House Armed Services Committee Chairman Floyd Spence announced the appointment of a panel chaired by Rep. Mac Thornberry to oversee the Energy Department's reorganization to include a National Nuclear Security Administration.
President Bill Clinton signed an executive order outlining the conditions under which experimental vaccines can be administered to service members without obtaining their "informed consent."
PBD No. 356 directs that the National Defense University initiate a study on the possibility of contracting out NSEP functions that are not inherently governmental.
A bipartisan band of lawmakers trounced proposed changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulations in a letter to Office of Management and Budget Director Jacob Lew.
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology Jacques Gansler ordered the establishment of a senior steering group to describe the knowledge, skills and abilities needed by the future acquistion and technology workforce.
The General Accounting Office reported on the status of implementing the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act during fiscal year 1998. Also includes statements by Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman.
Rep. John Dingell calls for expanding the amount of money offered by the Montgomery G.I. Bill to help increase recruitment into the armed forces.
The report noted that the president's security classification program "enjoyed a third straight year of unprecedented achievements in declassification and noted another decrease in the number of original classifiers."
The two new members are A.J. Eggenberger and Jessie Roberson.
Includes floor statements by Sens. James Inhofe and John Warner.
NATO Secretary General Javier Solana welcomed the news that the Kosovo Liberation Army had been demilitarized.
Rep. Joel Hefley awarded President Bill Clinton his "Porker of the Week Award" for what he called excessive use of DOD assets during trips to Africa, China and Chile.
The document establishes specific requirements governing the Acquisition Logistics Support (ALS) performance specifications for the VTUAV System.
According to the Commerce Business Daily notice, the munitions would be used in the M203 grenade launcher and a 12-gauge shotgun.
The service is reducing purchases of most major air and surface weapons systems.
DSB is recommending the Pentagon adopt price-based acquisition as its primary system for buying goods and services.
Rep. Tony Hall said the lifting of selected sanctions against North Korea would bring more freedom and less poverty.
The proposed interim rules describe the procedure for submitting and processing a request for information from NACIC under the Freedom of Information Act.
The Inspector General's office reviewed the reliability of the Air Force's fighter and transport aircraft landing gear.
The Inspector General's office determined whether assessments that certain mission-critical systems were not date dependent had been appropriately made.
Army Secretary Louis Caldera discusses allegations that U.S. troops massacred a group of Korean civilians during the Korean War.
The Army's TES was used in the Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment (JEFX) 99 at Nellis AFB, NV.
Defense Secretary William Cohen visited Jakarta on a trip through Southeast Asia, where he discussed the situation in East Timor with his Indonesian counterpart.
Defense Secretary William Cohen met and spoke with his Thai counterpart during a trip through Southeast Asia.
Defense Secretary William Cohen met with Filipino leaders during a trip through Southeast Asia.
Spokesman Jamie Rubin answered questions on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty during briefings on Oct. 4 and 5.
Rep. Max Sandlin says in a floor statement that the bill is a "step in the right direction."
The U-2 provided U.S. European Command with its only 24-hour, all-weather, multi-intelligence capability during Operation Allied Force, according to a letter by Maj. Gen. William Hobbins, director of operations for U.S. Air Forces in Europe.
The Air Force Reasearch Laboratory is wants a contractor to perform research into "physical concepts having potential applications in advanced weapons and space technology, such as the production of intense (megajoule, 10-100 terawatt) X-ray sources, and acceleration of projectiles to 10-20 kilometers per second."
Commerce Business Daily notice of the Naval Surface Warfare Center's search for a contractor to perform software support for the VLS.
The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization successfully managed to shoot down an ICBM target using a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle. Includes a BMDO statement on the successful shootdown, as well as a briefing held a day earlier and October 4 statements by House Armed Services military research and development subcommittee Chairman Curt Weldon, Senate Armed Services readiness and management support subcommittee Chairman James Inhofe, and Senate Governmental Affairs international security, proliferation and federal services subcommittee Chairman Thad Cochran.
Introduction to a Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments study on alternative approaches to fighter modernization. Posted with permission.
Briefing to Lt. Gen. Paul Kern covers the MMS's upgrade process.
Includes the opening statement of House Armed Services military personnel subcommittee Chairman Steve Buyer, as well as a joint statement by Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre; Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command; Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. John Keane; Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology Dave Oliver;
Surgeon General of the Army Lt. Gen. Ronald R. Blanck; and a statement by Redmond Handy, a former Air Force lieutenant colonel.
The flight test flight test demonstrated the first shipboard launch of the Standard
Missile 3 (SM-3), the Navy's new exo-atmospheric missile designed to counter the theater ballistic missile threat.