Air logistics centers buy $1.25b worth of FAST services
The Air Force has awarded a $1.25 billion contract to Science Applications International Corp. of San Diego to provide an array of services under the Flexible Acquisition and Sustainment Tool program.
Navy defers NMCI payments, OKs Web initiative
The Navy will pay Electronic Data Systems Corp. $128 million less in fiscal 2002 for funding the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet than was stated in the original task order.
Air Force picks products for its new portal project
The Air Force will use products from BroadVision Inc. of Redwood City, Calif., and Plumtree Software of San Francisco to consolidate hundreds of legacy systems at 110 bases into a single point of access.
Navy e-business operations office is looking for a few good ideas
The Navy is looking for e-business projects to fund during fiscal 2002 that will help improve readiness, business processes and quality of life for its servicepeople.
Navy staff moves out while Pentagon rebuilds
About 1,000 Navy personnel displaced after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon have been moved to an office in Arlington, Va.
Army secretary to lead DOD homeland security
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has named Thomas E. White, Army secretary, as the Defense Department's executive agent for all homeland security matters.
NMCI payment deferred
The Navy will pay Electronic Data Systems Corp. $128 million less in fiscal 2002 than was stated in the original task order for funding the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet.
NIMA rolls up its maps
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency has blocked public access to some of its maps because of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Navy to outsource almost 3,000 jobs
The Navy recently informed Congress of its intent to outsource 2,981 jobs under the Office of Management and Budget's Circular A-76 process.
Navy warns of Web's hazards for employees' kids
The Navy's Safekids program is using the Internet to help educate the service's employees about the risks that the Web poses to their children.
Air Force techs acted fast to save systems
The quick thinking of systems workers at the Air Force Pentagon Communications Agency's command and control directorate may have saved computers in the National Military Command Center from crashing following the terrorist attack Sept. 11.
One-third of Army now uses AKO portal
The Army Knowledge Online intranet is getting closer to senior officials' goal of signing up all 1.5 million active-duty, reserve, National Guard and civilian personnel for accounts by Oct. 1.
DOD takes heat for procurement system troubles
The General Accounting Office criticized Defense Department procurement in a recent report, citing the department's failure to meet commitments for its Standard Procurement System and for program delays that have pushed back full implementation of the system almost four years.
Defense reopens public Web sites
The Defense Department reopened public access to all of its Web sites earlier this month after weeks of patching systems and upgrading routers that were vulnerable to the Code Red worm.
Navy workers lost most Pentagon offices in crash
One thousand Navy personnel were displaced after a hijacked jetliner crashed into the Pentagon last Tuesday. The employees have already relocated to office space in Arlington, Va.
Some NMCI Strike Force workers laid off
Electronic Data Systems Corp. has laid off 10 percent of its Navy-Marine Corps Intranet Strike Force as a cost-saving measure after a month-long impasse with the Defense Department over system testing and consolidation of legacy applications.
Navy, DOD go full speed ahead on NMCI testing
An agreement reached this month by the Defense Department and Navy on testing for the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet ended a month-long impasse. But questions remain about the best way to test commercial products used by Defense agencies.
Damage to Pentagon includes recently renovated Wedge 1
The hijacked commercial jetliner that crashed into the Pentagon heliport area last week damaged a section that recently reopened after more than three years of costly renovations.
At least 11 Navy IT personnel still missing
One-fourth of all Navy personnel still unaccounted for in the terrorist attack on the Pentagon are information systems workers, according to a release from the Defense Department today.
Pentagon lost a comm link in crash
The damage caused by the terrorist-commandeered jetliner that crashed into the Pentagon Tuesday will surely include lost data and impaired Defense systems, said John P. Stenbit, Defense Department CIO.
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