Defense ready to unify financial architecture
IBM Corp. is expected soon to release a financial enterprise architecture that will underlie the merger of about 1,800 disparate Defense Department money systems. <br>
DOD intelligence unit will begin operating in June
Stephen A. Cambone, the Defense Department's former director of program analysis and evaluation, is setting up an organization to better share intelligence information across DOD and with other agencies.<br>
DOD lays out enterprise architecture plans
The Defense Department next year will start integrating a common set of information services over the Global Information Grid.<br>
Behind digital battlefield lies digital logistics chain
From the dashboard PC in his Humvee, a soldier clicks on a map sent out by his commander. The map shows where he is, where he needs to be, where he can find friendly forces and where the enemy is.
Army fields DMS for use in Middle East
The Army is using the Defense Message System at command facilities in Kuwait and Afghanistan to send out tactical messages over the Defense Information Systems Network.
Dashboard PCs show real-time troop positions
Army, Marine Corps and allied ground forces in Kuwait and Iraq have used the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below tactical communications system to track enemy and friendly forces and to obtain terrain data.
Medics tap patient data
Although much of the new technology the Army is employing for the war in Iraq is intended to boost its fighting advantage on the battlefield, the service expects one system it has rolled out rapidly to save lives. 'It captures medical surveillance,' said Lt. Col. Claude Hines, product manager for the program. 'In the future, the patient will have some kind of stored digital record.'
Navy sets up XML for portal
The Navy has released a guide for setting up the Navy-Marine Corps Portal, a single online structure to replace or integrate thousands of Web sites throughout the service.
DOD system aims to speed wartime procurement
The Defense Department is using a system in the Persian Gulf region that brings procurement officers closer to the front lines to speed supplies to troops there.<br>
Air Force shoots for enterprise architecture
'Architecture is a journey, not a destination.'Air Force officials say this slogan explains both the process and the progress of an Air Force initiative to integrate its manned and unmanned air, space and ground systems into a single enterprise.
Navy CIO trims apps, hails NMCI
David M. Wennergren's professional life changed in December when he became CIO of the Navy. Last month, his life changed again, this time in the personal area: Wennergren and his wife adopted newborn twin girls.
Quantico Marines first to join Navy's intranet
The Quantico, Va., Marine Corps Base is the first Corps site to begin the transition to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
Defense rule pushes online billing
The Defense Department has published an interim rule in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement that requires contractors to submit payment requests electronically.
Defense buying chief Aldridge will retire next month
Pete Aldridge Jr., who championed acquisition reform at the Defense Department, will retire next month.
Dashboard PCs display real-time troop movements
Since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Army, Marine Corps and allied ground forces in Kuwait and Iraq have used the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below tactical communications system to track enemy and friendly forces and to obtain terrain data.
Troops in Kuwait track cargo, personnel all the way
On Monday, Army and Navy units in Kuwait began using 64 notebook PCs and handheld interrogator-scanners to track cargo as well as warfighters from the time they leave home stations until they reach their destinations or return home.
Defense continues effort to reform its acquisition work force
The Defense Department has awarded a follow-on contract to Jefferson Consulting Group LLC to streamline its acquisition work force by developing an efficient method for identifying and categorizing the more than 132,500 employees that do contracting at DOD.
Medical system debuts in Persian Gulf
The Army's Medical Service Corps has sent more than 140 notebook and handheld PCs to battlefield medics in Iraq as part of its Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care program. <br>
Army council gives stamp of approval to small computer program
The Army Business Initiative Council has said procurement officers should look first at the Army Small Computer Program when buying IT services and hardware costing more than $100,000.<br>
Army plans release of RFP for $700 million project
The Army next month will issue a request for proposals for the IT Enterprise Solutions program, a $700 million project central to a larger initiative to consolidate information systems.<br>
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