Digital Government
DOD looks to semantics for better data-sharing, cost savings
The Defense Department's new RFI for an enterprise information web seeks a semantic web solution that will help services and agencies more easily share data -- and save money
People
Panetta names new DISA director
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appoints former vice director to be the new director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Modernization
DISA plans a new step toward DOD cloud
DISA's new RFI aims to develop new framework, architecture and guidelines for a DOD-wide enterprise cloud -- but the agency is also considering the hurdles ahead in its implementation.
Digital Government
DOD personnel moves at DISA, DLA and in cyber policy
The Defense Department has announced a number of personnel moves in the world of defense IT.
Modernization
DOD targets new security approaches for the cloud
DOD is finding that the old security techniques, which weren’t that great anyway, won’t be enough in the dynamic world of the cloud.
Acquisition
Defense agencies adjust procurement thinking
At a time when the government is drawing borders around contractors, some defense IT officials are pinning their technology hopes on their close partnerships with companies.
Digital Government
Enterprise e-mail's departmentwide future uncertain
Defense Department CIO Teri Takai won't mandate migration to the Defense Information Systems Agency's enterprise e-mail effort, so the question of whether other branches will move their e-mail programs to the cloud hangs in the air.
People
Internal struggles further muddy future of AKO
The Army and Defense Information Systems Agency are moving ahead with enterprise e-mail, but whether it will replace Army Knowledge Online -- an increasingly critical concern -- remains uncertain.
People
DOD to shut down Defense Knowledge Online portal service
The Defense Department's plans to shutter its Defense Knowledge Online portal are set. What comes next?
Modernization
AKO, DKO, JKO, enterprise e-mail: DOD's portals by the numbers
The announcement of the closure of Defense Knowledge Online is furthering uncertainty over the future of DOD's online portals and enterprise services. Here's a quick look at some of the numbers.
Digital Government
DISA's Facebook test throws a scare
What happened that could have caused the Defense Information Systems Agency to close on July 7?
People
Exceptional DOD employees get to taste private-sector IT work
The Defense Department is implementing a new pilot program that will give federal IT employees a chance to experience private-sector work.
Digital Government
Army's AKO moves closer to its demise
The Army's CIO proposes to decrease funding for AKO incrementally during the next five years.
Modernization
DISA reveals strategy for near future directions
The Defense Information Systems Agency 2011-2012 Campaign Plan adds more focus and definition to the agency's near- and long-term directions, including a renewed emphasis on enterprise services and mobile-computing technologies.
Acquisition
GAO will finish its bid protest work
The Defense Information Systems Agency contended that GAO's authority to review certain bid protests ended on May 27, leaving Technatomy’s protest without merit.
People
DC ranks in top 10 cities that support formal telework policies
A Microsoft survey ranks the nation's capital seventh in supporting formal telework programs.
People
DISA transfer employees ready for expanded telework program
DISA beefs up its telework program as more than 4,700 employees get ready to move to the agency's new location in Ft. Meade, Md.
Modernization
DOD CIO presses on to uncertain future
Even though her office is in organizational limbo for now, Teri Takai is hard at work hammering out military cloud strategies and critical partnerships.
People
Defense bill would include cyber warfare designations
The 2012 Defense Authorization Bill would include cyber warfare rules.
Modernization
DOD not ready for total cloud migration, CIO says
Defense Department CIO Teri Takai cautions against jumping into the cloud.
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