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• Web hits 40; future is ‘like air’

  
  Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology - Nevada's Business Starts Here — Authority: 138
  The Internet, the information system that has changed the way we learn, conduct research, do our jobs and connect socially, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. What is now a worldwide phenomenon sprang from a humble network of four university computers, which were part of the U.S. Department of Defense’s ...
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• Around The Services

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 488
  We look at the strides DOD is taking in the social and emotional care of military children. Plus, servicemembers deployed during Thanksgiving enjoy a taste of home.
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• Follow the Red Balloon…to Fortune and Glory!

  
  Science Cheerleader — Authority: 129
  From Dr. John: To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internets, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the DARPA Network Challenge , a competition that will explore the role of social networking in communication, team building, and group mobilization. The challenge is to be the first ...
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• For U.S. Military, More Oil Means More Death

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  HOUSTON - If President Obama decides to send another 20,000 soldiers to Afghanistan, the Department of Defense will also have to figure out how to send along another half-million gallons of fuel a day to support them. Since the end of World War II, the use of petroleum-based fuels has risen 175% to 22 gallons per ...
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• This Week In The Pentagon

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 488
  New research and awareness efforts by the Department of Defense to help stop the global spread of HIV/AIDS, plus a military father and son deal with the invisible injuries of war.
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• Obama outsourcing war crimes to Blackwater in Pakistan

  
  Corrente — Authority: 626
  Jeremy Scahill in The Nation : At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda ...
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• Contracts for November 25, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• US Navy Successfully Tests Cloud Based IaaS

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 532
  By Kevin L. Jackson , Vice President at Dataline Last month as part of the Navy’s annual Trident Warrior exercise, Dataline, LLC successfully demonstrated, that a standard shipboard communications infrastructure could be used to manage a commercial cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform. ...
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• Fast Company Article Describes Hollywoods Help to Prepare Soldiers for Roadside Attacks

  
  MRS. LIEUTENANT: A SHARON GOLD NOVEL — Authority: 125
  The FastCompany.com November 8, 2009, article by Alissa Walker headlined "Inside the IED Battle Drill: How Hollywood Is Prepping Soldiers for Roadside Attacks" begins: So," the smiling publicist asked cheerily, "do you want to get blown up, or not?" Not a question I routinely get asked when reporting stories. But ...
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  eReleases Press Release Headlines — Authority: 536
  
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• U.S Department of Defense Witnesses Increased Cyber Attacks

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 581
  U.S Department of Defense Witnesses Increased Cyber Attacks. The U.S Department of Defense has reportedly suffered an explosion in the number of cyber attacks conducted against its infrastructure for the year 2009. As per U.S. congressional committee, the number of cyber attacks against the DOD have substantially ...
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• Kuwaiti Firm Indicted For Massive Overcharging Of United States For Soldiers’ Food

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 488
  Jim sent this in: Public Warehousing Company, a logistics company organized under the laws of the Nation of Kuwait, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta, GA, on multiple charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, committing major fraud against the United States, making false statements, ...
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• Morocco’s Military: Too Conventional For Today’s Asymmetric Threat

  
  A Moroccan About the world around him — Authority: 403
  To enhance its air combat and air defense capabilities, the Moroccan Royal Air Force (RAF) had requested from and was approved by the United States Congress to purchase AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air missiles (AMRAAM) from Raytheon, a U.S. company specializing in Defense technology. Some sources reported ...
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• Cyber Attacks On US Military Jump Sharply In 2009

  
  IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking Platform — Authority: 146
  angry tapir writes "Cyber attacks on the US Department of Defense — many of them coming from China — have jumped sharply in 2009, a US congressional committee has reported. Citing data provided by the US Strategic Command, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said that there were 43,785 malicious ...
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• U.S. Reviews Air Defenses to Thwart Terror From Skies

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 528
  I’m not sure how one can ever place a price tag on preventing another 9/11…or worse. The commander of military forces protecting North America has ordered a review of the costly air defenses intended to prevent another Sept. 11-style terrorism attack, an assessment aimed at determining whether the commitment of ...
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• Contracts for November 20, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• Military Casualty Report

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 488
    The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom:  Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian M. Patton, 37, of Freeport, Ill., died Nov. 19 in Kuwait in a non-combat accident. 
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• ACLU Urges Gates to Release Photos of Prisoner Abuse, Despite New Exemption Under FOIA

  
  The FOI Advocate — Authority: 130
  The ACLU is urging Department of Defense Secretary Robert Gates not to exercise the authority granted him under a Homeland Security appropriations bill signed by President Obama to continue suppressing photos of prisoner abuse. The amendment allows the DOD to exempt photos from the Freedom of Information Act. Click ...
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• Contracts for November 17, 2009

  
  Defense Procurement News — Authority: 439
  Contracts valued at $5 million or more are announced each business day at 5 p.m.
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• Government acronym: CSEPP

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 442
  I didn’t know we had a Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) whose mission is to “enhance existing local, installation, tribal, State, and Federal capabilities to protect the health and safety of the public, work force, and environment from the effects of a chemical accident or incident ...
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