People
DOD looking to modernize travel for employees
With the resumption of sequestration possible, the Pentagon wants to find a cheaper way to travel.
Cybersecurity
Malware warning, good and bad news on contracting, and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Beware: Taxpayer rip-off hidden in Defense authorization bill
Steve Kelman spotlights a provision that could make smart procurement even harder.
Cybersecurity
Appel leads JIE, Brennan apologizes, IG dings NOAA and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
DOD tax problems, Microsoft training and Amazon’s cloudy cloud
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Moving targets, Logan kiosks and industry's view of LPTA
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Senate confirms Creedon at NNSA
New deputy administrator returns to the agency after a decade on Capitol Hill and at the Defense Department.
Acquisition
DOD stresses testing, evaluation improvements
Officials tout Better Buying Power 2.0 as a catalyst for defense acquisition reform.
People
The power of priorities, postponing DCGS-A and opening data in D.C.
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Modernization
Security checks, Moore's law, spectrum sharing and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Northern Command nominee: U.S. behind in cyber defense
Adm. William Gortney says he would explore better coordination with DHS.
Acquisition
Squeezing Defense IT, dinging FDIC and arguing for better access to space
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Call for all applicants: DIA needs a CIO
See what the Defense Intelligence Agency is seeking for its top IT job.
Digital Government
Senate would trim president's defense IT budget by $500M
Lawmakers said the lower funding level “will help prioritize and better target non-cybersecurity IT investments in an era of fiscal constraint.”
Cybersecurity
Another day, another cyber indictment
A second indictment in as many months accuses the owner of a Chinese aviation firm of selling data stolen from U.S. defense contractors to state-owned companies in China.
Modernization
Making the most of the cloud: A software-defined approach
Software-defined environments break down the silos between network, storage and computing capabilities -- something most agencies are just beginning to explore.
People
DOD acquisition reform focused on people, not processes
Undersecretary Frank Kendall sees cultural change taking root among the Pentagon's 150,000-strong acquisition workforce.
Modernization
Future of floating surveillance system in doubt
Privacy concerns and spending restraints could clip Army testing of a tethered UAS over the Washington area.
Digital Government