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DOD halts small-biz benefits
The Defense Department last month suspended for one year all pricing preferences for small and disadvantaged businesses after the agency reported that it had exceeded its SDB contracting goals for the year. The move is expected to cost small businesses at least $50 million in DOD contracts. DOD fro
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House blasts DOD over savings claims
A bipartisan group of lawmakers last week assailed Defense Department outsourcing and privatization initiatives, labeling DOD an inept financial planner and questioning the department's savings from reform efforts. Rep. Herbert Bateman (R-Va.), who presided over a meeting of the House Military Read
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Advanced hacks sting Pentagon
The Defense Department confirmed late Friday that a major cyberattack against its critical information systems has been under way for the past several months, propelling the newly formed Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense into its first realworld test. 'There appears to be something new
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Gondola trial highlights role of cockpit IT
The highprofile trial of the Marine Corps pilot whose jet clipped a ski lift cable in the Italian Alps has ignited a debate on Capitol Hill about information technology failures in the jet's cockpit that many experts believe played a key role in the accident, which killed 20 people.
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Marines to build enterprise net
The Marine Corps last month kicked off an 18month, $226 million project to develop a worldwide, highspeed network and a new approach to delivering and managing network services. A ceremony held last month at the new Marine Corps Materiel Command, Albany, Ga., marked the initial phase of the Marin
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Air Force awards key IT contracts
Despite its controversial strategy to use blanket purchase agreements in place of its information technology product and service contracts, the Air Force's Standard Systems Group today awarded BPAs worth hundreds of millions of dollars to six vendors covering a wide range of computer and networking gear.
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DOD confirms cyberattack 'something new'
The Defense Department confirmed today that a major cyberattack against its critical information systems has been underway for the last several months, propelling the newly formed Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense into its first realworld test.
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Gondola trial highlights role of cockpit IT
The highprofile trial of the Marine Corps pilot whose jet clipped a ski lift cable in the Italian Alps has ignited a debate on Capitol Hill about information technology failures in the jet's cockpit that many experts believe played a key role in the accident, which killed 20 people.
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Cohen says DOD IT reforms saving taxpayers billions
Demonstrating an unwavering commitment to reforming the Defense Department's business practices through information technology, Secretary of Defense William Cohen today said that the agency has saved billions of dollars by relying more on the private sector for IT products and services, according to DOD's first electronic status report on reform initiatives.
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Cohen approves group to scour DOD Web sites
To check the sensitivity of information on Defense Department World Wide Web sites, Defense Secretary William Cohen yesterday approved the creation of a 22member military reserve unit to scour DOD Web sites for security breaches
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DOD revamping massive information architecture
Concerned about the lack of security, interoperability and savings gained from its information infrastructure, the Defense Department has launched a new enterprise network architecture, senior DOD officials told Congress this week.
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DOD: Y2K failures abroad threaten U.S. security
Signaling a shift in focus on the Year 2000 problem, Deputy Secretary of Defense John Hamre today told members of Congress that the Defense Department is most concerned about the impact on national security from Year 2000 failures in other countries, particularly Russia.
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NASA may set standard for Web business
A World Wide Webbased procurement system designed and used by NASA soon may become the single point of entry for information on governmentwide contracting opportunities, according to a report by the General Accounting Office.
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Army awards PC-3
In a move to provide the latest information technology to its users, the Army today tagged two vendors for a $300 million deal covering PCs, peripherals, office automation software and installation services.
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DOD asks Congress to save more radio frequencies for military
The Defense Department's chief information officer and top brass today implored Congress to pass new legislation to rein in the commercial use and sale of the electromagnetic frequency spectrum and warned that the lack of a national spectrum strategy could affect the military's ability to operate effectively in the 21st century.
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Gates, Cohen agree to work closer on technology, security
REDMOND, Wash. Defense Secretary William Cohen last week visited Microsoft Corp. headquarters, where he met with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, and the two leaders agreed to work more closely on important issues such as technology and security. Microsoft is working with the Defense Department on
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DOD reconsiders Java strategy
The Defense Department has scaled back a proposal to abandon further development of Unixbased client applications under its Common Operating Environment program and instead may focus on Java to reduce the number of platforms requiring support, sources said. While still carving out a major role for
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Software snafu slowed key data during Iraq raid
Concerns about the accuracy of data provided by critical Defense Department computer systems during the recent bombing of Iraq delayed updates of critical logistics information by up to eight hours and ignited a twoweek search for the source of the problem. The problem stemmed from one of the data
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NSC to lead national security initiative
The Clinton administration is moving forward with a new plan to have a senior member of the National Security Council coordinate measures to protect the nation's critical computer systems, according to prepared remarks by Defense Secretary William Cohen during his visit to Microsoft Corp. here.
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Despite reported computer glitches, B-2s may fly over Kosovo
Defense Secretary William Cohen yesterday confirmed that the Air Force's B2 bomber, lambasted last year by the General Accounting Office for problems in its command and control systems, will be among the aircraft that could be called upon to carry out bombing missions over Kosovo.
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