Intelligence agencies must pull together, committee says
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday approved fiscal 2004 spending for intelligence agencies, giving them money to standardize their databases. <br>
DOD's financial architecture gets a new name
The Defense Department's Financial Management Modernization Program office is now the Business Management Modernization Program office to better reflect what it does.
Air Force working to connect sensors
In June, the Air Force will roll out a prototype enterprise architecture for its Command and Control Constellation that will set goals for connecting land, platform and space-based sensors and using common standards to relay information.<br>
Air Force adds sixth satellite to Milstar
The Air Force recently launched its sixth and final Military Strategic and Tactical Relay satellite to improve communications and situational awareness for warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Defense brass explain IT spending to Hill
The Defense Department's fiscal 2004 IT budget of $28 billion is too big to waste on poorly planned programs, a congressman told several Defense and military CIOs last month at a hearing of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities.
Army readies Future Combat System for next phase
The Army this month will submit the latest version of its Future Combat Systems program to the Defense Acquisition Board for formal approval to move from the planning phase into development and demonstration. And the operating system for computers in the program will be Linux.<br>
Stenbit details Defense's plans for a metadata registry
The Defense Department can't achieve net-centricity without a policy for managing the millions of lines of code in use throughout the department, CIO John Stenbit says.<br>
Defense will merge site for vendors with FedBizOpps
To reduce duplicative functions, the Office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy will shut the Defense Department's Business Opportunities Web site and transfer its functions to another federal site.<br>
Cuviello: Army IT momentum irreversible
Despite management turnover, the Army's IT momentum is "irreversible," CIO Cuviello says.<br>
Military missions are increasingly dependent on IT
Statistics from Operation Iraqi Freedom show that IT has moved into military operations as never before.<br>
Auburn IT prof says true interoperability is in system design
An associate professor at Auburn University, in an address to a software conference, says requirements engineering will ensure systems are designed and built to be interoperable.<br>
Stenbit says DOD is headed toward 'smart pull'
Business processes in many Defense Department agencies are still focused on "smart push" and not in the "smart pull" direction the department is headed, the Defense CIO said.<br>
DOD sets plan to consolidate 2,100 financial systems
The Defense Department has planned its path to financial systems integration.
Standard procurement app is set to go on NMCI
The Navy recently approved the first application for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet portal that will be fully compatible with other Defense Department networks.<br>
Data volume slows CIA operations in Iraq
The volume of foreign intelligence data collected each day in Iraq by the CIA has put the agency in a bottleneck: The information is good, but the time it takes to extract it has slowed operations.<br>
Defense streamlines wartime purchasing
As the military engaged in fighting earlier this month in Iraq and Afghanistan, Defense Department procurement officials applied a special rule in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to speed buys supporting overseas operations.
DOD puts finishing touches on financial blueprint
The Defense Department will unveil its long awaited financial management enterprise architecture on Friday.<br>
DISA looks into global videoconferencing services
The Defense Information Systems Agency has released a request for information on digital videoconferencing technologies for use worldwide.<br>
Gen. Blum heads National Guard Bureau
Army Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum was confirmed last week as the new chief of the National Guard Bureau. <br>
DOD rushes C2 updates for war
The Defense Department has rushed delivery of the latest versions of the Global Command and Control System'Joint to help soldiers fighting in Iraq.
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