People
DOD must mesh realignment with approaching budget battle
Current plans to trim Pentagon spending are clipping around the edges, and officials fear tougher choices will be hard for Congress to agree to.
Digital Government
Acquisition in the crosshairs amid DOD restructuring
Frank Kendall, the Pentagon undersecretary in charge of acquisition, outlined some tentative plans to streamline acquisition rules, ideally before the fiscal 2015 defense funding bill.
Cybersecurity
Hagel outlines looming DOD budget cuts
Cybersecurity is one of a few areas set to receive a boost, at the expense of troop strength.
Digital Government
DARPA seeks innovative ways to make sense of data
If big data represents the search for a needle in a haystack, DARPA aims to develop technology that explains why the needle is in the stack in the first place.
Modernization
Defense Connect Online hits milestone
DISA’s online collaboration tool registers 1 million users.
Cybersecurity
How DHS is helping implement the cyber framework
C3 program will help critical infrastructure operators with readiness and risk management.
Modernization
DOD launches new spectrum strategy
In the long term, the Pentagon will look to replace legacy systems with more "militarily effective" technologies.
Cybersecurity
Navy honors Cieslak, others for IT excellence
Seven of FCW's Fed 100 winners came from the Navy, including Navy Cyberspace/IT Person of the year Randall Cieslak.
Digital Government
DARPA wants better ways to search the web
Research agency says that while current iterations of search engines have proven successful commercially, they don't always work as well for some government applications.
Modernization
Air Force looks to shared services for help with IT acquisition
The Air Force is increasingly handling its IT purchasing problems by partnering with other Pentagon agencies and the private sector.
Cybersecurity
Study: Pentagon fuel supply at risk of hack
The use of unsecured networks to oversee many aspects of military logistics raises the possibility of malware attacks.
Modernization
Air Force headquarters transitions to enterprise email
The USAF move follows the Army's migration to the program, completed in August 2013.
Acquisition
Business grads, vets and workforce diversity: Who should be on your team?
Steve Kelman reports on acquisition experts' recent discussions about agency approaches to hiring contracting staff.
People
Childs retires after 45 years of government service
As chancellor of NDU's iCollege, Childs brought a new level of IT training to the Defense Department and other agencies.
Cybersecurity
After Snowden, what's changed (and what hasn't)
Despite good guidance from feds, defense contractors still feel vulnerable to cyber-threats post-Snowden.
Cybersecurity
Behind clearance reform, a struggle in data collection
Readers weigh in with real-life experience from both sides of the vetting process.
Cybersecurity
Turnover at top DOD, DHS S&T posts
Longtime Pentagon Comptroller Bob Hale is among those heading out the door, to be replaced by Mike McCord, now the principal deputy undersecretary of Defense.
Cybersecurity
Defense, DHS, VA drive rise in federal employment
Three national-security related departments accounted for 77 percent of the total government-wide increase in compensation from 2004 to 2012.
Cybersecurity
Security clearance reform: more questions than answers
Many of the proposed solutions rely on the use of IT – automation, continuous evaluation and shared data banks between agencies.
Cybersecurity
GSA, DOD team up to bolster cyber protections
Acquisition reform did not get any attention during the State of the Union address, but that doesn't mean reform efforts are off the agenda.
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