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Military Social Work Program in San Diego
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on April 30, 2009
...am in USC in Los Angeles which provides courses for military families with social work skills. This Pentagon produced item is about the USC School of Social Work's Military Social Work program. Th...
Blackwater's "get out of jail" card
in Sox First, on May 10, 2008
... year, a criminal investigation by the FBI, internal investigations by the State Department and the Pentagon, and high-profile Congressional hearings, the people at Blackwater walk free with reports ...
Sheila Fajl Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on April 30, 2008
...eserved - gracing the pages of such magazines as InStyle, People, and Lucky .
Brushed Gold Pentagon Ring in Lemon
Gold plated split-shank band.
Lemon Quartz.
Although her line is extremely ...
Iraq's accounting black hole
in Sox First, on December 7, 2007
...elivered properly. It coincides with a Government Accountability Office report which says that pentagon 's use of the terms "independent" and "fully independent" to de...
What infowar might mean to you
in The CIO Weblog, on November 5, 2007
I don't think it rises quite to the level of SABRE -rattling, but some of Chinese president Hu Jintao's recent pronouncements on China's defense policy as it relates to information technology got me thinking. In his report to the 17th Party Congress, Hu says:
To attain the str...
This Week in Aviation History: Remembering September 11th
in The Aviation Weblog, on September 11, 2007
... City, causing the collapse of both towers. A short while later, another plane was crashed into the Pentagon, and fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pa.
September 12, 1992: Dr. Mae Carol Jemison b...
P2P On the Hill - Who Stole My P2P Cheese
in P2P File Sharing, on August 2, 2007
...a found over 200 classified US Government documents from another contractor, including the entire pentagon backbone network security infrastructure diagram.
LOSER. One example mentioned was th...
Six steps for forecasting
in Sox First, on July 13, 2007
... in with your view of the present and future. One of the best examples is Iraq. The planners at the Pentagon had assumed Iraq II would unfold like Iraq I. They dismissed Vietnam because the US had los...
Nanotech Super-Soldier Video
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 15, 2007
...nts, showcasing some of the features of the nanotech-enabled suit being developed at MIT that the Pentagon would like to see in action by 2020. To summarize the touted benefits: super boots (6x jump...
BAE: the scandal that won't go away
in Sox First, on June 14, 2007
...'s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. This would cause problems for BAE's attempts to make the Pentagon its biggest customer. More importantly, however, it is a devastating epilogue to the Blair...
Soldiers Banned
in The Social Networking Weblog, on May 23, 2007
No longer will soldiers be able to surf and post to blogs and social networking sites . The writer of the Katrinacrat Blog thinks this is the first step in taking away their Internet access all together.
I think they are probably having two problems and this is the best way to solve t...
Wolfowitz woes continue
in Sox First, on April 18, 2007
...eryone to pressure World Bank directors into dumping him. Add to that the allegations that the pentagon had ordered a contractor to employ his girlfriend Shaha Ali Riza. Wolfowitz was deputy...
RFID zu Spionagezwecken?
in RFID Weblog, on January 11, 2007
...estens drei Fällen zwischen Oktober 2005 und Jänner 2006 bei verschiedenen Subunternehmern des Pentagons sichergestellt. Über die Hintergründe wurde nichts mitgeteilt. Auch blieb unklar, um welche Mün...
Rocket Plane of the Near Future?
in The Gadgets Weblog, on December 20, 2006
...cinating article in Popular Mechanics about the development of two new missile technologies by the Pentagon. One would modify the existing Trident ballistic missile into a conventional-weapon- (as ...
The Success Effect
in Businesspundit, on November 18, 2006
...success.
My favorite chapter was about Jeff Baxter, former doobie brothers guitarist turned Pentagon adviser. It was interesting to read about how he made that move. From the book:
...in the...
Arms and accounting
in Sox First, on November 2, 2006
... corruption and wasted billions, according to books and reports . Part of the problem is that the Pentagon has shown itself to be absolutely useless when it comes to tracking its numbers and keeping...
World Bank anti-corruption critics
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on September 15, 2006
...he bank's anti-corruption unit, and brought a raft of assistants and advisors he knew from the Pentagon and White House to join him at the WB. This story has been covered here and there in the pre...
