Army council sets business process improvements
The Army Business Initiative Council recently approved 17 projects to help the agency and the Defense Department improve business processes.<br>
Air Force signs deal for aerospace testing support
The Air Force Materiel Command has awarded a 12-year, $2.7 billion operations, maintenance and information management support contract to a joint industry venture.<br>
To ease asset tracking, DOD will use standard ID tags
Starting tomorrow, all Defense Department program managers must tag new equipment with a standard and universal identification code to track the items they buy.
Navy opens wallet wide for e-business
For its third round of electronic-business pilots this year, the Navy's eBusiness Operations Office plans to spend $4 million on six projects.<br>
Pentagon pulls the plug on PAM
The Pentagon today squashed a controversial terrorism-betting plan, promoted online by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, before the effort became reality.<br>
Rumsfeld gains new Special Ops adviser
A former CIA analyst and Raytheon Co. senior IT leader has been sworn in as assistant secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.<br>
Imaging agency plans geospatial R&D initiative
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency this fall plans to award R&D contracts to develop innovative geospatial technologies.<br>
Navy secretary-designate dies
Colin McMillan, chosen by President Bush as the next Navy secretary and awaiting Senate confirmation, died yesterday from a gunshot wound. <br>
DFARS task force proposes 40 percent cut in procurement regs
A Defense Department task force has proposed changes that would slash more than 500 pages from the 1,400-page Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement and would revise another 22 percent of the document.
Bush questions Defense IT cuts
A sum of $320 million in IT spending separates the Senate's Defense budget proposal from the House's IT budget recommendation for fiscal 2004.
Advanced IT services in demand at DOD
The Advanced Information Technology Services Joint Program Office this week issued a request for proposals for leading-edge IT services and program management expertise.<br>
A small business gets big business
The Air Force Space Command's 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., has awarded the $429 million Western Range Operations Communications and Information contract to InDyne Inc.<br>
Cyberthreats dog old DOD systems, House panel hears
The Defense Department's growing reliance on information networks makes cyberterror a big concern, congressional and DOD officials said this week.<br>
Systems help avert friendly fire deaths
Ground forces in Iraq using the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below tactical communications system have reported no friendly fire deaths.
DISA seeks HUBZone contractor for White House project
The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a request for information from small businesses for an aggressive modernization program under way at the White House Communications Agency.<br>
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<b>SARS site</b>. To help physicians identify Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology's Pulmonary and Mediastinal Pathology Department has launched a Web site with images of the virus.
GAO chides DOD for decentralized spending
The Defense Department is testing an automated system for analyzing how officials spend money on services, partly in response to criticism from the General Accounting Office.
Army, Reserve CIOs merge
Army and Army Reserve systems brass met last month to sign a memorandum that calls for integrating the Reserve's CIO staff into the Army CIO organization.
Army issues HR contract to SI International
The Army Military Personnel Services Center has awarded a human resources support contract to SI International Inc. of Reston, Va.<br>
Defense manpower center awards support contract
The Defense Manpower Data Center has awarded a five-year, $72 million contract to Telos Corp. for IT systems support.
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