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National Defense
May 2010
Stew Magnuson |
DHS Promises More Penalties for Poorly Performing Contractors A senior Homeland Security official has promised more accountability after revelations that the department in its first years rarely ever suspended or debarred contractors for poor performance.   |
National Defense
May 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Technology Directorate To Help DHS Agencies Write Requirements The Department of Homeland Security during its first eight years has had a poor reputation when it comes to fielding new technologies. DHS' science and technology directorate leader says her organization can help solve some of these acquisition problems. |
National Defense
May 2010
Conetta & Knight |
For National Security's Sake, The Pentagon Has to Tighten its Belt President Obama has called for a freeze on most federal agency spending, notably exempting national defense. |
National Defense
May 2010
Dale W. Church |
Defense Needs More Acquisition Professionals, But it Should Only Hire Those Who Are Qualified The Defense Department announced it plans to hire 20,000 additional professionals. This goal is quantitatively overly ambitious and misses the requirement that these new hires be well qualified. |
National Defense
May 2010
Plank et al. |
First 100 Days of Deployment Critical to Soldier Survivability Can learned factors or perhaps inherent traits be replicated and conveyed in training so that a soldier's chance of surviving initial firefights is similar to that of a seasoned combat veteran? |
Chemistry World
April 9, 2010
Rebecca Trager |
EPA seeks heightened scrutiny for 16 chemicals The US Environmental Protection Agency wants to tighten its oversight of certain chemical substances by adding 16 chemicals to its Toxics Release Inventory list. |
InternetNews
April 9, 2010 |
FCC Details Broadband Plans After Legal Setback Federal Communications Commission chairman argues that court ruling has little bearing on its broadband agenda for the rest of the year, which will tackle spectrum, universal service and a host of other issues. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2010
Rich Smith |
Boeing's Big Brazilian Break? It could have happened in Brazil, but it won't. |
The Motley Fool
April 9, 2010
Morgan Housel |
Greenspan, Rubin, and a Roomful of Hypocrites Three highly regarded leaders, and their inability to face reality. |
National Defense
May 2010
Sandra I. Erwin |
Without Radical Change, Many More Defense Programs Will End Up Like JSF The breathless hype over the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's soaring costs and schedule slips clouds a much bigger acquisition predicament for the Pentagon: How to stop more programs from ending up like JSF. |
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