Digital Government
House passes $690B defense authorization bill
The House passes a bill with nearly $700 billion for defense in fiscal 2012.
Modernization
Virtual options expand Memorial Day observances
Even if you're booked with other activities, you can honor the holiday by paying a virtual visit to some of the nation's memorials.
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.
Digital Government
Administration questions military role in cyberspace
The Obama administration objects to legislation that would authorize clandestine operations in cyberspace.
Modernization
Army overhauls network strategy
The Army must have a network that is flexible enough to meet constantly changing requirements and emerging technologies, officials say.
Cybersecurity
Tight defense budgets could yield better cybersecurity, information sharing
The need to be more efficient and innovative could lead to improved cybersecurity and information sharing across DOD, officials said.
Digital Government
White House proposal includes Internet kill switch, senators warn
Proposed cybersecurity legislation’s reliance on the 77-year-old Telecommunications Act could give the president broad powers over the Internet during an emergency.
Digital Government
Common VA-DOD health record interface nearing completion
VA and DOD senior officials updated a Senate committee on progress on their joint common electronic health record platform on May 18.
Modernization
Funding asterisk casts shadow over Army e-mail
A House subcommittee hesitates to fund e-mail migration until the Army shows its homework.
People
Intelligence takes the spotlight at DOD
Defense intelligence is closed by nature, but now the door is opening to let in open-source and Web 2.0 technologies -- and they're changing the way DOD operates.
Cybersecurity
Before disaster strikes, FEMA looks to predict severity of calamity
FEMA has turned to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for help in predicting the effects of potential Mississippi River flooding and providing imagery of areas devastated by flood waters and tornadoes.
Acquisition
Outsourcing vs. insourcing: Solving the cost-comparison conundrum
A new report offers guidelines for sizing up the costs of public and private sector work.
People
Committee wants checks on defense industry's supply chain
A House committee's defense authorization bill would require defense officials to research where they're getting their supplies in the global marketplace.
People
Panel could cut defense budget further
The House Appropriations Committee has proposed spending caps for its 12 subcommittees to trim billions of dollars from the fiscal 2012 budget.
Cybersecurity
Can the Web force the release of bin Laden photos?
The relentless search for photos of Osama bin Laden's body, and the potential risks to people searching for them online, might force the administration's hand.
Digital Government
Digital Conflict: Bin Laden raid nets largest intell cache ever
The computer data seized in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan will take months to process, according to defense and intelligence insiders.
Digital Government
Digital Conflict: Bin Laden raid nets largest intell cache ever
The computer data seized in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan will take months to process, according to defense and intelligence insiders.
Cybersecurity
Bin Laden's tech trove may give up secrets
The Defense Department and CIA are participating in a multi-agency task force to glean actionable intelligence from the large volume of material taken from Osama bin Laden's compound.
People
Defense bill would include cyber warfare designations
The 2012 Defense Authorization Bill would include cyber warfare rules.
Acquisition
Analysts see dynamic, changing defense industry
A new study says the defense industrial base isn't consolidating into a select few mega-companies that would get all of DOD's business.
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