Marines prefer own HR system
The Marine Corps will not migrate to the Defense Department's Integrated Military Human Resources System until DOD can prove DIMHRS is superior to the Corps' own personnel and pay system.
DISA awards three small-biz contracts for net-centric support
The Defense Information Systems Agency recently hired three small businesses to help the agency move, monitor and secure the Net-Centric Enterprise Services program as it migrates to the Web.
Net-centric projects taking the next steps
The Defense Department's Net-Centric Enterprise Services initiative is moving forward developing services for military agencies despite budget cuts to a complementary testing program.
After criticisms, Army revamps Future Combat Systems'again
For the second time in less than a year, the Army is restructuring its Future Combat Systems program'this time on the heels of sharp criticism from legislators and an unflattering report by the Government Accountability Office
DISA awards three contracts for net-centric support
The Defense Information Systems Agency recently hired three small businesses to help the agency move, monitor and secure NCES as it migrates to the Web.
Army delays RFP for $20b enterprise contracts
The Army has announced a delay in the request for proposals and award of its $20 billion enterprise IT buy, saying it needs more time for evaluation.
Army plans to automate some forms by fall
By fall, the Army will automate its first forms applications to run over a single, integrated system.
Incoming
<b>EARLY INTEGRATION</b>. Future military networks will be built jointly from the start, instead of relying on software built later to update and integrate legacy systems, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said recently.
Chinook upgrade dodges a budget bullet
Several years ago, the Army's Chinook helicopter found itself on the Nunn-McCurdy watch list.
DOD commissaries seek legacy support, innovation
The Defense Commissary Agency is looking to industry to maintain the baselines of its three legacy networks, while developing better applications to replace them.
Joint Chiefs: Military networks must be linked
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff insists the military of the future will have networks that are built jointly from the start.
Future Combat Systems contract overhauled
For the second time in less than a year, the Army is restructuring its Future Combat Systems program.
JFCOM speeds up tech transfer
Cumbersome formal IT acquisition processes at the Joint Forces Command are about to accelerate under a new Office of Research and Technology Applications.
Kenneth Krieg nominated to DOD's top acquisition post
President Bush will nominate Kenneth J. Krieg to be DOD's undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics.
Navy's England tapped to replace Wolfowitz
President Bush plans to nominate Navy Secretary Gordon England to be deputy secretary of Defense when Paul Wolfowitz takes over as head of the World Bank.
New strategy calls on Defense to streamline IT
If the Defense Department wants to succeed in the years to come at fighting wars and protecting the nation against foreign threats, it must revamp its business processes and technology, a new Pentagon plan concludes.
Defense provides new business modernization plan to Congress
The Pentagon's top acquisition authority has a plan to get the Defense Department's business systems modernization back on track.
Marines want proof before switching to Defense HR system
The Marine Corps will not migrate to the Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System until DOD can prove it's better than what the Corps already uses.
DISA official departs for industry job
Betsy Appleby, the Defense Department's former Net-Centric Enterprise Services program director, has left government for the public sector.
Navy centralizes buys for mobile devices and services
The Navy has issued a policy mandating use of either the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet or contracts held by the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center in San Diego to buy cell phones and other mobile devices and services.
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