Senate to review Defense CIO nomination tomorrow
The Senate Armed Services Committee is expected to consider key Defense Department nominations tomorrow, including Francis Joseph Harvey's as the next CIO.<br>
Navy upgrades Web app to monitor sailors' fitness
Upgrades to a Web application that tracks physical readiness are helping Navy brass get a true picture of the overall fitness levels of sailors.<br>
Tactical radio architecture ready to roll
The Defense Department is edging closer to delivering new DOD-wide digital radio systems.
Young nominated to head DOD acquisition
John J. Young Jr., a Navy research and acquisition official, has been nominated to serve as deputy undersecretary of Defense for acquisition and technology.<br>
Army secretary to oversee Iraqi reconstruction
The Army secretary has been designated the lead person responsible for acquisition and program management support for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and Washington.<br>
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<b>Gotcha.</b> The team that captured Saddam Hussein last month was from the Army's most digitized unit, the 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Carson, Colo.
Navy tests new air traffic system
The Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Md., recently began using an upgraded air traffic control system that station officials expect will speed up data transfers, increase data volume, improve training and enhance security.
Navy e-business unit targets back-office projects
The Navy's eBusiness Operations Office works like many military units; it finds a target and looks for the simplest, most efficient way of hitting it.But in the case of the e-business office, the targets are ways to improve the service's back-office operations, and its ammunition is the funding to support them.
Tracking system helped manage march on Baghdad, Franks says
Army Gen. Tommy Franks watched ground forces advance toward Baghdad on dozens of high-definition, flat-panel plasma monitors.<br>
Iraq troop shifts will test logistics systems
The military will move more than 250,000 troops in and out of Iraq in the next two to three months, requiring integrated management systems.<br>
Heitkamp retires from Standard Systems Group
Kenneth Heitkamp, the veteran technical director of the Air Force's Standard Systems Group at Gunter Annex of Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, retired Tuesday after more than 37 years of government service.<br>
NMCI tests a virtual environment
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office is exploring a variety of new initiatives this year, including rolling out a virtual NMCI portal.<br>
Always look to future, military chieftain recommends
To maintain relevancy in IT, Defense Department brass need to be forward-thinking and 'skate where the puck's going to be, not where it's been,' an Air Force leader advises.<br>
Navy agrees to let others use security tool
The Navy will let a vendor sell portable chemical detection technology tools patented by the Navy to other agencies and companies for use as a security tool.<br>
'Awesome deals:' NMCI holds big yard sale
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program office has begun selling tens of thousands of computers and peripherals that were not upgraded to the NMCI environment.<br>
AF research aids Mars rovers' historic flight
Radiation-resistant computers developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory helped steer NASA's Spirit Mars Exploration Rover to a safe landing.<br>
DISA will be own integrator on GIG-BE project
The Defense Information Systems Agency is bucking a trend toward outsourcing on its Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion project.The agency will serve as its own systems integrator in overseeing work under new hardware and software contracts to build a communications infrastructure to serve users throughout the Defense Department.
Lee returns to Pentagon
Deidre Lee, the Defense Department's procurement director, will soon be back in her old job, three months after she temporarily left to oversee reconstruction procurements in Iraq.<br>
Marines move many HR functions online to TFAS
The Marine Corps last month put many of its human resources functions online with the automated Total Force Administration System, which will track and update personnel records.
Iraq infrastructure contract includes telecom
The U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded a $1.8 billion contract for reconstruction efforts in Iraq that include a plan to restore damaged fiber-optic backbones in war-torn areas.<br>
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