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The Army says its new enterprise email system is bringing some side benefits, along with improved messaging services. Moving the entire Army to one cloud-based platform forced the service to undertake a huge cleanup of its global networks--networks Army leaders say had grown disorganized and nonstandardized after ten years of war. After finishing the cleanup, the Army plans to start a full-speed-ahead migration of the rest of its 1.4 million users within the next month.
August 15, 2011 -
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The Coast Guard is becoming the first military service to adopt iPhones and Android smartphones for its workforce. Coast Guard officials say their current generation of wireless devices was becoming obsolete, so they needed to move on to new technology. The devices will run software that creates a secure encrypted area for government email and other data. Down the road, the Coast Guard is planning to develop its own mobile applications to help its members respond to incidents.
August 15, 2011 -
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The Defense Department has already started real word testing on iPhones and iPads to see if they can handle DoD data securely. Next up is the Android platform. A technology team at the Defense Information Systems Agency has sent DoD leaders an implementation guide for how Android smartphones can be locked down to secure information. As soon as it\'s approved, they\'ll be able to pilot test Android devices in a military networking environment. To do that, engineers have to be able to disable cameras, WiFi, Bluetooth and other features.
August 15, 2011 -
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The Energy Department and the Defense Department are teaming up to create a new generation of energy efficient military vehicles. The Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance will drive joint research money into a new generation of engines and transmissions, new lightweight materials, alternative fuels and hybrid propulsion systems. Researchers even plan to develop technologies that can harvest excess body heat from a vehicle\'s passengers and turn it into electrical energy that can power various systems in the vehicle.
August 15, 2011 -
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Virtualization and cloud technology are behind some of the federal data center closures that have put the White House\'s data center consolidation initiative ahead of schedule. The Office of Management and Budget says agencies will shut down 178 data centers by the end of this year. Their previous target was 100. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says governmentwide, they\'ll be able to close 378 of the government\'s 2,000 data centers by the end of next year. The long term goal is to get rid of 800 centers by 2015.
August 15, 2011 -
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The Environmental Protection Agency wants private developers to use its data to create as many new applications as they can. The agency is leaving the rules for its Apps for the Environment challenge wide open to encourage as many entries as possible. EPA says it wants to see useful, innovative ways to use, show, or combine publically available EPA data in an app, to address health or environmental problems. The challenge runs from now through mid September.
August 15, 2011 -
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Close to 4,000 U.S. Army soldiers are in the middle of a six-week test designed to assess how the Army can integrate new technologies into battlefield operations. The Network Integration Exercise at Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range is experimenting with the Army\'s push to create a single, integrated battlefield IT network, and to determine how easily new technologies from industry can be brought into that network. They\'re testing more than 30 new technologies in the current exercise.
August 15, 2011 -
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicare services are about to deploy some of the same technology tools credit card companies use to spot fraud. A new system going into effect on the first of July is designed to automatically flag Medicare claims that might be fraudulent, by scanning through information about the beneficiary, the provider, the type of service and other patterns. Staff will then be able to investigate claims the system flags as high risk. By some estimates, health care fraud costs the government up to 60 billion dollars a year.
August 15, 2011 -
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August 15th, August 17th, and August 18th 2011 The mission of the National Guard Bureau Joint Process Improvement Office is to create a culture of continuous improvement by deploying tools, training, and mentoring soldiers and airmen throughout the National Guard.
August 15, 2011 -
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Locality pay in the federal government is based on an employee\'s \"official duty station.\" But how does a teleworker determine what that is?
August 14, 2011 -
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A federal grand jury indicted an AWOL soldier Tuesday on three charges in connection with a plot to bomb Fort Hood soldiers in Texas. According to the Associated Press, Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, 21, was indicted in Waco on charges of possession of an unregistered destructive device, possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition by a fugitive from justice, according to federal prosecutors. He faces up to 10 years in prison on each charge if convicted.
August 10, 2011 -
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August 8th, August 10th, and August 11th 2011 From transforming the National Airspace System to managing homeland security resources, educating today\'s information leaders, and transforming government operations, these executives clarify and extend our understanding of the work they champion and the efforts they lead.
August 09, 2011 -
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A court says two Americans who worked for an Iraqi contracting firm can move forward with a lawsuit accusing former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld of being responsible for U.S. forces allegedly torturing them. The ruling Monday from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago a rejects arguments that Rumsfeld should be immune from such lawsuits for work performed as a Cabinet secretary. Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel claim they were tortured in 2006 after blowing the whistle on alleged illegal activities by a contracting company. They say they were subjected to sleep deprivation, blasting music, hunger and various threats.
August 09, 2011 -
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The U.S. doesn\'t have to chose between fiscal discipline and national security. The words of Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. In his first news conference since taking office looming budget cuts were his focus. He was joined by outgoing chairman of the joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen. Mullen warned that programs that can\'t meet costs or target dates are in jeopardy of being cut. Both assured military personnel they have their best interest at heart.
August 09, 2011
