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On June 4, 2013, the Interstitial Cystitis Association, an organization advocating for about 12 million Americans with a painful chronic bladder condition, led a group, including the International Adhesions Society, many of whose members suffer from bladder pain, to Capitol Hill to advocate for continued funding of research, education and awareness programs conducted within NIH, CDC and the Department of Defense. Dallas, TX (PRWEB) June 14, 2013 The International Adhesions Society (IAS)...

Amendment would have opened floodgate to privatizing DoD civilian jobs WASHINGTON, June 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today praised lawmakers for voting to retain the longstanding ban on outsourcing Department of Defense jobs under a process known as A-76. Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia offered an amendment to the fiscal 2014 National Defense Authorization Act that would have lifted the moratorium...

Study shows increased demand for special operations forces and cyber capabilities as general purpose forces draw down WASHINGTON, June 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Deloitte research shows that worldwide economic and strategic challenges are producing diverging defense strategies among the Top 50 Global Defense Ministries. As the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down, higher-income countries with an average GDP per-capita income of $48,000, like the United States and Israel,...

Fixed-wing and rotary wing COTS aircraft will be favored over new designs, reducing long-run development costs MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As Department of Defense (DoD) spending decreases, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) aircraft will become more important to future programs. While growth in the market will be limited, use of COTS aircraft will allow for significant savings in the area of research and development (R&D) since they do not require the...

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the following statement after the House Armed Services Committee voted 37-25 in favor of an amendment to the fiscal 2014 National Defense Authorization Act, offered by Rep. Rob Andrews, that would extend the cap on the Department of Defense's service contract spending through fiscal 2015: "AFGE thanks the bipartisan support shown by...

LITTLE FALLS, N.J., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- mPhase Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: XDSL) announced today that it has become a member of the National Warheads and Energetics Consortium (NWEC). Working closely with the Defense Ordinance Technology Consortium (DOTC) which is part of the Department of Defense the NWEC is a consortium of 170 traditional and nontraditional contractors, and academic institutions, operating under the provisions of an NWEC Consortium Member Agreement that has...

Information Innovators Inc. (‘Triple-i’), a professional Information Technologies services company, today announced the acquisition of GoldBot Consulting Inc. (‘GoldBot’), a firm known for its DoD/IC community acclaimed geospatial predictive technology, data mining, and information analytics. Springfield, VA (PRWEB) June 04, 2013 Information Innovators Inc. (‘Triple-i’), a professional Information Technologies services company, today announced the acquisition of GoldBot...

Binary to provide Information Assurance and Policy support under $217 million BPA ARLINGTON, Va., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Binary Group is on a winning team to provide information technology support services to the Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Office (CIO), one of five supporting the creation of a joint information environment (JIE) for next generation projects being infused into the DoD. Under a five-year $217 million-ceiling contract, the winning contractor...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C., May 31, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LOGTECH's Advanced Program in Logistics and Technology held a one-week course from March 24-29, 2013 at the Paul J. Rizzo Executive Education Center in Chapel Hill, NC. This 48(th) offering of the LOGTECH Advanced Program, now in its 13(th) year, included the largest group of International Officers to date. Representatives of Armed Forces from seven nations joined the joint class of uniformed and civilian participants from all...

It's not how care providers keep patient records that matters; it's how easily they can access a patient's complete record from all their providers at the point of care. MedKaz is the only system that makes them accessible anytime, anywhere. Brownsville, VT (PRWEB) May 30, 2013 In February, the Defense and Veterans Affairs Departments stopped trying to develop a single electronic medical record system that would serve all branches of the military and the VA. After spending...