By Debbie Gregory. Equifax is set to receive $7.25 million to help the IRS identify taxpayers and prevent fraud under a no-bid contract. Equifax is currently embroiled in a massive security breach that exposed the personal information of some 145 million Americans. The IRS said that it needed to outsource this work because it’s handling […]
By Debbie Gregory. Former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke has found himself in the middle of more than one controversy. One of the most divisive political figures in Wisconsin politics, Clarke recently resigned. In addition to the fact that he may lose his master’s degree from the Naval Postgraduate School, the 61-year-old Clarke reportedly sent a […]
By Debbie Gregory. By some estimates, the war in Afghanistan has cost the U.S. somewhere between $841 billion and $1 trillion. And that doesn’t take in to consideration the human toll on those who have served and their loved ones. The number is sure to rise, given than although President Trump has said the U.S. […]
By Debbie Gregory. The U.S. Navy is about to a close a $119 million deal with Raytheon to integrate a new sensor into the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) that would increase the missile’s capability to attack moving targets at sea. The order provides for analysis, architecture, modeling, simulation, evaluation, and prototyping for the anti-ship […]
By Debbie Gregory. Military medical scientists are looking at research in humans regrowing limbs to becoming a reality. Researchers are working on how salamanders regrow their limbs and reverse engineer that in wounded soldiers whom have suffered limb loss in the battle field. Although it may sound like science fiction, the U.S. Army is studying […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Pentagon is helping some veterans with other-than-honorable discharges, also known as “bad paper” discharges, increased direction on obtaining a record review and upgrade. Last month, the Department of Defense announced that it will direct the review boards for each service branch to consider a more liberal criteria to give veterans the […]
By Debbie Gregory. The confession of an Air Force veteran and federal contractor who has been accused of leaking classified information may not be admissible in court. A legal technicality may prevent prosecutors from using the admission of Reality Winner, the former Air Force linguist who stands charged of copying a classified report and mailing […]
By Debbie Gregory. The United States Army has reportedly canceled the enlistment contracts for hundreds of foreign-born military. Many of these enlistees have been waiting years to participate in Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI), a special recruiting program designed to attract highly skilled immigrants into the service in exchange for fast-track citizenship. […]
By Debbie Gregory. Director Randolph “Tex” Alles, the head of the U.S. Secret Service, says that while some 1,100 of its agents have already maxed out on their allowable earnings for 2017, the agency is not broke. According to a statement by Alles, the Secret Service has the funding it needs to meet all current […]
By Debbie Gregory. The Department of Defense will allow 17,092 California National Guard members to keep more than $190 million in disputed enlistment bonuses and other payments. A Defense Department report concluded that there was no wrong-doing on the part of the majority of California Guard soldiers who accepted bonuses of between $15,000 and $80,000 […]
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