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.