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Save Award 2010-Extended Deadline

Filed under DoD News by glenn.selby on July 28, 2010 at 11:29 am {no comments}

There’s still time to enter the 2010 SAVE Award contest!

Did you create a project that could help the Department of Defense cut costs and operate more efficiently, but shelved it for next year’s SAVE Award? Well there’s still an opportunity for you to share your great idea this year!

The 2010 SAVE Award contest has been extended through this Thursday, and the DepSecDef is calling for all DoD employees to think big and submit their ideas. To enter, simply go to the following website and submit a project you believe will assist in streamlining work at the DoD and eliminate waste: http://saveaward2010.ideascale.com.

It only takes moments to enter, but participants gain the exciting ability to create change that will last a lifetime- as well as the unique chance of explaining their winning idea to the President at the White House.

You have two days- imagine the possibilities!

Read the announcement memorandum.

SAVE Award- Final 48 Hours

Filed under DoD News by Administrator on July 20, 2010 at 3:21 pm {2 comments}

In just two days, President Obama’s SAVE Award contest will be closed, ending the opportunity for federal employees to submit ideas on how to make the U.S. government more efficient and effective. Don’t let this incredible moment slip by without contributing your own two cents.

The winner of the SAVE Award will have the chance to discuss his or her idea directly with the President and also have it included in the FY 2012 budget. As last year’s SAVE Award winner Nancy Fichtner of the VA noted, “We can make a difference, and this is proof.”

So go ahead – think big! Go to saveaward2010.ideascale.com and share your opinion on how DoD can do its job better. With your help, we can answer the President’s call to cut waste and modernize government.

Armed with Science: The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium

Filed under Uncategorized by on March 16, 2010 at 11:43 pm {one comment}

JSHS is designed to challenge and engage students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Listen LIVE Wednesday, March 17, at 2 p.m. EDT, when we explore the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), a program that provides high school students the support and resources to design and conduct original research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics areas.

We’re joined by Dr. Lynn Smith, director of the European Regional JSHS and member of the Department of Defense Education Activity.

Smith will discuss the major goals of the program and how it’s working to widen the pool of trained talent that will ultimately conduct research and development vital to our nation. Several students and mentors taking part in the JSHS program will join the call to discuss their experiences and their plans for the future.

Tweet your questions to @ArmedwScience

To read the Defense.gov article, click here.

To read the transcript, click here.

The 2011 Defense Budget: A Conversation with Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Robert F. Hale

Filed under Defense Discussions by glenn.selby on February 4, 2010 at 1:45 pm {no comments}

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) Robert F. Hale. DoD photo by Darrell Hudson, U.S. Army.

On Today’s Defense Discussions, Mr. Hale will provide a summary of the Department of Defense’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2011, and then answer questions from participants representing various national security think tanks. He will highlight budgetary support for programs and initiatives within the Department and make comparisons to budgets from previous fiscal years.

Defense Discussions is a new audio series hosted by the Office of Community Relations and Public Liaison, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Defense Discussions is designed to provide opportunities for key stakeholders to engage in dialogue with Department of Defense principals on a wide range of DoD programs, policies and operations, and to make those discussions available to the general public.

For more information on the proposed 2011 Defense Budget, please visit www.budget.mil

View the transcript.

Mullen Clarifies DoD Role in Haiti Relief

Filed under DoD News, Operation Unified Response-Haiti by Ian Graham on January 15, 2010 at 4:37 pm {one comment}

By Ian Graham

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, has been making the rounds today, helping Secretary of Defense Robert Gates clarify the role the U.S. Department of Defense expects to play in the coming days and weeks as the international community helps Haiti recover from the Jan. 12 earthquake that has left tens of thousands dead.

Today, he spoke with the Pentagon Channel, explaining how the Department of Defense can help Haiti, and how they plan to carry out the initial disaster response and the subsequent humanitarian missions.

Primarily, he said, the services’ can help with initial response and relief by supplementing local government agencies and helping other assisting nations and organizations by providing a certain amount of infrastructure.

“Most of all, what we bring is a significant part of the relief effort,” he said. “We try to make it as good as we possibly can, for those who have suffered so much, as rapidly as we can.”

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