NMCI director apologizes for use of ethnic term
The director of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program has been 'counseled' for using a derogatory ethnic term during a conference call earlier this year.
NMCI management gets restructured
A draft memo says the Navy is planning to move oversight of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program and other initiatives to a new program office headed by Rear Adm. James B. Godwin III.
Acrobat user gaffe exposes classified Defense information
A military report on an investigation into the shooting death of an Italian security agent includes blocks of classified data that can be deciphered as easily as copying and pasting text.
Joint Forces Command seeks handheld for translation
The military is turning to industry for secure, portable handheld computers that support speech translation applications.
DIA gets down to business on consolidating IT operations
PHILADELPHIA'The Defense Intelligence Agency wants its IT directorate to function like a business and plans to start by consolidating IT operations.
NMCI launches ship status tool for maintenance
A Navy software application that gives a snapshot of the maintenance status of surface ships is undergoing final tests to run on the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet and is expected to go into operation this month.
DOD wants unique ID tags on all products
The Defense Department is requiring contractors to mark items delivered under Defense contracts with unique identification tags.
Geospatial agency shutters its transformation office
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has closed its Office of Strategic Transformation.
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<b>ON THE MENU:</b> The Defense Commissary Agency is looking to industry to maintain the baselines of its three legacy networks, while developing better applications to replace the stovepiped systems.
DITCO to cut fees
The contracting arm of the Defense Information Systems Agency will reduce its fee for services beginning next fiscal year.
DIA will centralize IT management
The Defense Intelligence Agency will soon take over IT spending for 10 unified combatant commands to achieve economies of scale and centralize management of defense information systems.
NMCI gets a ship status tool
The Maintenance Support Tool should go into operation on the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet next month.
In demand
The Army has 16 stubborn logistics systems that don't speak to each other.
At Defense, all security is local
Defense for Network Information Integration, was instrumental in getting Directive 8100.2 out the door.
Pace nominated to be first Marine to chair Joint Chiefs
President Bush has nominated Marine Gen. Peter Pace for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Defense requires ID tags on delivered items
The Defense Department is requiring contractors to mark items delivered under Defense contracts with unique identification tags.
New joint forces office expects to speed technology to the field
The processes used by the Defense Department's Joint Forces Command for buying cutting-edge technology have a reputation for being cumbersome and difficult.
DOD's global grid hosts collaboration services
Defense collaboration services are now available on the Global Information Grid-Enterprise Services portal.
Air Force postpones tech conference to focus on Iraq support
The Air Force is postponing its annual Air Force Information Technology Conference originally scheduled for late summer, in order to apply more resources to Iraq.
DOD sets deadline for security training
More than 4 million Defense Department employees have six weeks to prove they understand the basics of IT security.
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