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Full rollout of DOD access cards delayed

Troop deployment, technology glitches push back schedule

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Lee to head Iraq buys

Procurement chief to help coalition council navigate procurement complexities

Modernization

Generals praise, fret over bandwidth

Battlefield commanders recently returned from Iraq have conflicting opinions about the distribution of some technology used to topple the regime.

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Intercepts

Bite that hand; DIMHRS on Slim-Fast?; Borland Consulting LLC; Morgan smacks NMCI; Army branding blitzkrieg

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DISA restructures

The agency will concentrate on acquisition, engineering, operations, finance and governance.

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DOD awards HR system to Northrop

DIMHRS will provide military leaders with personnel data

Digital Government

DOD getting its IA act together

As DOD moves toward making data available on networks, the agency is also working to improve the security of those networks

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England back as Navy head

Gordon England is the first two-time secretary of the navy in 154 years.

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DigitalGlobe receives $500 million image deal

The National Imagery and Mapping Agency awarded the five-year contract under the Nextview initiative.

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Researchers still defending terror program

Congress throttled Terrorism Information Awareness but the project's backers continue to tout its usefulness.

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Defense IT achievements honored

Three teams and three individuals won Chief Information Officer Awards.

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Congress keeps DOD tech spending flat

Concerned about the Pentagon's oversight of technology spending, the House and Senate agreed last week to cut $200 million from the Defense Department's proposed budget for information technology in fiscal 2004.

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DOD bill provisions

The fiscal 2004 DOD spending bill includes other tech provisions

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Learning from NMCI

The Air Force is already tackling an issue that has plagued the Navy Marine Corps Intranet ? the overwhelming number of computer applications in use across the service.

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Intercepts

GIG-BE winners?; AKO's price tag; Off with their heads; A DCIS is born

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Military awards GIG-BE fiber contracts

Defense officials refused to name the winners, citing worries that enemies would cut those companies' lines.

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Northrop wins DIMHRS contract

The military will pay Northrop Grumman $281 million for the second phase of developing and implementing the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System.

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Defense bill cuts IT funds by $200 million

The 2004 Defense Appropriations Act would cut IT funds less than the House originally wanted.

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Iraq request includes $2 billion for info tech

Proposals for communications systems and research, development, test and evaluation were in Bush's supplemental funding request for Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Intercepts

Harvey a hard charger; Investigating NMCI; Autodin on, ceremony off; Air Force base at Microsoft