Army to encrypt computers
Army CIO Lt. Gen. Steven Boutelle said the service would also soon release a policy that instructs Army personnel to perform an accounting of notebooks and other mobile devices as well.
Lambert tapped to head Army's logistics modernization
Col. Scott Lambert has been named project manager of the Logistics Modernization Project, replacing Col. David W. Coker, who will lead logistics information systems.
IT as a prime target
An enemy of the United States could launch a cyberattack against a communications infrastructure, or initiate an assault on the country's banking and finance centers, transportation hubs, nuclear facilities, electrical grids and even food supply. If this cyberattack were to happen, would the Defense Department get involved? That decision would be made by the executive branch of the government.
Procurement conundrum | What's inside the box?
When the State Department purchased 16,000 ThinkCentre desktop computers earlier this year from a company partially owned by the Chinese government, critics warned of the potential risks to national security.
Red storm rising
A growing band of civilian units inside China is writing malicous code and training to launch cyberstrikes into enemy systems. And for many of these units, the first enemy is the U.S. Defense Department.
Lt. Gen. Robert Kehler | Vigilance means guarding many levels
Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Kehler is deputy commander of the U.S. Strategic Command headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Neb. STRATCOM is the military lead overseeing the department's Global Information Grid.
Flynn appointed Navy PEO-EIS
Rear Adm. Timothy V. Flynn III has been assigned as the Navy's new program executive officer for enterprise information systems.
Defense maps out an open-source approach
The Defense Department has a practical reason for using more open-source software and incorporating open source into its procurement cycle. DOD can save money by promoting reuse of software across its agencies, according to a recently released report on technology development methodologies.
DISA puts an end to ad hoc collaboration
The Defense Information Systems Agency has hired IBM Corp. to provide enterprisewide 'pay for use' collaboration services under its Net-Centric Enterprise Services program. The contract will bring instant messaging, text chat, Web conferencing, whiteboarding and application sharing, including audio and video capabilities.
Army sticks with initial ITES-2 picks
Army officials have reevaluated all the bids for its $20 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contracts and concluded that the 11 initial contract winners will remain in effect.
Joint networks key to QDR's plans
Senior leaders across the Defense Department who helped write the Quadrennial Defense Review now are dusting off the guidance to put the ideas into practice.
DISA, IBM in pact for collaboration services
The Defense Information Systems Agency has hired IBM Corp. to provide collaboration services under the Net-Centric Enterprise Services program.
Protest filed over Army outsourcing pact
Northrop Grumman Corp. has filed a protest against the Army Corps of Engineers for awarding a six-year, $447 million A-76 outsourcing contract to a public-private partnership led by corps employees in conjunction with Lockheed Martin Corp.
DOD to revamp contracting in Iraq
The Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency has been charged with restructuring and transforming contracting processes and systems in Iraq.
NGA awards Smarts deals
Six companies will compete for work under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's recently awarded, $200 million Support to Management and Resources for Technical Services program.
NMCI chief Godwin to retire
Rear Adm. James B. Godwin III has decided to retire, about two years after taking the helm of the multibillion-dollar Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program.
Terry Pudas | Transformation on many fronts
Terry Pudas enjoys home improvement projects and cooking. He finds working with his hands a welcome contrast to his job at the Office of Force Transformation, where he serves as acting director and is known as a key strategist for Defense Department transformation.
DOD, military take hands-on approach to QDR
The writers of the Quadrennial Defense Review are now shifting gears to become executors of the guidance.
Incoming
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a contract for $1 million toMerlin Technical Solutions Inc. to provide service-oriented architecture governanceproducts for the agency's Net-Enabled Command Capability and Net-Centric EnterpriseServices initiatives.
DOD wireless policy starts with LANs
The Defense Department has gone back and forth over what to include in the scope of a modified wireless policy and how to coordinate implementation across the services and agencies. After months of work, Defense CIO John Grimes tweaked the focus on June 2 and approved a memo aimed at boosting security on wireless LANs connected to the Global Information Grid.
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