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The Defense Department has appointed Charles Beames principal director for space and intelligence within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics. According to a Pentagon release, Beames also was named to the Senior Executive Service with that promotion. Beames previously served as strategic adviser …

As the Defense Department’s chief information officer, Teri Takai serves as the principal adviser to the defense secretary on matters regarding information management and information technology, non-intelligence space systems, satellite communications, navigation and timing programs. She also advises the secretary on spectrum and telecommunications. In July, she discussed a report …

Andre Gudger is director of the Defense Department’s Small Business Programs Office, where since March 2011 he has served as principal adviser and staff to the defense secretary on small business-related matters. According to the department, he spent 17 years in the defense, intelligence and investment banking industries prior to …

Legislation would help standardize the policy process between the Defense Department and private industry on sharing cybersecurity information, a top Pentagon official said Thursday. American Forces Press Service reports Eric Rosenbach, deputy assistant defense secretary for cyber policy, said such a bill would consider the volume of information traded between …

One of the greatest challenges the Defense Department faces is to recruit and retain talent in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council both say. According to Fierce Government IT, the academies cited the global demand for STEM talent as …

The Hampton Roads region will continue to play an integral role in the U.S. defense strategy even as the Defense Department will see budget cutbacks over the next decade, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Friday. The Virginian-Pilot reports Panetta made the remarks before regional business and military leaders at the …

Patrick Fitzgerald is director of the Defense Contract Audit Agency, having been appointed to this position Nov. 8, 2009. The DCAA is the agency responsible for auditing the department’s contracts and providing cost accounting and financial advisory services regarding contracts and subcontracts to all DoD components responsible for procurement and contract administration. …

The Defense Department may ask Congress for authority to reprogram funds for high-priority contracts if sequestration cuts kick in Jan. 2, Defense News reports. Pentagon Comptroller Robert Hale told reporter Marcus Weisgerber the service branches would be asked to review key contracts and try to avoid disruptive renegotiations. Defense spending …

Kristen Baldwin is a principal deputy in the Defense Department, where she serves as the deputy assistant secretary for systems engineering within the office of the assistant secretary for research and development. She is responsible for engineering and technical workforce, policy, and acquisition program implementation across the department and focuses …

The Department of Veterans Affairs has reached the one million-patient mark for its Blue Button initiative, the department announced Friday. Patients use the web-based Blue Button to access and download their personal health recordinformation into one file for use in private healthcare electronic records systems. Blue Button files also are …