Sentences with phrase «dod officials»

But DOD officials insist it is not a recruitment tool, just an opportunity to teach leadership, citizenship, and respect for authority.

Well - placed sources tell Science that several high - level DOD officials — including the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs — «nonconcurred» with the suggestion to cut the HIV research program.

So instead of waiting for congressional approval, the White House gave the go - ahead this spring for DOD officials to hold a competition for a proof - of - concept institute that, Fedder says, «would show Congress that this idea can work.»

Cuomo was invited on the trip by US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and is also joined by Under Secretary of the Army Brad Carson, Tennesee Gov. William Haslam, Missouri Gov. Jeremiah Nixon, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval and other DoD officials.

It is not in fact a no - bid contract, and DOD officials have stressed that there will be a full and open competition.

Not exact matches

«We are not going to DoD and saying we need X number of people; we are going to DoD and saying we need to fulfill this mission requirement, and DoD is working to identify and task that out,» the official said.

Hence, if I am «lax» with information, the DoD is far MORE lax with it in official stories and reports, as I do NOT provide TTP's or RAM's.

USAMRIID officials believed that a satisfactory accounting involved finding all the items listed on its database; the Army and DOD wanted the converse — that is, all select agents and toxins needed to be matched to the database.

We love university research,» Alan Shaffer, a top DOD research official, told Congress earlier this year.

According to Sohbet Karbuz, a military energy analyst and former International Energy Agency official, there are multiple factors pushing the Department of Defense (DoD) to go green, including «increasing fuel costs, logistics pains and the delicate fuel distribution network.»

Congress should also hold Administration officials accountable for allowing essential climate sensors to be dropped from NPOESS, the next - generation DoD - NOAA environmental satellite system, at the same time NASA is not developing a next generation of its Earth Observing System satellites.

As to AGW being a viable threat, even the DoD Quadrennial Defense Review Report of 2010 lists global warming as an official threat to US national security.

We agree with DoD and CIA that the NPRM, by including these provisions in the law enforcement section (proposed § 164.510 (f)-RRB-, would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information for national security, intelligence, and Presidential protective activities only to law enforcement officials.

Finally, as recently as June 2011, an unnamed Pentagon official involved with the development of the DoD cyberspace strategy released a month later said, «If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks» (Gorman and Barnes, 2011).

Established and maintained liaison with officials throughout DOD and DUE facilities.