thedrifter
12-31-02, 07:09 AM
DoD Official Frames Upcoming Budget Strategies
The DoD's wish list for fiscal 2004 is only a couple of months from delivery. A senior defense department official recently previewed the department's strategy for the '04 budget: a focus on readiness and modernization -- investing in newer technologies, while divesting Cold-War era weapons systems.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Budget_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Military Deploys Digitized Patient Record
A computerized system will eventually provide military physicians with fast, around- the-clock access to patient records anywhere in the world, a DoD health care official noted.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Military_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
myPay To Offer Tax Data Online In January
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has updated their online myPay service, a secure, online system that helps servicemembers, retirees, annuitants and many Defense Department civilians monitor and control their pay and benefits using the Internet.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_myPay_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Out-of-Pocket Housing Costs Sliced Starting Jan. 1
Jan. 1 will be a special day for service members and their families; that's when they'll start seeing more Basic Allowance for Housing money in their paychecks, according to DoD's director of compensation.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Out_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Personal Info Taken In Health Care Computer Theft
Thieves made off with computer equipment and files from the Arizona office of a military health care contractor Dec. 14, gaining access to some clients' social security numbers, according to DoD's health care management organization.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Personal_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Rumsfeld: Overseas Bases Could Be Closed
Overseas installations will be on the table when Defense Department officials discuss base closures in the coming year, according to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Rumsfeld_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Some Exempted From Initial Smallpox Vaccination Group
During the first week of smallpox vaccinations for servicemembers, 102 of 276 individuals were screened out for medical conditions said Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr., assistant defense secretary for health affairs.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Some_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Sempers,
Roger
The DoD's wish list for fiscal 2004 is only a couple of months from delivery. A senior defense department official recently previewed the department's strategy for the '04 budget: a focus on readiness and modernization -- investing in newer technologies, while divesting Cold-War era weapons systems.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Budget_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Military Deploys Digitized Patient Record
A computerized system will eventually provide military physicians with fast, around- the-clock access to patient records anywhere in the world, a DoD health care official noted.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Military_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
myPay To Offer Tax Data Online In January
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has updated their online myPay service, a secure, online system that helps servicemembers, retirees, annuitants and many Defense Department civilians monitor and control their pay and benefits using the Internet.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_myPay_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Out-of-Pocket Housing Costs Sliced Starting Jan. 1
Jan. 1 will be a special day for service members and their families; that's when they'll start seeing more Basic Allowance for Housing money in their paychecks, according to DoD's director of compensation.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Out_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Personal Info Taken In Health Care Computer Theft
Thieves made off with computer equipment and files from the Arizona office of a military health care contractor Dec. 14, gaining access to some clients' social security numbers, according to DoD's health care management organization.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Personal_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Rumsfeld: Overseas Bases Could Be Closed
Overseas installations will be on the table when Defense Department officials discuss base closures in the coming year, according to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Rumsfeld_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Some Exempted From Initial Smallpox Vaccination Group
During the first week of smallpox vaccinations for servicemembers, 102 of 276 individuals were screened out for medical conditions said Dr. William Winkenwerder Jr., assistant defense secretary for health affairs.
http://www.military.com/MilitaryReport/?file=MR_Some_123002&ESRC=dod.nl
Sempers,
Roger