Defense Department
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New document outlines best practices, ideas and what to avoid when deploying 2.0 tools at your agency.
September 29, 2009 -
There has been all sorts of talk about Web 2.0 and security, and the Defense Department is on the front lines of that discussion. We are expected the DoD policy on these Web 2.0 tools…
September 29, 2009 -
You’ve heard of Orbitz and Travelocity. The Pentagon runs its own travel booking site too, but satisfaction ratings have dropped, in part, because people say it’s too confusing. FederalTimes got ahold of a poll indicating…
September 29, 2009 -
Nearly three dozen Pentagon agencies that were on deadline to move by 2011 as part of the BRAC process have now have a little more breathing room in their plans. A local lawmaker announced a…
September 22, 2009 -
Two extra years are now available for buildings around the National Capital region to comply with security standards. Congressman Jim Moran announced the deadline rollback at a news conference this morning, and he talked to…
September 22, 2009 -
The message that more troops needed in Afghanistan was the major theme to come out of Admiral Michael Mullen’s reconfirmation hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee last week. But it wasn’t the only story.…
September 21, 2009 -
September 9th, 2009 Two distinct positives for new media applications are attracting Federal agencies: they are cheap (most are free) and they are easy to use.
September 09, 2009 -
Let’s admit it — we just don’t pay as much attention over the summer. But there were all sorts of things that did go on this summer — even aside from fuming at health care…
September 08, 2009 -
Taking a look at the Joint Strike Fighter program was the reason Defense Secretary Robert Gates was in Texas yesterday, but the media asked him to comment on the report on Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal…
September 01, 2009 -
Controlling your message is part of the game when you run a press shop. But Stars and Stripes reports the military has been grading reporters. The newspaper obtained documents showing that DOD rates reporters in…
August 31, 2009 -
Coast Guard wants to set up separate network to use social media sites. CIO Council looking at cybersecurity implications of these tools.
August 28, 2009 -
Four policemen were killed and another wounded in an explosion carried out by a suicide bomber in Shalinskiy District of Chechnya, yesterday. A spokesman for the Argunskiy interior department an unidentified man came up to…
August 25, 2009 -
There are some rather staggering numbers coming out of the war in Iraq. Four thousand soldiers killed in action, more than 34,000 wounded – and only six considered worthy of the nation’s highest military award,…
August 19, 2009 -
Many fundamentals are reiterated, while new threats are also identified.
August 13, 2009 -
The Defense Department’s success in using biometrics in Iraq and Afghanistan is inspiring the military to expand the use of identification technologies. DoD has several pilots or plans for tests to use biometrics in non-wartime…
August 05, 2009