Pentagon's failure to share biometric data prevents DHS and FBI from identifying terrorists

By Laurel Adams

Pentagon's biometric standards aren't compatible with FBI and Homeland Security

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"… O report said.The DOD’s delay in updating standards has been costly. The Navy’s acquisition of a biometric collection device has been derailed by conf …"

"… y conflicting information about when it must conform to the new standards. Navy officials estimate that it will incur $3.4 million in additional costs bec …"

JIEDDO: The Manhattan Project that bombed

By Peter Cary and Nancy Youssef

The Pentagon’s main effort to counter improvised explosive devices has spent $17 billion, but the results have been disappointing by almost

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"… y — by signals from gadgets like garage-door openers or cell phones. The Navy had been jamming radio signals for decades, and the Army had a device to j …"

Yucca Mountain cancellation creates expensive headaches for DOE and Navy

By Laurel Adams

Government scrambles to figure out alternatives to canceled Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage

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"… he status of the Yucca Mountain program is still in limbo, but the DOE and Navy do not have backup plans in place for a different location the nuclear was …"

"… ccountability Office said in its report on the Yucca Mountain shutdown.The Navy also stores spent nuclear fuel from submarines and aircraft carriers at th …"

"… he agreements with Colorado and Idaho both specify a date when the DOE and Navy must remove the nuclear waste from these locations. The federal government …"

"… 0 and Colorado $15,000 for each day past January 1, 2035, that DOE and the Navy have not removed nuclear waste. Over a year, these fees total $27.4 millio …"

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Ghost soldiers

By Mark Benjamin and Barbara Slavin

The Pentagon sent ill-equipped and poorly trained reservists into harm's way as it scrambled to fill Civil Affairs units to rebuild Iraq and

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"… shortage of Army Civil Affairs personnel became so acute at one point that Navy and Air Force reservists were sent to head up PRTs in Afghanistan. The Mar …"

Assessing RNC police tactics, part I

By G.W. Schulz

Intelligence-led policing played a starring role in 2008's Republican National Convention, and eight political activists stand accused of co

Excerpts from this story referencing "Navy":

"… ing to tear down a steel fence. Then she is shown standing outside a small Navy recruiting station with a bowling ball in her hands labeled “Revolutiona …"

"… ho uses them harmlessly as hedge clippers. The bowling ball rolls past the Navy recruiting station and into a group of pins assembled on the sidewalk. A y …"

Pentagon’s anti-trafficking efforts need improvement

By Laurel Adams

For the past 10 years, the Pentagon has required a clause against human-trafficking on military contracts, but a review by the inspector gen

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"… forced labor. The inspector general reviewed 368 contracts awarded by the Navy, Army, Marine Corp. or Air Force and found that 47 percent were missing th …"

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Pentagon improves security clearance process but focus on quality still needed, report says

By Laurel Adams

After falling behind timelines to complete security clearances for years, the Pentagon has finally caught up, but concerns with the quality

Excerpts from this story referencing "Navy":

"… t receiving adequate training time. (Department of Homeland Security)* The Navy's public shipyards, which support fleet readiness and worldwide operations …"

"… a better process for prioritizing restoration and modernization work. The Navy is limited in its ability to allocate resources to the shipyards, primaril …"

Special Report: White House refuses to release list of Gore's sleepover guests

By Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, July 20, 2000 — Vice President Al Gore's office has been stonewalling requests to provide a list of persons who have been overni

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"… han $2.2 million for Bush’s political career.The Center then went to the Navy, since it maintains the observatory and the mansion, and filed a Freedom o …"

"… reedom of Information Act request there. The request was filed through the Navy’s FOIA Web site on June 5, but was initially lost in the Navy’s comput …"

"… hrough the Navy’s FOIA Web site on June 5, but was initially lost in the Navy’s computer system. It was eventually found on June 26. On July 12, the h …"

"… er system. It was eventually found on June 26. On July 12, the head of the Navy’s FOIA branch, Doris Lama, told the Center that while the Navy did not h …"

Army health building upgrade canceled after questions raised about cost estimates

By Julie Vorman

Tricare Management and the U.S. Army did not properly plan a project using $15.7 million in stimulus funds to modernize electrical, mechanic

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"… on Freedom of Information Act issues this session. Milner v. U.S. Dept.of Navy challenges whether explosive and ammunition safety maps used by the Navy a …"

"… f Navy challenges whether explosive and ammunition safety maps used by the Navy are exempt from FOIA. Arguments are scheduled on Jan. 19 for FCC v. AT& …"

USDA, CDC, Interior must collaborate to block imports of risky live animals

By Julie Vorman

The U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Homeland Security, Interior, and Health and Human Services need to work together to close regulatory ga

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"… ngressional Research Service)* Congress must decide whether to approve the Navy’s plan to buy its 11th San Antonio-class amphibious ship in fiscal 2012. …"

"… plan to buy its 11th San Antonio-class amphibious ship in fiscal 2012. The Navy spent an initial $184 million on the ship in fiscal 2010, and plans to see …"

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