http://gcn.com/rss-feeds/defense-it.aspx Former Director of Defense Information Paul Strassmann questions how DOD's new directive, permitting NIPRNet access to the Internet, will work without more explicit security direction. http://gcn.com/articles/2010/03/10/dod-social-media-policy-fails-to-answer-security-questions.aspx Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2010/03/10/dod-social-media-policy-fails-to-answer-security-questions.aspx Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt and FBI chief Robert Mueller will all be taking the keynote stage at annual RSA Security Conference and Expo. http://gcn.com/articles/2010/03/02/rsa-2010.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:06:33 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2010/03/02/rsa-2010.aspx DOD issues a memo to address longstanding uncertainties about the use of social media and networks within defense agencies and military branches. http://gcn.com/articles/2010/02/26/dod-issues-new-directive-on-internet-and-social-media-use.aspx Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:08:25 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2010/02/26/dod-issues-new-directive-on-internet-and-social-media-use.aspx Networking of sensors could help bring about reduction in nuclear stockpiles, says military's vice chaiman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. James Cartwright http://gcn.com/articles/2010/02/05/meshing-of-us-and-allied-defense-sensors-gaining-importance.aspx Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:03:46 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2010/02/05/meshing-of-us-and-allied-defense-sensors-gaining-importance.aspx The Air Force and IBM plan to develop and demonstrate a secure cloud computing infrastructure capable of supporting defense and intelligence networks. http://gcn.com/articles/2010/02/04/air-force-ibm-cloud-computing.aspx Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2010/02/04/air-force-ibm-cloud-computing.aspx Researchers have identified a critical Zero-Day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) 6 and IE 7 that hints at a larger problem, writes Kevin Coleman, a senior fellow with the Technolytics Institute. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/12/23/browser-exposure.aspx Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:25:19 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/12/23/browser-exposure.aspx The stealth fighter plane will be fitted with new sensor technology. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/12/02/infrared-sensor-for-fighter-plane.aspx Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:37:20 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/12/02/infrared-sensor-for-fighter-plane.aspx Readers suggest a few projects that could have made our Thanksgiving list of failed, or deeply troubled, government IT projects and debate the causes of such large-scale failures. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/12/01/it-turkeys-redux-readers-comments.aspx Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/12/01/it-turkeys-redux-readers-comments.aspx With A-Space, a social-networking site for intelligence analysts, the Defense Intelligence Agency wants to extend electronic collaboration into the creation of intelligence. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/a-space-dia-intell-sharing-wiki.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:57:18 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/30/a-space-dia-intell-sharing-wiki.aspx Over the years, the American public has been gifted with its share of computer-based turkeys -- information technology projects gone wrong, often at spectacular expense. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/it-turkeys-7-government-projects-gone-wrong.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/20/it-turkeys-7-government-projects-gone-wrong.aspx The Army’s Maj. Keith Parker demos the Go Mobile kit to the GCN Lab. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/19/open-source-comes-to-army-go-mobile-program.aspx Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/19/open-source-comes-to-army-go-mobile-program.aspx Lockheed Martin Corp. will help the Navy develop surface electronic warfare technology under a new $9.9 million contract. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/02/lockheed-electronic-warfare.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:54:31 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/11/02/lockheed-electronic-warfare.aspx DOD has issued guidance that clarifies the use of open-source software. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/28/dod-oss-ii.aspx Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/28/dod-oss-ii.aspx Harris releases product that can improve the packaging and transmission of data, including video, from unmanned aerial vehicles. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/26/web-harris-video-uav-technology.aspx Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:28:31 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/26/web-harris-video-uav-technology.aspx This year's honorees -- former Rep. Tom Davis, Martha Dorris, Rob Carey and Jim Lewis -- demonstrate the powerful role that IT innovations can play in improving the way government agencies accomplish their missions. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/12/executives-of-the-year.aspx Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:30:28 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/12/executives-of-the-year.aspx DOD Techipedia's developers had to overcome single sign-on, security and other technical challenges during the site's rapid development. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/12/gcn-awards-dodtechipedia-sidebar.aspx Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/12/gcn-awards-dodtechipedia-sidebar.aspx The Army’s MC4 program is doing away with paper battlefield medical records and improving health care for wounded warriors. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/12/gcn-awards-army-mc4.aspx Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/12/gcn-awards-army-mc4.aspx Since 2003, more than 12 million electronic patient interactions have been captured via MC4, and 750 units with medical staff in 14 countries have been equipped with MC4. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/12/gcn-awards-army-mc4-project-glance.aspx Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/12/gcn-awards-army-mc4-project-glance.aspx Combat communications wing supports new Space Command http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/09/cyber-command-unit-activated-under-space-command.aspx Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:47:35 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/09/cyber-command-unit-activated-under-space-command.aspx Several agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the Defense Department’s Office of Personnel and Readiness Information Management, and the Energy Department are achieving or anticipating significant gains by deploying various approaches. http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/06/agencies-see-power-management-gains.aspx Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT http://gcn.com/articles/2009/10/06/agencies-see-power-management-gains.aspx