Digital Government

Defense audit agency gets new second-in-command

Anita Bales has served at the agency for nearly 20 years.

Digital Government

DOD prepares personnel for government shutdown

The Defense Department will divide its employees into "excepted" and "nonexcepted" from the governmentwide shutdown, and is releasing some details about how it will proceed if funding runs out this weekend.

People

DOD shuns Web-only brain injury tools

The Pentagon is upgrading its chief brain injury assessment tool, but some officials are criticizing its reliability.

Digital Government

Shutdown impact on DOD uncertain, but ominous

The Defense Department is closely studying its authorities to determine how to keep department functioning if the government shuts down.

Digital Government

Military leaders honored for cybersecurity efforts

Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minihan and Gen. James Cartwright are being honored for their contributions to cybersecurity defense by the University of Maryland University College as the institution celebrates its new cybersecurity program.

Digital Government

VA, DOD agree on joint platform for e-health records, Shinseki says

The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments have come to an agreement on creating a joint platform for their electronic medical record systems, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told a Senate subcommittee today.

Digital Government

DOD report-writing is cost-cutting target

A member of the House Armed Services Committee wants to help Defense Secretary Gates reduce the cost of writing reports and printing documents.

Digital Government

DOD must weigh risk and reward of social media tools, panel says

As the Defense Department moves forward with official use of popular social methods of information-sharing, officials must work together to weigh the benefits and risks that can come from increasingly open communication.

Acquisition

DOD's contractor database could lead to the wrong results

The Defense Department's past-performance database sometimes is not a reliable guide to which contractors are best prepared to handle a job, a wartime commission has found.