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The Defense Information Systems Agency is holding its annual conference in Baltimore this week. Enterprise technologies and standardization are key themes. DISA has told its public and private sector partners that it intends to do all of the above, even in a climate in which budgetary resources are declining.
Today on the Federal Drive: The Defense Intelligence Agency wants to ease the revolving door so it\'s younger workforce can return if they depart and the GAO rates a Federal Protective Service project poorly.
A former employee at Shionogi pharmaceutical company logged into the company\'s network from a wi-fi hotspot at a McDonalds and deleted the contents of 88 different computer servers.
The Defense Intelligence Agency wants the \"revolving door\" between government and industry to swing both ways, making it easier for employees to return to the agency after they\'ve left. DIA Deputy Director David Shedd said a new entry-exit program is just getting off the ground to meet the changing needs of its newer — and younger — workforce. This story is part of Federal News Radio\'s ongoing coverage of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, \"9/11: A Government Changed.\"
Alan Paller is the Vice President for Research at the Sans Institute.
The nation\'s 9-1-1 system is rooted in the old, switched-circuit telephone system — and it still works fairly well, even in today\'s mobile-technology world. But some, including FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, think it\'s past due for an upgrade.
Julius Genachowski told the Federal Drive the time is right to adopt the next-generation of the 9-1-1 system. He also described efforts to establish a national, broadband communications for first responders.
Weak information security controls have put financial systems at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at risk, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Rod Beckstrom, ICANN\'s president and CEO, announced that after he finishes his current term, which ends in July 2012, he\'ll step down. The low-profile nonprofit organization is tasked with managing top-level Internet domains.
Kevin Plexico, a vice president at market research firm Deltek, joined the Federal Drive to discuss the future of agency IT budgets.
The Army resumed its migration of users to its new cloud email system on Tuesday. Other enterprise services will follow behind it, including an enterprise version of Microsoft Sharepoint, which will mostly displace the Army Knowledge Online web portal, officials said.
Kerry O\'Connor, program manager of the State Department\'s Sounding Board, joins host John Gilroy to talk about security and crowdsourcing. August 16, 2011
DISA is working on a follow-on contract to the current deal that includes virtualization services the follow-on is expected to be awarded in 2014.
Diane Braunstein is the associate commissioner of the Social Security Administration\'s Office of International Programs.
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