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VA’s Deputy CIO Takes New Job
Steph Warren oversaw VA’s $4 billion IT shop and its several thousand employees over the past two years, owning the agency’s cybersecurity strategy and answering repeatedly to Congress on its perceived IT vulnerabilities and the successful cyberintrusions of nation state-sponsored attackers.
Defense
The Federal Employees Who Singled Out Hiroshima for Atomic Destruction
How committee meetings, memos, and largely arbitrary decisions ushered in the nuclear age.
Defense
Obama Invokes Iraq War in Soliciting Iran Deal Support
The president argued that a vote for the nuclear agreement would break from the mindset that led to the 2003 invasion.
Defense
Flaws Uncovered in Vaunted Marine Corps Audit
Senators blast Pentagon watchdog for being too lax in its examination.
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Intelligence Community Research Agency Gets New Director
Jason Matheny had previously been in charge of IARPA’s “Anticipating Surprise” office, overseeing efforts to develop new capabilities in predicting and forecasting events related to national security.
Defense
Air Force Looks To Make Smarter and Deadlier Drones
The Reaper's next chapter includes better sensors, more autonomy, bigger weapons
Management
Marines: The F-35 is Ready for War
Seven years late, the Joint Strike Fighter is deemed ready to fight.
Defense
Two Women Advance To Final Phase of Army Ranger School
Of the three women still vying to graduate from the first gender-integrated course for the Army’s elite, two moved on to the swamp stage.
Defense
Despite Possible Government Shutdown, Many Military Families Think Congress Will Reverse Sequestration in the Fall
Service members though are increasingly worried about changes to health care and retirement benefits, according to survey.
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DOD Official to Industry: We Need Fitness Tracking Software, Not New Devices
Better tracking software could help military patients recover from injuries, Col. Deydre Teyhen said.
Defense
The FBI's ViCAP Database Could Catch Rapists, But It's Largely Unused
Three decades after the FBI launched a revolutionary system to catch repeat offenders, it barely has any data.
Oversight
Clinton Will Testify in Front of the House Benghazi Committee
The GOP-led panel said the former State Department chief's public appearance in October has been finalized.
Defense
Saudi Arabia Wants 600 Patriot Missiles in Response to the Iran Deal
The Kingdom’s request for additional interceptors could be the first of many new Mideast arms purchases aimed at warding off Iranian missiles.
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UPDATED: Leidos Wins Massive Pentagon Health Care Records Contract
The Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract’s base value is $4.3 billion over 10 years, with an expected 18-year lifecycle value of $9 billion.
Defense
The Navy is Looking at High Cancer Rates at Guantanamo Bay
A "cancer cluster" is being investigated.
Defense
State Department Plan for Training Center Draws Senatorial Flak
Echoes of Benghazi are heard in debate over duplicative costs.
Defense
Robert Gates, Overseer of the Demise of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' at Defense, Welcomes Gay Scoutmasters to the Boy Scouts
The former Pentagon chief is an unlikely gay-rights hero.
Defense
What is in the Justice’s Cybersecurity Memo?
Despite calls for its release, the government will not make public a memo that Sen. Ron Wyden says is crucial to the Senate’s cybersecurity debate.
Management
Inspectors General Lose Bid to Expand Access to Agency Documents
Justice Department's opinion interprets statute as protecting grand jury, wiretap and credit information.
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