Defense Reform Initiative -- News Archive

DRI News Archive
(from May 1997 - December 2000)

Articles
Speeches
Testimony
Press Briefings & Releases

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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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03/12/1998:	Testimony by Under Secretary Gansler
03/11/1998:	Testimony by Deputy Secretary of Defense Hamre - Improved Business Practices Will Improve Military Effectiveness

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