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Fewer Marines, Larger California Desert Base

Expansion will help accommodate training and exercises for a Marine Expeditionary Brigade size force.

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Navy Plans to Beef Up Cyber Workforce

Service’s 2014 budget also includes $340.1 million for shipboard networks.

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Sprint Boston Network Operating in Wake of Marathon Bomb Blasts

Carrier did not receive any official requests to shut down network in area.

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Pentagon’s $1.45 Billion Health IT Budget Request Includes Spectacles

System for ordering eyeglasses cuts processing time for deployed patients.

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VA Seeks a 10 Percent IT Funding Boost in 2014

The top development priority is the integrated electronic health record with Defense.

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There’s a Word for VA’s Paperless Claims System

For some employees, VBMess is now shorthand for the Veterans Benefits Management System.

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Pentagon's 2014 Budget Continues the Department's Focus on Asia

Defense officials are seeking nearly $5 billion for cyber operations and $10 billion for space capabilities.

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VA’s Top Budget Priority: Processing Disability Claims

Total cost of new system is pegged at more than half a billion dollars through 2014.

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Did Jon Stewart Foil the Pentagon's Health Records Plan?

The comedian could finally do what Congress hasn't been able to do: Force the Defense Department to address its ‘intolerable’ system.

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It Seems Defense Really Doesn’t Need Much Money to Develop Its Acquisition Workforce

Maybe it's just a matter of winning the lottery.

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Semper Fidelis for 50 Years

I learned one key lesson in infantry training: Never give up.

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Key Pentagon IT Programs Survived 2013 Budget Cuts Mostly Unscathed

Despite sequester, DISA received full funding but Army communications took a $537 million hit in omnibus budget.

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Hagel Takes Aim at Risky and Expensive Pentagon Programs

In his first major policy speech, the Defense secretary also blasted the bloated bureaucracy.

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Former Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker Joins Agilex as Chief Strategy Officer

He says he will draw on his experience with mobile and health technologies to help other agencies.

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VA Reports Slight Progress as Claims Backlog Drops 2 Percent

The number of claims sitting more than 125 days fell to 613,816.