| What's Brewin: Unfinished Business
I don't know about anyone else, but before I go on Thanksgiving holiday, I take care of unfinished business. Not Congress, even though it had some real serious business to handle before it went on vacation, such as passing a $179 billion 2008 Defense Department war supplemental funding bill. Yes, I know the congressional Democratic leadership has accused the White House of using "scare tactics" to get the supplemental passed -- even though the bill passed by the House last week, which provides $50 billion in funding, also includes an unrealistic deadline to bring all the troops home from Iraq by next Christmas. In this case I tend to side with Defense spokesman Geoff Morrell, who told reporters last week that the Pentagon plan to furlough up to 200,000 civilian personnel is not a tactic in a high level game of chicken, but grim fiscal reality.
Hillsborough school board debates drug testing
Instead, the board decided to postpone the vote and continue to solicit public opinion at upcoming board meetings Jan. 28 and Feb. 8 at Auten Road Intermediate School. Several board members raised concerns about the plan, which would randomly select via computer from students participating in athletics, extracurricular activities and school clubs and those who drive to school. The students would have a mouth swab or urine screening as part of the testing procedure, which is being modeled after a policy at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Raritan Township. The students also can be selected more than once. A vote is expected Feb. 28, but the board wants to make sure it hears from as many members of the public as possible before a final decision is made. "We need to communicate with the public.
Raytheon buys Oakley cybersecurity firm
MOSCOW, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- It would be odd for Russia to be seriously worried about a higher level of military threat after NATO admitted Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and the three Baltic countries of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia as member nations. But not everyone can afford to follow this logic -- military experts, diplomats and lawyers have to be guided by military balance figures and contractual provisions until they receive other signals or documents from political leaders. Defense Focus: Year in review -- Part 2
Published: Jan. 7, 2008 at 11:01 AM
By MARTIN SIEFF
UPI Senior News Analyst WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The year 2007 was a year when several major powers served notice that U.S. weapons superiority in every field and class wasn't going to remain an uncontested monopoly.
Seapine Software Awarded GSA Schedule
Seapine Software, the leading provider of quality-centric application lifecycle management solutions, today announced that it was awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Multiple Award Schedule 70 Contract for its application lifecycle management solutions. GSA Schedule 70 enables Seapine Software to provide software and services to government agencies as an approved, preferred vendor. .
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