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  • By Jason Miller Executive Editor Federal News Radio The Homeland Security Department’s contract for the technology infrastructure at its new headquarters in Washington, D.C., will add another episode to the ongoing saga. DHS, through the…

    January 17, 2011
  • The Navy is moving ahead with its technology consolidation initiative by putting an end to spending money on new servers, server upgrades and data centers. Under a new directive, any spending for servers or data…

    January 17, 2011
  • January 25th, 2010 at 12:30 PM Workers, Citizens, and Customers need easy access to their tools and teams to make quicker, higher quality decisions. They require a high level of responsiveness, agility, and data in a format they can use, i.e. Efficient, Mobile Information Transfer Panelists will examine how we provide instant worker status, state, and preferences before you make that first contact - saving up to 1/3rd of your time. How do you help workers connect the right way the first time to speed decision making and elevate efficiency and productivity ; If you\'re the implementer, how do you implement presence-based mobility strategies while balancing today\'s communications innovation and productivity?

    January 17, 2011
  • The Army is struggling to find about 35,000 soldiers, most of them veterans now, who are owed bonuses because they were forced to remain in the military beyond their normal enlistment.

    January 17, 2011
  • The Navy\'s top IT official ordered the entire service not to spend any money for new or upgraded servers and data centers. This comes as the service prepares to release its enterprise data center consolidation strategy in March.

    January 14, 2011
  • The Naval Academy\'s Andrew Phillips explains the shift in the 166-year-old institution\'s curriculum.

    January 14, 2011
  • The Navy will eliminate 200 captains and commanders, citing high retention and low attrition rates.

    January 13, 2011
  • Give 1,716 PlayStations to a bunch of engineers and what do you get? At the Air Force Lab in Rome, New York, you get a supercomputer. The Sony PlayStation 3 has a unique processor that…

    January 13, 2011
  • IT consolidation and efficiency efforts within the Air Force are part of the service\'s contribution to Defense Secretary Robert Gates\' efficiency initiative, Air Force Secretary Mike Donley said Wednesday. He expects to shave more than $1 billion from the service\'s IT expenses.

    January 12, 2011
  • Defense News reports that the Army is ordering Boeing to cancel two programs that tested poorly.

    January 12, 2011
  • Army\'s Space and Missile Defense Command puts big money on the table.

    January 10, 2011
  • The Army\'s largest post saw a record number of soldiers kill themselves in 2010 despite a mental health effort aimed at reversing the trend.

    January 06, 2011
  • Camelina biofuel has broken the sound barrier. Tom Hicks, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy tells us why that\'s important.

    January 05, 2011
  • The Navy awarded two different companies two separate contracts to build the same ship. Lockheed Martin\'s Vice President of Business Development of Lockheed Martin\'s Mission Systems and Sensors business explains the science behind their ship

    January 04, 2011
  • The move is part of a larger transition from SSN use

    January 04, 2011