Reporter's Notebook

• DoD energy use falls to lowest level on record

  Energy has been a hot topic within DoD for the last several years, with each of the military services pledging to reduce their overall consumption and get at least 20 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2020.

  Defense

  February 09, 2015
• Army to soldiers: get some sleep

  As part of a major public health campaign called the "performance triad" the Army wants its soldiers to have healthy exercise, nutrition and sleep routines.

  Defense

  February 09, 2015
• Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio

  Agencies obligated more than $18 billion in spending against the Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract for IT services over the last five years. And one vendor got more than 10 percent of that revenue. In the latest edition of Inside the Reporter's Notebook, Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller writes about the winners under Alliant. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about some of those interesting trends.

  All News

  February 03, 2015
• IT Job of the Week

  The Secret Service is looking for a new CIO.

  Technology

  February 02, 2015
• Building a highway of data in the cloud

  Wanted: A cloud infrastructure where the vendor is responsible for not only the technology, but moving petabytes of data from legacy systems and making it all available on multiple form factors.

  Technology

  February 02, 2015
• FTC looking for a new CIO; DISA finds a replacement

  Bajinder Paul, who spent the last 17 months as the Federal Trade Commission's chief information officer, now is with the Federal Reserve Bank.

  Defense

  February 02, 2015
• Trends on GSA’s Alliant that make you go, hmmm

  The Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract for IT services widely has been considered one of the most successful multiple award contracts over the last decade. Two recent blogs highlight some interesting trends.

  Management

  February 02, 2015
• DISA’ s top cyber official retires this week. Ask him anything!

  Defense Information Systems Agency's top cybersecurity official, Mark Orndorff, will join us for both a radio interview and a live online chat this week.

  Defense

  January 26, 2015
• Audit questions VA’s accountability system

  In a nutshell, the Office of the Inspector General's auditors seem to feel that VA hasn't committed the resources it needs to achieve its vision of wrestling its programs into a framework of accountability.

  DoD Reporter's Notebook

  January 26, 2015
• Air Force picks San Antonio to centralize its base support functions

  The new Installation and Mission Support Center will be based at Joint Base San Antonio, the Air Force announced this week - disappointing other contenders in the communities around Scott AFB in Illinois, Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia and Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio.

  Defense

  January 26, 2015
• Report suggests most DoD networks susceptible to mid-grade cyber threats

  A new Pentagon report shows a troubling proportion of DoD's IT systems appears to be vulnerable to low- or intermediate-level hackers, leaving aside the advanced persistent threats everyone's worried about.

  Defense

  January 26, 2015
• IT Job of the Week

  The Immigration and Customs Enforcement directorate within the Homeland Security Department is on the CIO search once again.

  Hiring/Retention

  January 19, 2015
• DoD loses key IT exec; two formers are lured back to government

  Long-time and well-respected cybersecurity executive Mark Orndorff is calling it a government career on Jan. 31.

  Defense

  January 19, 2015
• A second bite at the Networx apple?

  GSA has made it clear the follow-on to Networx, called Network Services 2020, will live up to its name with most agencies not completely migrating to the new contract for another five years.

  Technology

  January 19, 2015