People

Defense Travel System stalls on the runway

Low usage rates irritate lawmakers, who say they might pull DTS funding.

Cybersecurity

Air Force leaders hold Cyber Summit

The service plans to bring full-scale military operations to cyberspace, and the summit was intended to map the way.

People

Senate threatens to cut DTS funding

Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) plans to introduce legislation to kill the travel portion of the system, while preserving its back-end accounting functions.

Modernization

DOD unveils next-generation CAC

The new card complies with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 and has added security features, Pentagon officials said.

People

DOD pushes wireless to the edge

JFCOM prepares tactical mobile networks for homeland security and battlefield missions.

People

Experts debate Rumsfeld's transformation legacy

Although the Rumsfeld brand of change might suffer, modernization of the military is not in doubt, experts say.

Cybersecurity

Air Force to create Cyber Command

The service intends to apply laws of war, including proportional response to attacks.

People

Senate to review Defense Travel System

A Senate subcommittee will hold a hearing on the long-embattled program.

Digital Government

GAO: Fiscal policy is unsustainable

Comptroller General David Walker blames huge long-term obligations and growing structural problems in the federal budget.

People

Rumsfeld's departure could slow modernization

The Defense Department is losing its strongest advocate of transformation and modernization, says one national security expert.

Modernization

Defense rethinks its wireless needs

DOD seeks new policies and technologies to stay ahead of surging spectrum demand.

People

Baghdad reduced to bytes

Some experts question whether the Defense Department is overreaching with a simulation of Baghdad that tries to model most human factors.

Digital Government

DOD gives Internet balloting another try

New features put service members in touch with elections officials in their home districts.

Digital Government

China approves Savi RFID tags

The ruling will allow the company to use its RFID tags, readers and signposts throughout the world’s largest manufacturing country.

Digital Government

Air Force to create Cyber Command

Plans for the new command will be developed throughout 2007 and the command could go operational in 2009, according to an Air Force official.

Modernization

Military works to bridge the language gap

IBM and Joint Forces Command are testing new translation software.

People

DOD begins major shift to utility computing

New IT contracts let DOD pay for servers on a per-use basis.

People

DISA, Navy seek new approach to commercial satcom

DISA issued an RFI asking industry to come up with innovative ways to manage commercial satcom capabilities to maximize available resources and minimize cost.

Modernization

DOD IT resources failed during Katrina

Shipments of goods to soldiers in Southwest Asia were delayed for four days after the storm hit because a logistics center in Baton Rouge, La., wasn't prepared for the disaster, a report states.

People

Boutelle: Army not blocking political sites

The service is not preventing soldiers in Iraq from accessing liberal news blogs, the Army CIO said.