Army opens more virtual doors to education
Soldiers at bases in Colorado and Washington next month will be able to enroll in online courses at 23 colleges, bringing to five the number of bases using the eArmyU learning portal.
GAO, Defense at odds over software report
The General Accounting Office took Defense Department acquisition practices to task last month in two reports. One criticized DOD's method of purchasing services and the other slammed the Defense Logistics Agency for its software procurement procedures.
Soldiers get Valentine's hugs and kisses online
Valentine's Day is not just for lovers. It's also for sending holiday greetings to service members protecting American interests away from home.
DOD rule would mandate use of enterprise licenses
The Defense Department has proposed a new procurement rule that would require agencies to look first to DOD's enterprise software agreements when buying commercial software and maintenance services.
DOD continues to dog FCC on spectrum use
On the eve of a Federal Communications Commission vote on whether to approve the use of ultra-wideband technology across all radio frequency bands, the Defense Department continued to push FCC to protect military-only bands.
Navy creates shipshape IT team
The Navy has selected 300 service members with a background in IT to serve under a new classification assigned to guard Navy networks that support operations and business processes.
Army taps Signal for tech services
The Army has hired Signal Corp. to provide knowledge management and technical support to the Office of the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers.
Army expands online education effort
Soldiers at two Army bases in Colorado and Washington next month will be able to enroll in online courses at 23 colleges, bringing to five the number of bases using the eArmyU learning portal.
DOD kicks off a departmentwide HR systems project
The Defense Department is moving forward with the development of a payroll and personnel system for the military's active and reserve units that will replace dozens of legacy systems.
Teleporters hold a long-distance reunion
Lance Cpl. Jose Jasso stood at a Teleportec monitor in San Diego and talked with his mom, dad, wife, sisters and cousins in Dallas'family he hasn't seen since he signed up a year ago and was sent to Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Military should adopt technology faster, admiral tells AFCEA West
SAN DIEGO'The military needs to improve its acquisition process and the speed with which it implements new technologies, the commander of the Pacific Command says.
Joint Chiefs: Bandwidth is top IT need in Afghanistan
The biggest technology challenge for warfighters in Afghanistan is getting adequate bandwidth, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles E. Croom, vice director for command, control, communications and computer systems with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
For Army recruiters, paper goes the way of the dinosaur
The Army Recruiting Command is throwing out paper procedures and automating how it manages information about recruits.
Navy Pacific chief calls for more simulation tests of IT
The military needs to speed the pace and fix the process of acquiring IT products and services, said Adm. Dennis C. Blair, commander in chief of the Navy's Pacific Command. To get new technologies to warfighters faster, Blair said, products need more testing in realistically simulated situations.
Defense wants out of A-76
The Pentagon does not like the limitations of Office of Management and Budget Circular A-76 and wants to develop its own ways of improving mission effectiveness while cutting costs. Pete Aldridge, undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, expressed that intent in a Dec. 26 letter to then-OMB deputy director Sean O'Keefe.
DOD comes up short in credit check
The General Accounting Office has concluded that the Defense Department needs to limit the number of purchase cards it issues and recommended imposing credit checks on DOD employees who carry the cards.
Record DOD budget is a 'down payment'
President Bush yesterday signed into law the $317 billion Defense appropriations bill for fiscal 2002. He called it a down payment on his commitment to give the military enough resources to defeat terrorism.
Joint Chiefs identify bandwidth as top tech challenge in Afghanistan
The No. 1 technology challenge facing warfighters in Afghanistan is the need for more bandwidth, said Air Force Maj. Gen. Charles E. Croom, vice director for command, control, communications and computer systems with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Rumsfeld names CEO to be spectrum protector
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld deems an area of radio frequency bands used by the Defense Department as so crucial that he has hired a telecommunications industry executive to focus on protecting that electromagnetic spectrum.
CECOM center gets a hand with software support
The Software Engineering Center of the Army Communications and Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, N.J., has hired Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego to perform systems and software engineering support work.
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