Defense Information Systems Agency

• DISA headquarters earns LEED Gold

  The complex in Ft. Meade, Md., received the second-highest environmental building certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

  Defense

  November 01, 2011
• Hawkins nominated to be new DISA director

  Maj. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins Jr., Hawkins, who currently serves as deputy director for command, control, communications and computer systems for the Joint Staff, will take over for current DISA director Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett.

  Federal Drive

  October 31, 2011
• Leadership changes in DoD IT, logistics, cyber

  Eric Rosenbach is named as the new leader for cyber policy and Tony Montemarano takes on a new role at DISA.

  All News

  October 04, 2011
• Storage Efficiency

  \"Data volumes are exploding. Budgets are shrinking. Join this discussion and learn how federal agencies are storing more, yet spending less on storage. If you need to cut your IT budget, doesn\'t it make sense to start with one of your biggest line items? Tune in as our panelists present real examples that show how agencies are containing large volumes while capturing savings—with storage that\'s faster, easier to manage, and more secure. Find out the keys to storage efficiency: buying less hardware, eliminating redundant data, streamlining backup/recovery, avoiding network or bandwidth upgrades, and reducing everyday operating costs.\"

  Budget

  September 27, 2011
• DoD presses ahead on secure smartphones

  Android devices are next up in DoD\'s effort to get off-the-shelf smartphones up to snuff with the Pentagon\'s security needs. Also, the Army looks for a better way to do two-factor authentication on mobile devices.

  Defense

  July 18, 2011
• DISA cloud contract for all of DoD?

  A single Defense department cloud email system might be in the works. Learn more in today\'s DoD report

  Federal Drive

  July 12, 2011
• DoD decides not to move DISA to Cyber Command

  Just-retired DoD Secretary Robert Gates issued a recent memo announcing his decision about how DISA and the chief information officer\'s office will change. Gates said DoD will dis-establish the Networks Integration and Information office.

  Budget

  July 06, 2011
• GAO to reaffirms right to hear task order protests

  Even though the legislative authority expired in May, GAO determined it still can decide task order complaints because of the Competition in Contracting Act.

  Congress

  June 15, 2011
• DISA to manage mega-gadgets

  DISA has plans to manage and monitor a million cellphones and other mobile gadgets.

  Federal Drive

  June 14, 2011
• Desktops fade, telework options grow

  Census and DISA are losing the hardwires in favor of mobility.

  Budget

  May 16, 2011
• DISA employees staying on, despite BRAC

  Seventy percent of the Defense Information System Agency\'s workers are making the move to Ft. Meade, Md. DISA, however, is keeping the pipeline of potential new hires stocked and taking steps to improve the hiring process. Vendors also have not seen a large exit of employees, but could later this fall.

  Defense

  May 12, 2011
• Growth of bases means more creature comforts for feds

  For military bases in the national capital region, forget the \"closure\" part of Base Realignment and Closure. The 2005 BRAC round means huge growth at bases around Washington, and along with it, a need for new infrastructure and creature comforts for the growing workforce.

  Defense

  May 11, 2011
• Ft. Meade confronts transportation challenge

  Bert Rice, director of transformation at Ft. Meade, who says the construction is nearly complete. Now, as he tells Federal News Radio, it\'s time to focus on the \"transportation challenge.\"

  Defense

  May 11, 2011
• DISA offers telework as an alternative to BRAC traffic

  In the latest installment of BRAC Impact: A Federal News Radio and WTOP In-Depth Series, Jack Penkoske discusses about the telework option to help with the transportation challenges brought on by BRAC.

  Defense

  May 11, 2011