The Post-9/11 Jackpot for defence and oil bosses
in Sox First, on September 8, 2006
Someone's sure making money out of the war on terror and soaring oil prices! Last year might have been another monster year for corporate CEO salaries but guess what: oil and defense industry executives did best of all, according to a study released by the the two leftish non-profit ...
Iraq's collateral damage to business
in Sox First, on September 1, 2006
...re is now less demand for big-ticket weapons systems. Things were simpler in the cold war, when the Pentagon spent about $150 billion a year on new weapons. That fell to around $50 billion after the ...
Government accounting: what are the real numbers?
in Sox First, on August 7, 2006
...ess, according to a USA Today report . Another example is the accounting problem confronting the Pentagon which has shown itself to be absolutely useless when it comes to tracking the numbers. In...
Pentagon Sets its Sights on Social Networks
in The Dating Weblog, on June 12, 2006
... Encryption software . Websites such as MySpace and Friendster are a snoop's dream. The Pentagon's National Security Agency, which specialises in eavesdropping and code-breaking, is fu...
Sarbanes-Oxley, Whistleblowers and Culture Clash
in Sox First, on May 15, 2006
... attempts in America to elevate whistleblowers to folk-hero status. Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, and Enron's whistleblower Sherron Watkins, are two obvious examples. I have bl...
Pentagon calling: send in the accountants
in Sox First, on April 10, 2006
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When it comes to spending public money, the Pentagon is clueless and seems incapable of tracking the numbers. Check this announcement that there have been significant cost blowouts in 36 US Defe...
Great Wolf Lodge
in The Flyaway Weblog, on January 27, 2006
...cotrun, a visitor's first sight of the mammoth 401-suite lodge is a bit like stumbling upon the Pentagon"
Great Wolf is a 401-suite lodge where your kids can enjoy while you, adults, can re...
100个精彩的Google Maps景点（点击即看）
in GSeeker, on January 11, 2006
Google Maps令我们大开眼界，甚至有点坐在电脑前也能环游世界的感觉。我平时也很喜欢在Google Maps上面瞎逛，满足一下眼睛的欲望。昨天发现可以将Google Maps直接插入blog里（大家可看首页的最左下的演示），一开始大为惊喜，后来慢慢发现Google Maps在国内的版本和国外不一样，只有放弃。不过，刚刚在 i-hacked 里找到了近100个有趣的Google Maps国外景点（卫星图），和大家分享一下
President Bush Spends Millions On 'Strategic Languages'
in The Universities Weblog, on January 5, 2006
...boost for their work. But others --- especially scholars of the Middle East --- are troubled by the Pentagon role in the effort.
In many Middle Eastern countries, the reputation of the U.S. governme...
Carnival of the Capitalists Turns Two!
in Businesspundit, on October 10, 2005
Welcome to the anniversary party for the Carnival of the Capitalists ! Today, the CotC is two years old. The first edition was held right here on October 12, 2003, and had 23 entries. When Jay and I started this, we weren't sure what would happen. In some ways, it has been very successful. ...
RFID to Fight Terrorism
in The RFID Weblog, on October 20, 2004
...itude of ways that RFID can be used to fight terrorism .
The Department of Homeland Security, the Pentagon, and the U.S. Congress, are evaluating, piloting or using RFID in numerous applications.
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Army ready to deploy online learning
in The Online Universities Weblog, on August 14, 2004
...id Dian Stoskopf, director of the army continuing education system , in an interview with the Pentagon Channel and American Forces Press Service.
Stoskopf, who has worked in Army education for ...
Risk and Reward
in Businesspundit, on August 13, 2004
...contracts in the Middle East. But 42 of its workers have died so far in Iraq and Kuwait. This week, Pentagon auditors reportedly found that Halliburton had failed to account for 43% of the $4.18 billi...
RFID in War
in The RFID Weblog, on March 23, 2004
... such as sand, gravel or liquids.
The requirement to use RFID is part of an overall revamping the Pentagon is making of its logistics support. The reasons: to reduce the loss or misplacement of supp...
the UAV business
in TJ's Weblog, on December 18, 2003
... no need for nearby air bases, or risk to the lives of pilots. "
"By 2020, the Pentagon estimates that one-third of America's combat planes will be robotic. UAVs certainly loo...
Pentagon Deal With Boeing
in Businesspundit, on May 28, 2003
I am not a huge john McCain fan, but he is right about this. We are leasing planes that we could buy more cheaply? Sure it is less upfront cost, but this is a poor use of taxpayer's money.