President Obama has named Jonathan Woodson, a one-star general in the Army Reserve, the Pentagon’s top doctor. Woodson currently works at Boston University School of Medicine as an associate professor of surgery and as the associate dean. Woodson has deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Saudi Arabia, and Central America. He is currently the deputy commander [...]

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Both Earth Day and The Environmental Protection Agency are 40 years old today. Senator Gaylord Nelson created Earth Day in the spring of 1970, and a few months following this, the EPA was founded. This weekend the EPA will be celebrating with a huge expo at the [...]

Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra recently unveiled the new Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) guidance which will look to use “real-time electronic data that feed directly and immediately into security monitoring and alert systems.” In a blog post, Kundra writes “This change means that agencies will be able to identify vulnerabilities faster and [...]

Michael J. Robertson will be the new chief of staff at GSA. He is moving from his position as Associate Administrator of Governmentwide Policy and Chief Acquisition Officer, which he has held since August 2009. Before working at GSA, Robertson worked as the deputy working group lead for the Energy and Environment Agency Review Team [...]

If the current Cold War-era export control system does not get revamped, it could harm national security, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday told members of Business Executives for National Security. Addressing the nonpartisan organization of business leaders, Gates said the export control system does not adequately protect crucial U.S. capabilities and makes it nearly [...]

The Department of Justice is observing the annual National Crime Victims’ Rights Week this week. From April 18, 2010 to April 24, 2010, The Department of Justice, along with other state and local agencies, as well as the public and victim services providers, will observe this week in order to bring attention to crime victims [...]

Just in time for Earth Day celebrations, a major independent research group has named the Department of Defense a leader in energy conservation. “The department is doing more than sounding an alarm; it has enacted energy goals and is inventing, testing and deploying new technologies and alternative fuels to meet those goals,” Phyllis Cuttino, director [...]

A new advisory board composed of private-sector CEOs who will provide recommendations about the best practices around productivity, technology and customer service was created yesterday by President Barack Obama. Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orzag announced in his blog Monday that the new board will complement the President’s Management Council, which consists primarily [...]

Homeland Security can now add another slightly unexpected suspect to its list of national security threats: wind turbines. According to Homeland Security Newswire, wind turbines create a shadow that makes airplanes disappear from radar screens, as well as clutter the screens with the turbines’ “signature,” which changes as blades accelerate and slow with the wind. [...]

Eyjafjallajökull, the volcano in Iceland, is continuing to erupt and now we have clear images thanks to NASA. The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument, which is on NASA’s Terra spacecraft, has been able to take images of the ash plumes. The ASTER has been able to take several images of the [...]