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Transformation tops agenda of next DOD CIO

Stenbit's successor faces challenge of carrying through transformation

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Iraq shows IT work needed

DOD needs to do more to ensure its battlefield commanders have a comprehensive, integrated view of the battle, according to military leaders discussing initial lessons learned from the Iraqi conflict.

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Anteon wins $38 million defense deal

Anteon International will provide tech services for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.

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NMCI gears up for next milestones

Upcoming evaluation includes look at Virginia-based network operations center

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Intercepts

GIG-BE Complaints; JTRS Jitters?; NSA Classifieds; Going Home Again; FBCB2 Cramps Stryker Troops

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Defense looks for biometric guidelines

Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said biometrics will be a key component of information assurance and access control.

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More efforts needed to thwart cyberthreats

More research needed to determine how best to protect department, official says

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Defense CIO to leave job soon

Analysis finds most DHS employees are watchers and investigators

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Three firms join Future Combat team

Northrop Grumman, United Defense and McDonnell Douglas Helicopter are the last three firms to join the Future Combat System development group.

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Navy investigates NMCI's Welchia outbreak

Navy officials want to know how a worm got into the Navy Marine Corps Intranet.

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Army to test force identification

U.S. Joint Forces Command will test several soldier-to-soldier friendly force identification technologies at Fort Benning, Ga.

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Anteon wins Army Reserve deal

The Army's Reserve Command will pay Anteon up to $40 million for enterprise data centers

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Navy puts personnel system on Web

The Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System yesterday was launched on the Internet for the first time

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NMCI grows despite delays

With more than 95,000 seats cut over, the enterprisewide network is about one-third complete

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Virus worms into NMCI

For the first time in its short history, the Navy Marine Corps Intranet fell victim to an outside attack

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Navy purchase cards hacked

Defense Department officials said last week that hack attacks compromised about 13,000 Navy purchase cards

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Intercepts

JSIMS: Fixing the Fix; Microsoft Preps News; Marines Aim for the Final Frontier; Army Hears Comsat Lobby

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Inspector says improper payment made to MCI

DOD's inspector general has accused DISA of telling one of its agencies to improperly certify $16.6 million payment to MCI/WorldCom.

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Navy purchase cards hacked

The Navy canceled all 22,000 of its purchase card accounts after discovering that more than half of them may have been compromised by a hack attack

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GAO: Reserve, Guard need better systems

The General Accounting Office today said the Defense Department needs better, more centralized systems for overseeing Reserve and National Guard forces