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.