National Defense Week 6/25/2009

National Defense Week

 

1.     Mass. lawmakers urge Army to keep multimillion-dollar contract in state 2.     Lawmaker says he’ll urge appropriators to kill Osprey program 3.     Senate Defense bill to raise military pay by 3.4 percent 4.     Pay parity supporters push for 3.4 percent civilian raise 5.     From Nextgov.com: Defense announces new modernization program in wake of FCS 6.     Agency turf battles thwart efforts to combat arms trafficking 7.     Senate approves $106 billion supplemental conference report 8.     Senator considers buying more fighter jets for Navy 9.     Quote of the week

1. Mass. lawmakers urge Army to keep multimillion-dollar contract in state By Robert Brodsky

Defense contractor plans to close New Bedford plant producing military backpacks and relocate work to Puerto Rico.

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43027&dcn=e_ndw

 

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2. Lawmaker says he’ll urge appropriators to kill Osprey programBy Otto Kreisher, CongressDaily

Officials defend the hybrid tilt-rotor aircraft, describing it as an essential weapon system.

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43021&dcn=e_ndw

 

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3. Senate Defense bill to raise military pay by 3.4 percentFrom CongressDaily

Plan sets pay hike a half-percent higher than the Obama administration requested.

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43022&dcn=e_ndw

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4. Pay parity supporters push for 3.4 percent civilian raiseBy Alyssa Rosenberg

Figure would exceed Obama’s request for civilians by 1.4 percentage points.

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43023&dcn=e_ndw

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From Nextgov.com: Defense announces new modernization program in wake of FCSBy Bob Brewin

5.     Plan will incorporate network technologies developed for troubled weapons program.

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43020&dcn=e_ndw

 

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6. Agency turf battles thwart efforts to combat arms traffickingBy Katherine McIntire Peters

ICE and ATF don’t coordinate operations or collect and analyze data effectively, watchdog says.

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=42997&dcn=e_ndw

 

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7. Senate approves $106 billion supplemental conference reportBy Humberto Sanchez and Dan Friedman, CongressDaily

Bill includes $79.9 billion for the wars Afghanistan and Iraq and $10.4 billion for the State Department and foreign operations.

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=42995&dcn=e_ndw

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8.     Senator considers buying more fighter jets for NavyBy Megan Scully, CongressDaily

Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., said he does not back congressional efforts to add more F-22 Raptor fighter jets or C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes to Air Force arsenal.

Full story: http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43009&dcn=e_ndw

 

9.      Following Federal TweetsNextgov.com has compiled dozens of official federal Twitter feeds in one place, so you can catch up on what agencies are tweeting about in just a few quick clicks. Click here to read The Feed.

10. Quote of the Week:

“We need to move toward the culture of the country.”

– Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry on Tuesday on the government’s eventual shift to using résumés in job applications instead of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities statements.

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