Digital Government
FBI picks 10 firms for tech support project
FBI officials recently issued the first operations and maintenance task orders for their Technical Support and Development Project.
Modernization
Auditors see GIG risks
The Government Accountability Office says the military's GIG vision compelling, but reality has many risks.
Cybersecurity
Security at your fingertips
Employees in at least one DOD office no longer have to remember passwords or ID numbers.
People
FBI hires 10 for tech services
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a potential value of $42.5 million.
People
DLA tinkers with its modernization
A Defense Logistics Agency program designed to provide faster access to military supply information will take four months longer to complete and will cost $36 million more than planned
People
Intercepts
GIG: Coming to a Base Near You; Reaching Out for Help; More Trouble for DMS?; In and Out
People
GAO at odds on program timeline
The Army is disputing a General Accounting Office report released last week that recommends extending the timeline for the service's multibillion-dollar effort to bring technology to the battlefield
People
Air Force study shifts jobs
About 3,700 Air Force positions have been moved based on data gathered online about stress and workload.
People
Info agency gets new No. 2
Army Maj. Gen. Marilyn Quagliotti will take on posts at the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Ops.
Modernization
Defense to unveil GIG plans
The Defense Department soon will unveil a blueprint for connecting all its facilities a global network for warfighters
People
Air Force IT leader steps down
Lt. Gen. Leslie Kenne, deputy chief of staff for warfighting integration at Air Force headquarters, will retire Sept. 1.
People
Future Combat pushed to next decade
The cornerstone of the Army's transformation efforts will no longer be ready by the end of the decade, according to a new General Accounting Office report.
People
Poindexter leaving DARPA
After more than a year mostly spent defending controversial programs, John Poindexter will quit his job at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
People
GAO sees flaws in radio project
Lack of a strong management structure hampers the military's Joint Tactical Radio System, according to the General Accounting Office.
People
DOD's misguided bet on the future
System sought to use the market to help feds predict future terrorist attacks
People
New Army CIO stresses info
Gathering useful information is essential to the new ways of combat
People
Army gets integration help
An unnamed vendor received a support contract to help define IT systems across the Army.
People
More problems, delays for DMS
The military's new Defense Message System probably won't completely replace the current message network until early next year
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