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The military\'s chief information officer, Teri Takai, said after the Army completes its migration to DISA\'s email-as-a-service, the Air Force will be next. She said the Navy also is in discussions to move to the cloud. DoD soon will release a new cloud computing strategy and standards guide for industry. March 22, 2012(Encore presentation April 19, 2012)
The Navy opened the doors last week on a new laboratory tasked with cutting-edge research on robotics and unmanned systems. And befitting the science-fiction-like focus of research, the Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research, located at the Naval Research Laboratory\'s main Washington, D.C.site, has its own state-of-the-art facilities.
The Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a previously-terminated e-health record contract to Harris Corporation.
Deputy Chief Information Officer Mike Krieger wrote on the CIO\'s leadership blog that migrations resumed Monday after more than a two-month pause mandated by Congress.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), chairwoman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voiced her opposition Wednesday to the Defense Department\'s latest BRAC request, effectively killing the measure.
The Government Accountability Office will release a report this morning detailing problems with the Army\'s payroll system — challenges that threaten the Defense Department\'s ability to be audit-read
The House Budget Committee approved a Republican proposal that calls for shrinking U.S. deficits to $3.1 trillion over the coming decade. The budget bill also calls for a 10 percent reduction of the federal workforce, an extension of the federal pay freeze and an increase of federal employees\' contributions to their pension plans.
A decade of war has not deterred people from signing up to work for the Navy and Marine Corps. Juan Garcia, the Navy\'s assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs, said retention rates are so high the agency has had to let some people go.
Michele Mackin, the assistant director for Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues at GAO, joined In Depth with Francis to discuss a recent report by GAO that found competition in some defense contracts lacking. Bill Woods, the director of Acquisition and Sourcing Management Issues, discussed efforts to create a streamlined system for federal contracting data.
A panel of lawmakers concluded that it was not easy doing business with the Defense Department, especially for small and medium sized business.
The goal is to give people a platform for developing programs soldiers can use on-the-go.
Gen. Keith Alexander, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, told lawmakers DoD would complete an updated version of rules of engagement for cyberspace in the next month or two. Some congressmen believe the Pentagon needs broader authorities to protect the nation from cyber attacks.
Army would agree to buy energy from private plants on Army land but cut the plants off from the electric grid in the event of an emergency. The final solicitation could be out by this spring.
Gen. Bill Lord said the community transformation plan focuses on \"delivering warfighting effects while protecting an interconnected and interoperable domain.\"