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Digital Government
Setting boundaries
Defense Department officials issued the Interim Defense Acquisition Guidebook
Cybersecurity
The outsourcing hole
As more software development is shifted overseas, concerns grow about security
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CTO of DISA to leave
Dawn Meyerriecks, chief technology officer for the Defense Information Systems Agency, will leave government at the end of July.
People
Technology aids search for MIAs
Navy investigators use Star Archives to store and cross-reference files
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DOD test program praised
The inspector general says a DOD system used to acquire technology and rapidly deploy it to troops in the field is a model success.
People
Marines add $7M to General Dynamics contract
The contract modification comes as a result of feedback received from Marines and sailors in-theater.
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General Dynamics wins $478M Joint Forces contract
The contract calls for General Dynamics to support various Joint Forces Command experimentation and concept development programs.
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GAO: DOD skills analysis needed
Military leaders can't plan for their future workforce without knowing the skills of the current one, auditors say.
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GAO: Net-centric war needs better integration
Defense technologies need integration work and upgrades to perform at expected levels, the General Accounting Office says.
Digital Government
NMCI test center delayed
The Navy Marine Corps Intranet Product Evaluation Center may not be up and running until the end of this year, according to NMCI executives.
People
Exchanging the old for the new at the Pentagon
National Security Personnel System offers DOD greater flexibility
Digital Government
Worker safeguards
Some unions and federal employees are concerned about certain elements of the National Security Personnel System that could create unfair working conditions and cronyism
People
Navy takes new shot at NMCI metrics
Officials are phasing out some provisions that have delayed efforts to attract users to NMCI.
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Navy leader backs NMCI, EDS
The service cannot afford to go back to where it was before NMCI, Navy Secretary Gordon England says.
