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Price Floyd Discusses New DoD Web Home Page “Defense.gov”

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Mr. Price Floyd, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

Price Floyd, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs

Price Floyd, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs discusses the recent launch of a new Department of Defense home page, http://www.Defense.gov is designed to make military news and information more accessible.  Floyd told bloggers and online journalists during a “DoDLive” Bloggers Roundtable on Aug. 25 that the new site invites greater participation from the public at the request of the Secretary of Defense.

To listen to the full interview click here.

For the print article click here.

To follow Price Floyd on Twitter click here.

Joining us on the call were Jen DiMascio of Politico.com, Megan Ortagus of freedomswatch.org, Daniel Kissinger of militaryavenue.com, Chris Albon of warandhealth.com, Beth Wilson of homefrontinfocus.com, David Recordon of davidrecordon.com, William Rogers of the Natural Security Blog, Andrew B. Einhorn of ohmygov.com, Vasileios Gkinopoulos of vasgk.com, Sean Gallagher of defensebuzz.net, and Chief of Emerging Technology for Air Force Public Affiars.

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