Army
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Center CIO Mike Bolger said encrypting laptops and implementing logical access are among his top priorities in 2012. Kennedy Space Center also is exploring how to let employees using their personal smartphones or tablet computers on the network. March 29, 2012
March 29, 2012 -
The Army has released the implementation plan for how it will get its networked systems to a state it calls the \"common operating environment.\" The strategy is designed to phase out stovepiped systems and begin building technologies to a common set of open standards.
March 28, 2012 -
Army officials announced the service is on track to more than double a Presidential goal for investments in energy efficiency projects. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability Richard Kidd, said the Army would likely invest $800 million in performance-based contracts over the next two years to realize energy savings and efficiencies at its multitude of bases and facilities.
March 26, 2012 -
The Government Accountability Office says that even while the Army has made some strides toward improving its pay practices, the service is a long way off from the kind of data integrity independent experts would need to see in order to green light the systems as audit-ready.
March 23, 2012 -
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)
March 22, 2012 -
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.
March 22, 2012 -
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
March 22, 2012 -
The goal is to give people a platform for developing programs soldiers can use on-the-go.
March 21, 2012 -
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.
March 21, 2012 -
The Army is in the middle of a major rethink of mobile devices, including how it secures them, how it buys them and ultimately, how it uses them. The push comes amid a mandate to find $1.5 billion in IT savings across the Army.
March 20, 2012 -
The Army is working on a new system called GXP Xplorer to help soldiers get maps, videos and other information on the battlefield.
March 19, 2012 -
The Army and Marine Corps will be in the market for a new generation of ground vehicles soon. But acquisition officials there should think hard before they buy, according to Dr. Andrew Krepinevich, the president of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Krepinevich discussed the trends likely to impact the development of combat vehicles.
March 12, 2012 -
The services are spending $31 million more every time oil prices increased $1 a barrel. The unexpected increase in costs is forcing the Pentagon to take even a deeper dive to find areas to save or avoid spending on in both the short and long term. DoD sees improved acquisitions as a major area for further potential spending reductions.
March 09, 2012 -
Don Adcock, executive director of the Army Information Technology Agency, tells Federal News Radio\'s Jared Serbu about how the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks forced the Pentagon to start consolidating data centers long before the topic was on most agencies\' radar screens.
March 07, 2012 -
The Army is preparing a new generation of communication devices to connect soldiers in combat. A major component of the new Capability Set 13 is the Rifleman Radio, which has been completely redesigned to include improvements in size, weight, battery life and enhanced radio frequency. Col. John Zavarelli, the program manager for the Joint Program Executive Office Handheld Manpack Small, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the Rifleman Radio and the JTRS program.
March 06, 2012
