Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki are moving forward the integration of both departments’ electronic health records systems to 2013 from 2014, EHR Intelligence reports. Jennifer Bresnick writes
MorePaula Friedman serves as acting program executive officer for joint medical information systems at the TRICARE Management Activity, where she provides acquisition oversight and guidance to staff responsible for automated clinical capabilities
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The Federal Aviation Administration will select six sites in the U.S. for testing unmanned aerial systems as the agency seeks to integrate UAS into civilian airspace. Marjorie Censer of the Washington Post
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Navy Secretary Ray Mabus is meeting with Chinese leaders this week in Beijing to discuss the U.S. shift in focus to the Asia-Pacific region, Foreign Policy reports. The meetings began Monday with
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Short-term reductions in defense readiness funds would allow the Defense Department to allocate more resources toward development of future weapons and equipment, according to a study from a Washington think tank. Reuters
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The Defense Department is running a pilot program to help service members acquire credentials for civilian professional fields, American Forces Press Service reports. Frank DiGiovanni, director of training readiness and strategy, told
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Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the military’s top cyber officer, outlined to an audience Thursday the different roles he sees federal agencies playing in the event of a cyberattack, AOL Government reports. Alexander,
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Michael O’Hanlon is a senior fellow in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution, where he specializes in U.S. defense strategy, the use of military force, homeland security and American foreign policy. He
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Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn is director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, having succeeded Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess in July to become the agency’s 18th director and assume leadership of 16,000 professionals.
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