Army halts AKO work until GAO rules on protests
Lockheed Martin Corp. will not perform any work associated with the Army Knowledge Online portal until two protests challenging the contract award are heard by the Government Accountability Office.
GAO says Defense comes up short on its EA efforts
The Defense Department has invested nearly four years and $318 million into developing a business enterprise architecture, yet according to a recent Government Accountability Office report, the department has very little to show for its efforts.
Defense review to incorporate lessons since 9/11
The Defense Department soon will look into its crystal ball and envision what it will look like in two decades.
Incoming
Adm. Vern Clark, the chief of Naval Operations who has long been an advocate for transformational weapons systems and integrating Navy information systems with those of the other services, retired late last month.
Army halts work on AKO portal in light of pending protests
Lockheed Martin Corp. will not perform any work associated with the Army Knowledge Online portal until protests challenging the Army's award of the contract can be heard by the Government Accountability Office.
GAO report says Defense business EA has 'limited utility'
The Defense Department has invested four years and $318 million into developing a business enterprise architecture, but has very little to show for its efforts, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Kerr takes helm of National Reconnaissance Office
The intelligence agency responsible for being the nation's eyes and ears in space has a new director.
DOD counts on interoperable systems as the key to domestic defense strategy
Without interoperable IT systems, the Defense Department would be up a creek without a paddle in securing the country's waterways and protecting the homeland from terrorist attacks.
NMCI takes on enterprisewide spam
The Navy is counting on a little electronic elbow grease to clean up its enterprise portal.
Army plans new command to integrate logistics
Logistics has always been a chink in the Army's armor.
Clark to step down as naval operations chief; Mullen is successor
Adm. Vern Clark, the chief of naval operations who has long been an advocate for transformational weapons systems and integrating Navy information systems with the other services, is retiring.
Army goes to a single contractor for AKO
The Army Knowledge Online portal has a new manager.
Army considers new command for logistics management
To better manage logistics processes in the Army, service brass are considering a plan that would transform the existing Army Field Support Command at Rock Island, Ill., into the Army Sustainment Command.
Guri Glass | Army installations move to the Web
Every Army recruit and every soldier leaving the Army for civilian life has had their information processed on a computer network that Guri Glass oversees
GAO says Future Combat Systems pillars are on shaky ground
The major communications systems that will connect the manned and unmanned vehicles of the Army's Future Combat Systems program will likely fail to meet technical challenges and an accelerated schedule, according to the Government Accountability Office.
Croom takes reins at DISA
Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles E. Croom Jr. also became the new head of the Joint Task Force for Global Network Operations.
Army intranet portal to be managed by Lockheed Martin
The Army has awarded a $152 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. to manage the Army Knowledge Online enterprise Web portal.
DOD calls on Wyle to run Reliability Information Analysis Center
The Defense Department has awarded a contract to Wyle Laboratories Inc. to operate the department's Reliability Information Analysis Center.
Army turns to Syracuse Research for anti-IED system
The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract was awarded to Syracuse Research to develop, field and maintain a next-generation electronic system to protect soldiers in Iraq against remote-controlled improvised explosive devices.
GAO: Army's FCS initiative faces uncertain future
The Government Accountability Office found the Army's Future Combat Systems program is being slowed by network, developmental and financial challenges.
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