Uncle Sam gets tough on rule governing info assurance buys
Government agencies that buy computers to handle national security information have a new hurdle to jump beginning next month.
DOD fine-tunes its draft plan for foreign nationals holding IT jobs
The Defense Department has rethought plans to disqualify foreign nationals from jobs involving the use of sensitive but unclassified information technology.
After fits and starts, Defense Travel System is nearly ready for the road
Air Force Col. Larry Schaefer inherited program management duties for the Defense Travel System about a year ago, when the Pentagon gave agencies permission to use the system to handle their travel needs electronically.
Two DREN protesters withdraw
Two of the three losing bidders in the Defense Research and Engineering Network procurement have withdrawn their protests of the 10-year, $450 million contract, awarded in April to their competitor, WorldCom Inc.
DOD looks closer at promising technologies
Nearly eight months after it released a request to industry for help developing technologies to combat terrorism, the Defense Department will now take the next step.
DOD will accept comments on electronic payment rule
The Defense Department is asking for the public's input on a proposal to amend the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to require contractors to submit payment invoices electronically.
Defense council OKs plans to streamline
Members of the Defense Department's Business Initiative Council have signed off on more initiatives they hope will streamline DOD business operations and improve support to warfighters.
NSA awards $140 million systems contract
The National Security Agency has awarded a $140 million follow-on contract for Trailblazer to Conquest Inc. of Annapolis Junction, Md.
DOD forced to change process for services buys
Defense Department officials are unhappy that Congress wants to force them to open their procurement process to multiple vendors on any service order of $100,000 or more, but they brought the measure on themselves, a senior DOD official says.
100 Air Force sites take part in smart-card pilot
Smart cards will control entry at more than 100 Air Force bases worldwide and access to 50,000 computers under a project the service began last month.
Users are in the 'anger' stage in dealing with NMCI, captain says
Navy Capt. Chris Christopher compares the cultural challenges facing the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet to the five stages of grief.
DOD participates in e-learning standards effort
Defense Department brass expect the recent approval of draft guidelines for how students receive online training coursework to further the department's goal of establishing common standards for e-learning systems.
Enterprise software boosts efficiency for project management
The Air Force Computer Resources Support Improvement Program is getting a better grip on the projects it manages and the funds those projects need because of a customized enterprise software package the agency began testing this year.
New destroyers will be tech-laden
The Navy wants to make systems in its new class of destroyers so sophisticated that they can spot targets using advanced sensors and fire their guns automatically at distances up to 100 miles.
DD(X) deal draws protest from blue team
Bath Iron Works, a unit of General Dynamics Corp., has filed a protest with the General Accounting Office challenging the Navy's decision to hire Northrop Grumman Corp. to design the $2.9 billion DD(X) networked warships.
DOD adjusts its plans on hiring foreign workers
The Defense Department has rethought plans to disqualify foreign nationals from jobs that include handling unclassified but sensitive IT.
A support team's extreme test
At 6 a.m. on Sept. 12, Neal Shelley walked back into the Army's Information Management Support Center at the Pentagon to survey the damage and try to absorb the loss from the day before.
DOD is wary of competitive procurement proposal
A provision some in Congress want added to the 2002 National Defense Authorization Act is a lot like a gift received on Christmas Day, said director of Defense procurement Deidre Lee. The intent of the gift is good, but it might not be what you asked for, it might not fit and you might not be able to return it.
DOD documents go from being classified to 'webified'
The Defense department has millions of pages of classified documents, going back decades, stored in manila folders inside boxes at the National Record Center in Suitland, Md., and Archives II at College Park, Md.
With DMS 3.0 tests complete, DISA aims for a June rollout
The latest version of the Defense Message System, which features a compartmentalized system to send classified data to specific users, has completed final Defense testing, and officials are waiting to hear if it passed and will be qualified for worldwide deployment this summer.
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