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AnalysisF-22 In A Dogfight as Panetta Crimps Its Flight Envelope
You may have noticed that the Air Force's prized F-22 fighter - the crown jewel of American air dominance - has had some negative press lately.
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Analysis
Littoral Combat Ship Gets Speiered
An amendment requiring the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a review of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program passed during the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) yesterday.
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Analysis
Vow to ‘Support Ground Troops’ Rings Hollow
For sheer sophistry, deception and delusion, it is hard to top the status report "100 Years of Marine Corps Aviation" that appeared as an advertising supplement arriving in this former Marine's Washington Post newspaper on 2 May 2012.
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AnalysisMarine Corps Puffery Courtesy of Boeing and Lockheed/Martin
I was surprised to see in my Washington Post this past Wednesday morning an eight page "advertising supplement" commemorating "100 Years of Marine Corps Aviation."
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Analysis
Follow Up on Marine Aviation Anniversary
Ret. Lt. Col. David Evans responds to Winslow Wheeler's analysis of an eight-page ad in The Washington Post that touted the controversial V-22 and F-35B aircraft.
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Analysis
Internal Review Shows Gross Mishandling of Military Whistleblower Reprisal Investigations
Pentagon investigators mishandled more than half of a set of whistleblower reprisal cases, according to a damning internal assessment report obtained by the Project On Government Oversight.
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Analysis
Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Poses a Daunting Challenge for Homeland Security’s Acting Inspector General
Following news that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)'s Office of Inspector General (OIG) plans to be more directly involved in investigating the Secret Service prostitution scandal, some have concluded that Members of Congress--several of whom did not trust the Secret...
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Analysis
Defense Department’s New Definition of “Commercial Item” Will Save Money
POGO recently learned that DoD sent a legislative proposal to Congress to narrow the definition of a "commercial item" to mean goods or services that are actually sold to the general public in "like quantities." This proposal is a huge improvement over the ...
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Analysis
The Jet That Ate The Pentagon
The United States is making a gigantic investment in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, billed by its advocates as the next--by their count the fifth--generation of air-to-air and air-to-ground combat aircraft. Claimed to be near invisible to radar and able to dominate any future ...
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Analysis
OFPP Pretends to Grudgingly Raise Contractor Executive Compensation Cap by 10 Percent
Last week, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) raised the amount the federal government will reimburse or price into government contracts for contractor executive compensation to $763,029.
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Analysis
Non-Federal Employee Whistleblower Protection Act Clears Committee
On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) passed a bill that would expand much-needed whistleblower protections to all non-federal recipients of federal funds.
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Analysis
Lt. Col. Danny Davis, Camp Lejeune Documentary and Other Whistleblowers Honored at Ridenhour Awards
Eileen Foster, a former senior executive for the national's largest mortgage provider, Countrywide Financial, didn't plan on getting labeled a whistleblower. She was hired to investigate allegations of wrongdoing by company employees. But when she did her job and revealed larg...