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Air Force

Air Force Bringing In Outside IT Experts To Help Guide Programs, Donley Says

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

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The Air Force is in the process of bringing in information technology (IT) expertise to help provide expert advice for the service’s IT programs, service Secretary Michael Donley told Defense Daily yesterday. “(IT programs) are complex,” Donley said following a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington. “They are just as complicated as any weapons system, sometimes more so.” Donley didn’t elaborate further, but his remarks came after a question regarding the April 18 confirmation of Eric Fanning as the next…

Army

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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