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(from May 1997 - December 2000)

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ARTICLES

12/29/2000 Troops Link Retention to Pay, Education, Family Time
12/27/2000 VA Transforms Health Care
12/22/2000 New Housing Allowance Rates Among Largest in History
12/21/2000 New Law Improves Montgomery GI Bill
12/20/2000 Budget Continues DoD Housing Privatization Program
12/08/2000 High-Tech Recruiting Station Opens at Mega-Mall
12/08/2000 Recruiters Welcome New Age Approach
12/07/2000 DoD Gets ‘Global’ With Satellite-Phone System
12/05/2000 More Work Needed on Defense Capabilities Initiative
12/01/2000 Web Site Will Help A-76 Competitions
11/28/2000 DoD Official Travelers To Get New ‘Plastic’
11/14/2000 Fast-Paced, High-Tech Advances Provide Winning Edge
11/09/2000 DoD Presents Dual Use Technology Awards
11/09/2000 DoD Uses New Incentives To Recruit the Best
11/08/2000 DoD To Reshape Workforce Via Expanded Buyout Program
11/07/2000 Pentagon Salutes Outstanding Employers
10/31/2000 Pay Raises Highlight Import of Quality of Life
10/10/2000 DoD Issues Time-saving Common Access Cards
09/29/2000 Cohen, De Leon to Hold Electronic Town Hall Oct. 4
09/29/2000 Chiefs Tell Senate DoD Needs Money for Modernization
05/31/2000 Barriers Between Civilian, Military Need Breaking
05/22/2000 DoD to Combat Effects of Civilian Downsizing
05/17/2000 All Benefit From DoD-Industrial Dual-Use Partnerships
05/10/2000 Web Site Seeks to Increase Public Awareness of America's Military
04/24/2000 DoD Revamping, Simplifying PCS Move Process
03/14/2000 Fort Hood Uses Partnering to Reinvent its Commerical Activities Process
03/02/2000 SECDEF at Lackland AFB.
01/07/2000 Housing Allowance Increase
10/04/1999 E-Commerce Group Partners with DoD
08/24/1999: Hamre "Cuts" Op Center Ribbon, Thanks Cyberwarriors
08/20/1999: 1999 Defense Almanac Hits the Web
08/19/1999: TRICARE Benefits Expanded to Cover Cancer Trials
08/18/1999: Optempo, Perstempo: What They Mean
08/17/1999: DoD, Congress Contemplate Special Pays, Bonuses
08/17/1999: Operations Tempo Remains Retention Challenge
08/16/1999: Pentgon Offers Virtual Tour
08/12/1999: DoD Announces School-Age Child Care Fees
08/10/1999: Family Leave Act Expanded for Federal Workers
08/10/1999: Reserve Forces Forge Ahead Into New Millennium
07/23/1999: Presidents's Quality Awards Given to DOD Units
07/21/1999: TRICARE Sizzles at Desert Fort
05/28/1999: Web Site Helps Military Families Move
03/23/1999: Defense Reform Initiative Made Part of Day-To-Day Operations
03/11/1999: Getting Word Out on Reform
03/02/1999: Reform Initiative Reorienting Way DoD Does Business
02/19/1999: Electronic Town Hall Meet Showcases Defense Reform
12/09/1998: Official Terms Defense Reform Progress "Remarkable"
11/09/1998: New DoD Vehicle Shipment Contract Benefits Customers
10/30/1998: DoD Testing Three Household Goods Shipment Concepts
10/30/1998: Personnel System Goes Virtual
10/16/1998: Y2K Problem Will Be Nuisance, Not Crisis
10/08/1998: Hamre Says DoD Building Agile Support Organization
10/02/1998: Threat Reduction Agency Stands Up
09/29/1998: Don't Leave Home Without Your Visa After Nov. 30
09/25/1998: Hamre Orders DoD Web Security Review
09/25/1998: Internet Presents Web of Security Issues
09/24/1998: There I Was: TRICARE Appointment Passes Muster
09/11/1998: Army Tests Land Warrior for 21st Century Soldiers
09/11/1998: TRICARE Delivers Improved Health Care, Director Says
08/27/1998: Test Group Gives Thumbs-Up to New DoD Travel System
08/05/1998: Retiree Enrollment Begins for TRICARE-Medicare Test
08/05/1998: "Super Savers," Value Brands Mean Bigger Commissary Savings
08/05/1998: Housing Delays Frustrate DoD
07/20/1998: Top Doc Urges Care for All, Healthier Lifestyles   
07/20/1998: Hamre Updates Defense Reform Initiative
06/29/1998: DoD Eliminating Paper Mileage Search   
06/29/1998: DoD's New Travel System Gears Up With First Contract
06/23/1998: First Reservists Get Green Total Force ID Cards   
06/18/1998: TRICARE Directory: Who to Contact for Health Care   
06/09/1998: DoD Drill Tests Response to Terrorist Attack   
05/27/1998: Houley Named to Head Defense Reform Initiative
03/06/1998: Project Outlook Opens Doors to Future Jobs   
02/03/1998: Cohen Stresses Strategy, Closures in '99 Budget
02/02/1998: '99 Budget Pegs Pay Raise at 3.1 Percent
01/13/1998: Guard, Reserve Get New Role on Joint Staff
01/12/1998: DoD Explores Quality of Life Improvements
01/08/1998: Defense Logistics Agency Capitalizes on Technology
12/15/1997: Joint Chiefs Chairman Outlines Priorities
12/12/1997: Reform Initiative Changes Announced
12/09/1997: Info Agency Consolidates Mainframe Processing Sites
12/05/1997: Paperless Reporting
12/03/1997: Defense Reform Initiative Protects Environment
11/20/1997: Council Discusses Defense Reform Initiative
11/14/1997: Cuts Not Easy, But Necessary, Hamre Tells Defense Managers
11/10/1997: DoD Reform Promises Easier Travel, Better Moves
11/10/1997: DoD Headquarters Cuts Planned
11/10/1997: Credit Cards, Computers Cut Red Tape

