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.
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