Bush gets bill to extend NMCI two more years
Congress last month passed a bill extending the $6.9 billion Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract from five years to seven years.
Paige says Brooks' oversight was 'good for us'
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Emmett Paige Jr. Wednesday night received Post Newsweek Tech Media's award as the Defense Department executive of the last 20 years. He quipped that sharing the podium with another honoree, former Rep. Jack Brooks (D-Texas), was far better than getting 'browbeaten by [Brooks] staffers when you have done your best on a program.' <br>
Marine Corps buys 62,000 Dell computers
The Marine Corps has signed a blanket purchasing agreement with Dell Computer Corp. to lease 62,000 OptiPlex desktop and Latitude notebook computers as part of the agency's Enterprise Sustainment Initiative.
NMCI still sparks love, frustration
The transition of the information systems of the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, Va., to the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet has been as smooth as glass, officials there said.
Network will deliver more bandwidth
The Defense Information Systems Agency is reconfiguring its command and control assets, a move that ultimately will change the way the military fights wars.
DOD settles on new rule for software buys
The Defense Acquisition Regulations Council published a final rule Friday requiring contracting officers to first review the Defense inventory for commercial software and maintenance services before checking elsewhere.
DOD must get more than three bids on big service orders
A full-blown competition with "many more" than three contractors is the new way of doing business for Defense Department contracting officers for all service orders over $100,000.<br>
Navy gets more time for intranet rollout
The Senate has passed a bill that would extend the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract from five years to seven years.
Former head of NMCI joins Lockheed Martin
<b>Joseph Cipriano</b>, the former program executive officer who oversaw the first steps of the $6.9 billion Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, has joined Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Information Technology division as vice president for advanced solutions.<br>
DOD civilians get one-stop human resources info
The Defense Department has finished its phased-in deployment of a modern human resources system that has been in the works since October 1999. The Defense Civilian Personnel Data System is now in use by more than 800,000 civilian employees worldwide to handle all personnel transactions, including benefits inquiries.
Army plans to cut programs, privatize jobs
Army secretary Thomas White has said the service will 'privatize every noncore function' as it transforms itself into an agency that relies on information systems as much as manpower.
Defense CIO will set security rules
In a few weeks, Defense Department CIO John Stenbit will release a directive that sets standards to guide Defense agencies on how to secure their networks.
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Army C4 management is under new command
The Army last month consolidated all its network operations under a single command.
Brass: We need data tags, XML
Sharing information effectively requires more than using interoperable systems; it requires being able to glean knowledge from the data.
CAP site gets easier for disabled to use
Defense Department and other federal employees with disabilities can get new services from a user-friendly Web site just launched by DOD's Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program, at <a href="http://www.tricare.osd.mil/cap">www.tricare.osd.mil/cap</a>. The layout was redesigned to let users and managers 'customize their personal search for program and contact information,' CAP director Dinah Cohen said.
Information is as effective a weapon as a bomb, IT brass say
One of the best ways to strip an enemy force of battlefield control is to take away its command of information. The enemy won't know where U.S. forces are or when they will strike, a panel of senior military brass said yesterday at the MILCOM 2002 conference in Anaheim, Calif.
Navy envisions integrated information systems
The Navy's road map of the future is guiding it toward integrating its information systems and testing new technologies, pushing them faster to the fleets, said Vice Adm. Richard W. Mayo, commander of the Naval Network Warfare Command in Norfolk, Va.
DOD will soon set information assurance standards
In a few weeks, Defense Department CIO John Stenbit will release a directive setting standards for information assurance.
Group analyzes NMCI while services lighten app load
Personnel from the Defense Operational Test and Evaluation division finished an assessment of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet last Friday and will spend the next 30 days analyzing the results. The division tested thousands of computer seats that have been transferred to NMCI and that now ride on the NMCI infrastructure.
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