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Digital Government
DOD still struggling with radio-frequency spectrum use
More than a decade after a study examined DOD's use of radio-frequency spectrum, the agency still struggles with how to manage the finite resource.
Digital Government
DOD undersecretary Cambone to resign
The Defense Department's first undersecretary of intelligence, Stephen A. Cambone, has announced he plans to resign at the end of the month.
Digital Government
Fisher is acting BTA director
The Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency has named David Fisher as its acting director.
Digital Government
Rumsfeld steps down as DOD secretary
After six tumultuous years as Defense Department secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down.
Digital Government
DISA taps ITT for Joint Spectrum Center support
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded a contract to ITT Corp. to support its Joint Spectrum Center.
Digital Government
David Warner | Next-generation command and control
Air Force Brig. Gen. David Warner has an answer for the 90-plus legacy interfaces that currently tie into the joint battlefield C2 system under his control: service-oriented architecture.
Digital Government
GAO sustains protests of Army ITES-2S contract
The Army may have to go back to the drawing board on its $20 billion IT Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contract.
Infrastructure
Navy halts Web site and portal investments
Before the Navy brings its IT infrastructure into the Defense Knowledge Online portal, service officials have to get a better handle on Navy Web site and portal investments.
Digital Government
DISA awards deals for bandwidth boost
After numerous extensions, the Defense Information Systems Agency today awarded three contracts, worth up to $3 billion, to boost bandwidth on its Defense Information Systems Network.
Infrastructure
Navy puts moratorium on Web
The Navy has issued a moratorium on the creation of Web sites and portals, and upgrading existing ones, in order to cut costs, eliminate duplication and migrate to the Defense Knowledge Online portal.
Cybersecurity
Man to do time for hacking into Army's computers
A Kansas man has received five years in federal prison for hacking into Army computers to steal credit card numbers and account information.
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Digital Government
GAO: Army should take action on ITES-2S awards
The Government Accountability Office has sided with five protesters who lodged complaints when the Army awarded its Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services contracts.
Infrastructure
DISA, on demand
The agency has awarded five contracts under its Server SPE program that will bring scalable, on-demand processing capabilities to DISA's computing service data centers.
Digital Government
BTA moves fast on online voting
DOD unveils absentee ballot request system in three weeks.
Digital Government
Army gets OK to transfer Oracle licenses
Oracle Corp. has granted the Army permission to transfer Oracle product technology licenses across the service at no additional cost.
Infrastructure
DOD: AHLTA on schedule for full deployment
The Defense Department's Web-based, health information system is on track and will be fully deployed by the end of the year, officials said.
Digital Government
DOD's BEA doesn't rock the boat
Officials try to temper the complexities of implementation.
Digital Government
DOD unveils latest enterprise transition plan
The Defense Department has unveiled to Congress Version 4.0 of its business enterprise architecture and its latest enterprise transition plan, which adds the Military Health System and a business framework that sets common business improvement areas to help tie together systems initiatives across the department.
Digital Government
$447b Defense budget OK'd
A Senate and House appropriations conference committee has approved a $447 billion Defense budget, including $70 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Digital Government
DOD, GAO spar over travel booking system
When fully deployed, the Defense Department estimates that its travel booking system will save $56 million each year in net savings. The Government Accountability Office, however, calls that figure 'highly questionable.'
