Military folk hard hit by Hurricane Katrina now have Tricare counselors up-close-and-personal at a number of evacuation sites to provide information about benefits, contact numbers, and claims procedures. Now, if they could just explain the rules to the rest of us. Just in case, here’s the Humana Military Tricare South number, 800-444-5445.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office calls for the Pentagon’s Chief Technology Officer to have budget certification authority over the military services’ research and development accounts—a move the services say would add a burdensome and unnecessary layer of bureaucracy.

