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Cohen: Kosovo peace deal the result of business reforms, IT
As reports indicated that Serb forces were withdrawing from Kosovo, Defense Secretary William Cohen today applauded the role of technology and the Defense Department's business practice reforms in what he called one of the most extraordinary achievements in the history of air warfare.
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Cohen lauds DOD acquisition reform efforts
Defense Secretary William Cohen yesterday launched the Defense Department's Acquisition and Logistics Reform Week, imploring DOD's cadre of acquisition and logistics professionals to take risks and be innovative in changing the way they do business.
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Now playing: 'Revolution in Business Affairs'
As the driving force behind the Defense Department's major acquisition reform initiative known as the 'Revolution in Business Affairs' Stan Soloway is among the most influential officials in DOD. As deputy undersecretary of Defense for acquisition reform and the newly appointed leader of the de
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Congress, NSA butt heads over Echelon
Congress has squared off with the National Security Agency over a topsecret U.S. global electronic surveillance program, requesting top intelligence officials to report on the legal standards used to prevent privacy abuses against U.S. citizens.
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FDA: Thousands of health devices not Y2K-ready
The Food and Drug Administration's top science and technology adviser last week warned members of a congressional subcommittee that tens of thousands of biomedical devices remain at risk of failure because of Year 2000 problems, and manufacturers and health care providers lack detailed information on critical lifesupport systems currently in use.
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JSTARS flies high over Yugoslavia
RHEINMAIN AIR BASE, Germany Finding Serb tanks and supply convoys in the mountains and wooded valleys of Kosovo, where poor weather often conceals the battlefield, is a daunting task for any pilot, regardless of skill level. However, the Air Force's 60th Air Expeditionary Wing, stationed here at
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Report: Flawed acquisition strategy derails DOD's procurement system
The Defense Department may be forced to spend at least $70 million on additional training, development and helpdesk support before its main computer system for standardizing paperless contracting and procurement procedures is deemed functional, according to an internal DOD report.
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DOD expands net for ground forces
STUTTGART, Germany In anticipation of using ground forces as either peacekeepers or in a tactical offensive against Serb forces, the Defense Information Systems Agency has started a massive program to expand communications services throughout the European theater. Although the Clinton administrat
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Jungle warriors go urban
MONTEREY, Calif. The Marines are no strangers to innovation. Throughout its 224year history, the Corps has prided itself on the uncanny ability of its junior and senior leaders to 'do more with less' and to overcome difficult odds by making use of whatever tools were available to them at the tim
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Russians skip NATO IT excercise
STUTTGART, Germany In a show of protest against NATO's bombing campaign in Yugoslavia, the Russian government last week pulled out of a major U.S.led NATO computer and communications exercise that is intended to help allies develop communications systems capable of sharing information on the bat
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U.S. European Command locks down Internet Access
To bolster the amount of communications bandwidth, the U.S. Army and Air Force have significantly curtailed the personal use of the Internet by servicemen deployed to the Balkans.
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Russia backs out of high-tech NATO exercise
To protest NATO's bombing campaign in Yugoslavia, Russia this week pulled out of a major U.S.led NATO computer and communications exercise that promises to help allies share information on the battlefield.
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Army to offer 'information survival' training
The Army this fall plans to offer an online graduatelevel training course on information systems survivability that would teach engineers to develop systems capable of surviving any kind of technical glitch or network attack. The Army will offer the new 14week information survivability (infosurv)
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DOD taking steps to secure secret network further
Looking to protect its classified information network from internal security threats, the Defense Department is considering a new policy that will limit strictly network users' access to information.
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Army to offer 'information survival' training
The Army this fall plans to offer an online graduatelevel training course on information systems survivability, teaching engineers to develop systems capable of surviving any kind of technical glitch and network attack.
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U.S. hosts allied simulation demo
In an effort to enhance military cooperation between allied nations and to better prepare NATO for operations like Bosnia and Kosovo, the U.S. Atlantic Command late last month hosted the first NATO computerbased battle simulation. The NATO Partnership for Peace (PFP) Simulation Network Demonstrati
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Network-attached storage lines debut (Part II)
Dell Computer Corp., one of the leading direct vendors of desktops and server systems, last week launched its initial foray into the networkattached storage market, announcing a new line of systems designed to make storage systems a common appliance. Dell's new NAS systems, known as the PowerVault
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GAO: AMC overstated savings from job reductions
The outsourcing of the two software centers is part of the Army Materiel Command's larger effort to free up money for modernization. But faulty accounting may have led the Army to overstate by hundreds of millions of dollars the amount of savings likely to result from instituting best business practices and eliminating government jobs, according to a report the General Accounting Office released last month.
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New cyberterror threatens AF
The Air Force should slow its modernization plans and rethink its connections to the Internet if it wants to fight off a revolutionary, yet undeveloped, form of cyberterrorism, according to a recently released Rand Corp. report. Terrorist groups are relying increasingly on advanced communications a
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Army clears 'log' jam
The Army has approved a waiver that makes it possible to privatize two government software development centers putting 500 government jobs at risk without competing the work between the public and private sectors, the Army Materiel Command confirmed last week. The Army released last week the of
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