SDFM The Business of Defense
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The United States is worried Russia may be sending Syria attack helicopters. Reuters reports it "views Russian claims that its arms transfers to Syria are unrelated to the conflict there as "patently untrue," U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton said. The comments came as the Pentagon found itself on the defensive for doing business with Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport, given concerns in Congress about the firm's role in arming the Syrian regime."
June 13, 2012 -
Danette Campbell is the Senior Advisor for Telework at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She is responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive telework and hoteling programs for agency employees in order to…
June 12, 2012 -
Debora Plunkett serves as director of the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency. IAD protects national security information and information systems. From August 2008 to May 2010, Plunkett served as the deputy director…
June 12, 2012 -
Space.com is reporting that after more than a year orbiting the earth during a secret mission, the U.S. Air Force's X-37B space plane is due to return...soon. The Air Force won't say when the unmanned vehicle will land. It was expected to land on May 30th, But the time frame has been changed to mid-June. The space plane is about 29 feet long by 15 feet wide with a payload bay the size of a pickup truck bed.
June 12, 2012 -
Debora Plunkett, the director of the National Security Agency's Information Assurance Directorate, said there is good news and bad news when it comes to protecting the U.S. from cyber threats on a daily basis. In an exclusive interview for Federal News Radio's Agency of the Month program, Plunkett said getting the nation's networks to a higher level of security is multifold.
June 11, 2012 -
EUC Solutions Architect, VMware Dave Young is an End User Computing (EUC) Solutions Architect representing VMware’s Federal Center of Excellence (CoE). As the lead architect of the EUC CoE team, Dave focuses on driving adoption…
June 11, 2012 -
Anthony Leone is the VMware Federal Business Development Specialist for GovConnection since May 2011. In this role, he is responsible for supporting the federal segment of GovConnection, On-site customer visits in the Washington, DC area,…
June 11, 2012 -
What are the telework policy drivers, mandates and updates, and the technology that is being accepted and deployed at various agencies to support the telework mission enablement to the next generation of the mobile platform?
June 11, 2012 -
June 8th, 2012 OMB just released the Digital Government Strategy, calling upon Federal Agencies to identify and deploy innovative solutions to deliver high quality services to citizens and an increasingly mobile workforce - and to do so with significantly improved efficiency. To accomplish this goal, Federal organizations will need to further eliminate silos, establish a common platform for accessing and managing data and leverage device agnostic/mobile enabled applications. Interested in learning more?
June 11, 2012 -
Zach Baldwin is a GSA program manager in the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, Cloud Computing PMO. He is the Project Manager for the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative, responsible for the overall…
June 11, 2012 -
Manager, IT Computer Operations United States Postal Service Jerome (Jerry) Reynolds is the Manager of IT Computer Operations for the United States Postal Service responsible for USPS data centers, servers, mainframes, storage, enterprise data warehouse…
June 11, 2012 -
Raghav Vajjhala currently serves as the Acting Chief Technology Officer and Associate Chief Information Officer for IT Strategy and Technology Management at the Department of the Treasury. In this role, Raghav oversees the Department’s $3…
June 11, 2012 -
GiGi Schumm is Vice President and General Manager of Symantec’s Public Sector organization. In this role, Ms. Schumm leads all sales, strategic, and operational functions associated with Symantec’s Public Sector business – working with US…
June 11, 2012 -
Data center consolidation and optimization, the wide spread adoption of virtualization, and reduced budgets are driving tremendous changes in the federal IT landscape. In the face of all this change, one thing remains constant: the need to protect and restore your agency's data—at a moment's notice—whether it resides on a physical or virtual server. How are agencies addressing this challenge? What technologies and best practices are available? Does your agency have any best practices you would like to share on this topic?
June 11, 2012 -
According to a new book, Justice Department prosecutors were stunned to learn three years ago that the U.S. military had secretly tape recorded incriminating comments that alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikhs Mohammed made to fellow detainees during daily prison yard conversations but was not planning to use them at military tribunals. In "Kill or Capture: The War On Terror And The Soul Of The Obama Presidency," journalist Daniel Klaidman says Mohammed was caught on tape boasting to other detainees about the 9/11 attacks.
June 11, 2012