on with a defense contractor.
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Army lines up support for information centers
ManTech International Corp. and Apptis Inc. are partnering on $132.9 million contract to provide information technology and engineering support services to the Army.
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Performance pay: We know it works
NGA, among others, has demonstrated that pay for performance works in government, writes consultant Howard Risher.
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Southern Command gets network boost in Honduras
Harris Corp. will continue working with the Army to improve command security and operations in Central America under a five-year task order worth $38 million.
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Army chief of staff outlines global security challenges
Army Chief of Staff Gen. George Casey outlines four key areas must be addressed for global security.
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Counter-IED tactics MIA in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has established a task force to move new techniques and technologies for combating improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan more quickly to the front lines, reports Greg Grant at DOD Buzz.
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5 government contracting myths busted
Deltek's survey of government contractors pokes holes in the conventional wisdom of growth, mergers and acquisitions and government audits.
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Navy calls up support for LCS program office
The Navy has awarded a contract worth up to $169 million over five years to Computer Sciences Corp. to furnish a wide array of support services to the Littoral Combat Ship Program Office.
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Politics wreak havoc on DOD's funding priorities
This year’s appropriations bill, perhaps more than usual, seemed to pit the military’s need to better provide for its warfighters against the pressures faced by lawmakers to protect jobs.
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Next-gen biometric ID system helps combat terrorism
Gary Winkler, program executive officer of the Army's Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Navy's Fleet Cyber Command 'right action at the right time'
Vice Adm. H. Denby Starling II, commander of the Naval Network Warfare Command, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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GNEC, NCS power Army's global network
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, Army chief information officer, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Flight Plan transforms Air Force ISR
Col. Tim Skinner, chief of the Air Force's ISR Plans and Integration Division, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Business process management strengthens AKO/DKO portal
Col. Earl Noble, Army Knowledge Online project manager, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Netcom, GNEC directives transform Army LandWarNet
Maj. Gen. Susan Lawrence, commanding general of the Army's Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Integrated sensor-derived data drives battlefield success
Brig. Gen. Thomas Cole, program executive officer of the Army's Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Military leaders accelerate C4ISR integration
Efforts to improve command, control, communications, and computer systems and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities is taking on new urgency.
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Navy extends ship engineering support contract
Raytheon Co. will furnish engineering and related support services for the Navy’s next-generation amphibious warfare ships under a contract worth $197 million over five years.
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Army enlists help for testing C4I systems
ManTech International Corp. will help the Army boost its command and intelligence capabilities under a new contract potentially worth $286 million over five years.
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