The differences between conventional and irregular warfare are becoming less important, Department of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates told students and faculty at the Army Command and General Staff College last week. “To some extent, much of the debate between low-end and high-end [warfare] misses the point,” he said, speaking at the Eisenhower Auditorium. “The [...]
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is making efforts to alleviate the ongoing BP oil spill in the gulf region. Jackson is visiting this area today, Monday May 10, 2010 through tomorrow, Tuesday May 11, 2010. Jackson will be meeting with BP officials, the Coast Guard, Louisiana State University Scientists, Tulane University Scientists, and other federal agency [...]
The Pentagon Channel has unveiled its latest new-media tool, which allows users to receive the latest DoD podcasts on their own website or social-networking pages by cutting and pasting a short line of code. The new widget features nine different podcasts, ranging from “This Week in the Pentagon” to audio versions of American Forces Press [...]
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recently spoke about how the Pentagon is spending its money. Gates spoke at the commemoration of the 65th anniversary of VE Day at the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas on Saturday, May 8, 2010. Secretary Gates used the tough budget decisions during the Cold War made by President Eisenhower as [...]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano this past weekend visited Nashville, Tenn., to meet with Governor Phil Bredesen and federal, state and local officials to discuss the impact of the historic flooding and view the response and recovery efforts in the state. “DHS and the entire federal government will do everything possible to support [...]
If you are interested in how virtual worlds are being used in government, you will get a chance to find out more at the Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Conference held May 13-14 in Washington, D.C. Paulette Robinson, assistant dean for teaching, learning & technology at the National Defense University, iCollege, said virtual worlds can [...]
FBI Director Director Robert S. Mueller has appointed Robert Anderson Jr. as intelligence division special agent in charge for the agency’s Washington, D.C. field office Anderson previously served as chief of the counterespionage section in the counterintelligence division at FBI Headquarters. He joined the FBI in 1995 as a special agent. After completing training at [...]
The Army is continuing the most fundamental series of changes it has seen since World War II, Gen. George W. Casey Jr. told the Defense Writers Group yesterday. “We are moving to put the whole Army on a rotational model, much like the Navy and Marine Corps have been on for years,” Casey said. “We [...]
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability has awarded more than $6 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to establish a Center of Excellence in Research on Disability Services, Care Coordination and Integration. The contract has been awarded to Mathematica Policy Research, Inc for a two-year period [...]
NASA has announced its first-ever chief technology officer for IT: Chris C. Kemp, who previously served as chief information officer at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California. “We are lucky to already have Chris at NASA, and this move will leverage his creative talents and energies,” NASA’s Chief Information Officer Linda Cureton said. Before [...]