NMCI goes for the save
When the Navy awarded Electronic Data Systems Corp. the groundbreaking Navy-Marine Corps Intranet contract in October 2000, the two parties struck up a partnership that quickly came to resemble a difficult marriage.
Navy sets up Microsoft license for overseas bases
The Navy has signed a three-year enterprise software agreement with CDW Government Inc. to deliver Microsoft software to Navy installations outside the United States.
House gives SAFETY Act more funding
Under provisions of the act, technology providers may apply to the Homeland Security Department for certification of their anti-terrorism products and receive protection from lawsuits in the event of future terrorist attacks.
GAO: Customs security programs leave U.S. ports at risk
Two federal programs intended to safeguard shipping containers arriving at U.S. ports are not particularly effective.
Industry executives ask for new notification law
An industry group is asking Congress to pass a law requiring companies to notify consumers of security breaches involving personal data.
Hidden in plain sight
Steganography literally means 'covered writing.'
The Invisible War on Terrorism
Battles are fought every day in the war against terrorist groups, but most people aren't aware of them because they happen in cyberspace.
DHS' track record invites continued scrutiny
Clark Kent Ervin, former inspector general of the Homeland Security Department, joined the Aspen Institute in January as director of the think tank's newly established Homeland Security Initiative, based in Washington, D.C.
Prepared for liftoff
Nothing about sending a rocket into space is easy.
Hobbins will reorganize CIO functions
Acting Air Force secretary Michael Dominguez and Lt. Gen. William "Tom" Hobbins yesterday wielded a giant pair of scissors, grinning for the cameras while they cut a symbolic piece of ribbon to signal a single organization for IT management.
SI International lands contract with NSA
The National Security Agency has awarded a prime contract to SI International Inc. of Reston, Va., for a range of IT services.
Hobbins to become new AF CIO
Lt. Gen. William T. 'Tom' Hobbins is going to be nominated as the next CIO of the Air Force, following the reorganization of several offices.
NMCI director apologizes for use of ethnic term
The director of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet program has been 'counseled' for using a derogatory ethnic term during a conference call earlier this year.
Acrobat user gaffe exposes classified Defense information
A military report on an investigation into the shooting death of an Italian security agent includes blocks of classified data that can be deciphered as easily as copying and pasting text.
IG says Energy Department lags in EA development
IG says Energy Department still struggling with its enterprise architecture.
NSA finalizing GIG assurance policy
SALT LAKE CITY'The long-anticipated information assurance policy for the Defense Department's Global Information Grid is in its final stages, ac-cording to a senior DOD IT official.
AF CIO Gilligan returning to private sector next month
SALT LAKE CITY'Air Force CIO John Gilligan plans to return to the private sector once a new organizational structure for the CIO's office is in place.
Gilligan to return to private sector
Air Force CIO John Gilligan plans to return to the private sector once a new organizational structure for the CIO's office is in place.
Policy, practices match up at Defense IT conference
In the push to transform the military to a network-centric force, one lingering risk has been information assurance, according to Priscilla Guthrie, deputy assistant secretary of Defense and deputy CIO.
Senate confirms Griffin as new NASA chief
The Senate has confirmed Michael Griffin as NASA's 11th administrator. He succeeds Sean O'Keefe, who announced his resignation in December 2004.
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