SPEECHES
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12/14/2000 Undersecretary Soloway and Rear Adm. Stone to Brief Strategic Supplier Alliance
11/29/2000 Remarks as Delivered By Deputy Secretary of Defense Rudy De Leon to the Center for Naval Analysis, Forum on National Strategies and Capabilities
03/02/2000 SECDEF Remarks Delivered to San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
08/03/1999 Remarks as Delivered by Randall A. Yim Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Installations Acquisition and Technology at the Installations Commander's Conference Washington, D.C.
05/13/1999 Remarks as Delivered By Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre to the National Defense University, National Defense Industrial Association
10/26/1998 Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense to the National Defense Transportation Assoc.
10/16/1998: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense at the Fortune 500 Forum Dinner
09/14/1998: Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Secretary of Defense to the Council on Foreign Relations
08/12/1998: Deputy Secretary of Defense Speech at the Fortune 500 CIO Forum
11/10/1997 Gore Lauds DoD Reforms
10/17/1997: Speech by Secretary Cohen - Before the Business Executives for National Security
06/23/1997: Speech by Secretary Cohen - Joint Operations Symposium-QDR Conference
05/22/1997: Speech by Secretary Cohen - At the Center for Strategic and International Studies

TESTIMONY
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PRESS BRIEFINGS & RELEASES
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12/21/2000 Servicemembers to Receive One of the Largest Increases in Housing Allowances
12/15/2000 Secretary Cohen Announces V-22 Review Panel
12/11/2000 DoD Releases Selected Acquisition Reports
11/06/2000 New Systems Acquisition Process Announced
11/01/2000 DoD Honors First Graduates of the DLAMP
10/11/2000 Department of Defense Honors Outstanding Employees with Disabilities
10/10/2000 New Identification Card Uses "Smart" Technology
10/03/2000 DRI Broadcast Featuring SecDef and DepSecDef
05/22/2000 Awards Presented at Acquisition & Logistics Reform 2000 Week
05/19/2000 Acquisition & Logistics Reform Week 2000 Announcement
02/16/2000: Competitive Research Awards
02/15/2000: 25th Round of Overseas Base Closures
03/23/1999: Defense Reform Made Part of Day-to-Day Operations, New Director Announced
10/30/1998: DARPA Selects NGI Supernet Proposal
10/28/1998: Fiscal Year 1998 Recruiting Achieves 97 Percent of Goal for Quantity While Exceeding Quality Benchmark
10/15/1998: Employers Earn National Recognition for Support of National Guard and Reserve
10/09/1998: Defense Department Makes Progress with Reform Actions
10/08/1998: Deputy Secretary of Defense Hamre briefing on DRI
10/02/1998: Secretary of Defense Cohen Swearing In Ceremony, Chancellor of Education - briefing
10/02/1998: SecDef Hosts Oath of Office Ceremony for First Chancellor for Education
10/01/1998: DoD News Briefing, Thursday, October 1, 1998 - 1:15 p.m.
10/01/1998: Defense Threat Reduction Agency Rollout Briefing
10/01/1998: Establishment of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency
10/01/1998: DoD Life Cycle Cost Reduction Award Winners Announced
10/01/1998: 1998 Maintenance Symposium to Emphasize Challenges and Vision
09/03/1998: DoD Announces 23rd Base Closure and Realignment Round for Operations Overseas
08/19/1998: Department of Defense Selected Acquisition Reports (SARS)
08/17/1998: Department of Defense Seeks Industry Partnerships on Leading Edge Technologies
07/15/1998: DoD Launches Threat Reduction Advisory Committee
05/15/1998: Houley Named Defense Reform Initiative Director
05/07/1998: DoD Announces Award of Travel Contract
05/14/1997: Secretary Cohen Announces Task Force on Defense Reform
05/14/1997: Defense Department Briefing - Defense Reform Task Force

 

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