People

Falling short of the paperless standard

The Defense Department's program to create a standard contract system has been rapped in a new Inspector General report

People

Army preps computer BPAs

Army Desktop and Mobile Computing1 BPAs will include desktops, notebooks and handhelds

People

Guenther accepts TRW job

Former Army CIO and Computer Associates exec joins TRW's tactical systems division

People

DTS: How it works

Although it will have a .mil Internet address, DTS is owned by TRW Inc., which would charge the government each time a traveler books a trip

People

End of the line?

Troubled Defense Travel System faces Pentagon scrutiny, and maybe the ax

Digital Government

Siebel loses public-sector VP

One of the leading software salesmen to the federal government resigned from Siebel Systems

Digital Government

Marines delay move to Windows 2000

Because of EDS' plans to add Windows 2000 to NMCI, the Marines decided to hold off

Digital Government

Air Force mandates buying system

Air Force Way will be the mandatory program for purchasing PCs and services

Digital Government

Former Army CIO leaves Computer Associates

It is unclear why Otto Guenther left the company or what he will do next

Digital Government

Cyberdefense students rely on PKI

Students and alumni of the Defense Department's school to train investigators in computer crime techniques are using public-key infrastructure technology to communicate via a protected Web site

Digital Government

Air Force won't follow NMCI lead

The Air Force has decided not to follow the Navy's model for desktop outsourcing on a grand scale, but service officials will sample bite-size versions of the massive Navy Marine Corps Intranet contract.

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E-commerce vendor nets Pentagon's deputy CIO

Paul Brubaker is leaving DOD to join Commerce One Inc.

Digital Government

Lee defends paperless contracting

The Pentagon's procurement policy chief endorses the Standard Procurement System

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DOD 'tail' needs a trim

To lower its support costs by billions of dollars, the Defense Department needs to replicate outsourcing efforts such as the Navy Marine Corps Intranet

Digital Government

Does Lotus have a future with DMS?

The company's share is shrinking, but Lotus Development Corp. is still an important part of DMS

Modernization

Success or lowered expectations?

Defense Message System delivers on some promises, falls short on others

Modernization

12 years, $1.6 billion and counting

How DOD plans to make its messaging system work

People

DOD deciding on digitized travel

The Pentagon soon will decide whether to proceed with the Defense Travel System by TRW Inc.

Modernization

DMS at a glance

How DOD plans to make its messaging system work

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Help wanted: A CIO at NSA

The National Security Agency is making no secret of its search for a chief information officer