Modernization

Military Commands Will Tap AirWatch to Manage Mobile Devices

Global Strike Command will piggyback on a system already installed by Special Operations Command.

Digital Government

VA Takes a Brute Force Approach to the Claims Backlog

The department is requiring some staff to work overtime through September.

Digital Government

Lawsuit Says IRS Illegally Seized 60 Million Health Records

Agents scooped up e-records in a tax case, violating health privacy laws, California suit alleges.

Digital Government

Intel Research Arm Wants to Tap 'Media in the Wild' for Facial Recognition

You need a decoder ring to find out where facial recognition conference will take place.

Digital Government

Who Wants a Nondeployable Helicopter?

Not the Army.

Modernization

VA Awards National Cell Phone Contract to Three Carriers

The IDIQ deal covers voice and data airtime plus voice phones, smartphones and tablets.

Digital Government

Commercial Radios Are Better, Cheaper Than JTRS, Army Official Says

That's good or bad news if you're a radio-making contractor.

Digital Government

VA Says it Deferred 2012 Bonuses for Some Health Execs

The deferrals are in addition to an earlier announcement cancelling bonuses in the department’s benefits arm.

Digital Government

Key Lawmaker Wants to Ban VA Bonuses for Five Years

The department paid out $17 million in bonuses to senior executives from 2007 through 2011.

Digital Government

The Defense-VA-Vendor Conference Nobody Wants You to Know About

Press are prohibited from covering discussion of a multi-billion dollar health records system that will affect every service member.

Modernization

DARPA Seeks 'Far Out' Ideas for Mobile Networks

Research agency wants new approach for an ad hoc network with thousands of nodes.