Defense leaders push interoperability agenda
Interoperability, and the integration of data, services, applications and governance standards, is central to warfighters.
Wyatt Kash | The marks of leadership
Commentary: This week, GCN's 20th Annual Awards Gala pays tribute to the agencies and executives who won this year's awards for outstanding achievement.
DISA seeks a faster track
DISA wants to pick up speed in deploying technologies.
Wyatt Kash | GCN's new look
Editor's Desk | Commentary: The form and function of GCN's new look.
DISA considers 'capability broker'
The Defense Information Systems Agency is moving toward a decision that could lead to the establishment of an independent technology 'capability broker' to assist agency officials.
Wyatt Kash | At your service
Commentary: Agencies' success at e-government is on the rise, but so are users' expectations. Now is no time to stop investing in it.
IBM ups ante with free office software
Big Blue has line of free software applications for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
Government IT security pay trails private sector
Public-sector IT security professionals earned 10 percent to 18 percent less in salaries and bonuses than their nongovernment counterparts.
IBM offers free office software in challenge to Microsoft
IBM has introduced a suite of free software applications for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets and presentations called IBM Lotus Symphony.
Wyatt Kash | OOXML's flaws
Commentary: Office Open Extensible Markup Language fails to win international standards approval but needs to succeed for users' sake.
Wyatt Kash | Croom buttons up
Commentary: DISA's two-supplier approach to collaboration services could be one way to get fresh technology into the field.
Wyatt Kash | The challenges ahead
Commentary: The key challenges facing government IT managers aren't changing, but how managers tackle them could.
Geren: Army looks to expand use of LandWarNet
Army information technology managers need to develop the service's LandWarNet to deliver key information to soldiers without overwhelming them
Ambitious initiatives in new Army 500-day plan
<b><font color="CC0000">(Updated)</font color></b> Integrated voice, video and data exchange within LandWarNet network and common user enterprise services at installations top the agenda.
FAR constraints hamper Army IT initiatives
Cumbersome acquisition rules pose an increasing obstacle to rapidly evolving information technology, according to a panel of generals at the LandWarNet conference.
LandWarNet gaining momentum
U.S. Army Secretary Peter Geren urged Army IT managers and industry execs to focus on technology efforts that deliver the right data to the right people in real time at the LandWarNet conference in Florida.
Wyatt Kash | Faulty criteria
Editor's Desk | Commentary: By focusing more on form than on content, Common Criteria proves too rigid to keep up with changing technology
Wyatt Kash | R&D, DARPA style
Commentary: DARPA's projects show the often immeasurable value of investing in technology research.
Wyatt Kash | IT's Achilles' heel
Commentary: A hobbled acquisition system could prove to be government IT's weakest link. Is Congress up to the task of fixing it?
Share and share alike
Cisco Systems, EMC, Microsoft and three smaller technology vendors have introduced a platform built on their products that facilitates the secure sharing of sensitive information among federal agencies.
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