People
Career moves for 4 key Army IT officials
Four high-level Army officers have new jobs in the world of defense IT.
Digital Government
Not an app for that? One moment.
The Army's training program in app writing has proven successful.
Modernization
IG finds holes in Army financial data system
Army managers did not reengineer their Logistics Modernization Program system to perform Procure-to-Pay functions correctly, leaving the program open to fraud and poor bookkeeping.
Modernization
Army to pay $500M for Future Combat Systems termination
A dozen years after Future Combat Systems was born and three years after it was canceled, the program still bears a hefty price tag.
Digital Government
Army hosts MOSES open-source virtual world
The focus of many federal virtual world activities has moved to the U.S. Army's "MOSES" experimental open source environment
Modernization
DOD discovers IT consolidation best practices
DOD's IT Enterprise Strategy and Roadmap is designed to streamline defense IT, but insiders wonder if major budget cuts could derail it.
People
Dyer named Army CIO/G-6 chief integration officer
Maj. Gen. Stuart Dyer is now the chief integration officer at the Army CIO/G-6 office.
Acquisition
VA resumes reverse auctions, but questions linger
Updated guidelines on reverse auctions require contracting officers to show how they benefit the agency's bottom line.
People
Army medical records system gets new manager
Lt. Col. Danny Morton replaces Lt. Col. William Geesey as manager of the Army's deployable electronic medical record and medical logistics system.
Acquisition
DOD struggles to limit contractors to appropriate jobs, GAO finds
The challenge of separating inherently governmental work from contractor-appropriate work bedevils DOD.
People
Army overestimated enterprise e-mail savings
The Army's estimated cost savings from its enterprise e-mail initiative were significantly higher than the reality, report from CIO reveals.
Cybersecurity
Senator knocks government spending on contractors
Federal spending on contractor services is out of control and must be reined in, according to Sen. Claire McCaskill.
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