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Senate eyes Guard for info security
A Senate committee urges the Pentagon to study how it might use the Army National Guard to secure the nation's critical computer systems
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DOD redefining info ops
Based on the lessons learned from the 78day air war in Kosovo, Defense Department officials are seeking to redefine the emerging field of hightech information operations, a senior DOD official said last week.
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Government market: Global, outsourced
A hightech corridor has sprung up between the Brussels airport and NATO headquarters as companies try to take advantage of the growing European government IT market
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Diversity: A double-edged sword for NATO
At the cradle of the Atlantic Alliance, a vast assortment of nationalities, languages, ethnic groups and religions come together to make Brussels seem a logical choice for the home of the world's foremost military alliance
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Networking in the field
A major military communications exercise under way in Baumholder, Germany, since last week may hold the key to curtailing the record number of people leaving military service because of increasing deployments that keep them away from their families.
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Interoperability may hold key to retention
NATO communications exercise may provide clues to keeping personnel out of the field and in the military
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What is Combined Endeavor?
Now in its fifth year, Combined Endeavor is an annual twoweek exercise sponsored by the U.S. European Command.
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Not so fast, Uncle Sam
In his NATO field journal, FCW's Dan Verton points out the pitfalls of used equipment and U.S. lack of conformity with allies' standards
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'Human interoperability' helps allies
Reporting from Germany, site of Combined Endeavor 2000, FCW's Dan Verton files the first installment of his NATO field journal
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NATO kicks off communications exercise
Military communicators from 35 nations joined forces this week to help bring NATO into the Information Age
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NATO nerve center in transition
RheinMain Air Base and its information technology system will revert to Germany within five years
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Security draws extra millions
The Senate added $76.8 million to the fiscal 2001 Defense authorization bill to kickstart a new information security scholarship program and a security institute
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Imagery modernization gets boost
Despite the National Imagery and Mapping Agency's $1 billion plan to develop mapping and digital imagery products for the intelligence community, funding for NIMA's longterm modernization plan remains 'woefully inadequate,' according to a Senate report on the fiscal 2001 intelligence authorization bill.
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Senate beefs up high-tech readiness
The Senate Armed Services Committee last week called for funding increases in key hightech defense programs and took steps to fill gaps identified during the 78day air war in Kosovo.
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NSA, State in Senate sights
The Senate has outlined a plan to reverse years of budgetary neglect at the National Security Agency and what it characterized as blatant disregard for information security policies at the State Department in a report released May 4 on the fiscal 2001 intelligence authorization bill.
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'Always faithful' at the office
Every organization needs a mission statement, a set of core values and alist of guiding principles that keep all of its component parts moving inthe same direction.
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Navy intranet hits money snag
The Navy can't afford the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet without sacrificing funds earmarked for critical operations, senior Navy commanders told top Navy brass last week.
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