IG calls for halt of Defense Travel System
The Defense Department should halt funding of its Defense Travel System until a study can determine whether it is the most cost-effective approach to streamlining the travel process, the Pentagon inspector general recommends.
Marine Corps plans support services buying portal
The Marine Corps Systems Command has hired Appian to build the Enterprise Procurement Portal for its Acquisition Center for Support Services.
Browning seeks knowledge revolution
Miriam Browning doesn't see herself as just a manager, but rather as a revolutionary guard.
AF unveils new IT-centric strategy
A soldier lies on the ground in unfriendly territory. Strapped to his leg is a digital screen called a Smart Knee Board that he can mark up with an electronic pen to alert commanders to his position.
AF software exec retires after 30 years
Immediately after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Air Force Materiel Command identified information on the Nonclassified IP Router Network that it considered too sensitive to leave on an unclassified net.
DOD will cut up credit cards
The Defense Department is tightening control over who can use government purchase cards and what they can buy.
Army gets help with personnel systems modernization
The Army has awarded a $36 million contract to SI International to support the service as it modernizes its civilian personnel systems.
NAVSEA gives $392m sub contract to Perot Systems
The Naval Sea Systems Command last week awarded a 10-year, $392 million submarine support contract to Perot Systems Corp. of Plano, Texas. Perot Systems will provide program, logistics, financial management and engineering services to the NAVSEA Submarine Directorate in Washington.
EDS makes change at helm of its NMCI management team
Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s Rick Rosenburg, who has led the development of the enterprisewide Navy-Marine Corps Intranet from EDS' initial bid through the rollout of PCs and servers at Navy bases, is moving within EDS to direct similar programs for other government agencies.
Lawmakers again balk at NMCI
The Navy again must convince the House Appropriations Committee that plans to move all Navy and Marine Corps information systems to a single network are going smoothly.
Marine Corps gets new CIO in time for NMCI
Brig. Gen. John Thomas, the Marine Corps' former deputy director for command, control, communications and computers, has been named CIO.
NIMA chooses Northrop for mapping apps
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency has chosen a team of contractors led by Northrop Grumman Corp. to develop a mapping toolkit for the Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment.
DOD wants vendors to bill electronically
The public has one more week to give its input on a proposal to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to require contractors to submit payment invoices electronically.
NSA will fine-tune data dissemination
The National Security Agency is transforming the way its employees listen in on enemies. The agency isn't changing its ears but aims to improve the way it digests what it hears.
Pentagon rebuild includes improvements
Three days after Sept. 11, Rich Fitzharris rallied his troops to begin rebuilding and recabling the integrated IT backbone of the Pentagon.
Marines name Gen. Thomas CIO
Brig. Gen. John Thomas, the former Marine Corps deputy director for command, control, communications and computers, has been named the service's CIO.
If at first you don't succeed
If senior Air Force officials have learned anything from a highly visible A-76 fiasco at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, it's the importance of training.
Telecom companies protest DREN'again
Just when the Defense Information Systems Agency thought it was safe to start work on the Defense Research Engineering Network, the accounting woes of WorldCom Inc., which won the DREN contract in April, threaten to halt the project.
DOD merges its strategic, space commands
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has merged the Space Command and the Strategic Command into a single unit.
DOD seeks standardized billing and payment apps
Citing difficulties in processing payments to contractors, Defense Department procurement director Deidre Lee last month told Defense agency chiefs and acquisition officials to avoid errors and inconsistencies.
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