Defense Information Systems Agency

  • Secretary Gates\' decision to cut three major offices will result in \"a substantial number\" of employees and contractors having to find new jobs. The CIO\'s functions will be split between DISA and ATL. DoD is moving major acquisition oversight to the chief management officer\'s office.

    August 10, 2010
  • The service names 25 software tools as winners in the Apps for the Army contest. Lt. Gen. Sorenson says the competition proves agile software development can be done well in the Army. He says a new memo is coming out that will change how the Army develops apps in the future.

    August 05, 2010
  • GAO questions cloud computing security, DISA lease woes slow cybercommand

    July 06, 2010
  • Some of the high-tech collaboration tools that have worked for the military could soon be at the fingertips of all government workers.

    June 29, 2010
  • DISA information strategist John Garing retires. We talk with him about the past and his vision of the future.

    June 28, 2010
  • June 10th, 2010 With Collaboration being a critical enabler of 21st century \"Work\", panelists will examine how do you define, manage, and more importantly, increase collaboration? Their focus on this second session will be the Confidence Dimension of collaboration. Increasing collaboration and, subsequently, decision making, involves the level of trust you have in something -- in the information you have, the people with whom you are making decisions.

    June 08, 2010
  • This week, host John Gilroy talks about IT Service Management and Information Technology Infrastructure Library with DISA\'s Drew Jaehnig and CSC\'s Wendy Irion-Talbot. June 8, 2010

    June 08, 2010
  • The document highlights work being done by NIST, standards working group and budget guidance to agencies. NIST to come out with several special publications to help agencies implement cloud computing. The CIO Council also includes use cases on 30 different cloud implementations.

    May 26, 2010
  • Intelligence community says developers should keep users\' needs at the forefront of any project. Other key best practices are to think big, start small and scale fast. Intelligence employees say Web 2.0 tools slowly are being institutionalized across the community.

    May 05, 2010
  • NSA opens up to Maryland contractors, Cyber Command nominee says policies aren\'t clear

    April 16, 2010
  • Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander tells lawmakers that the organization \"will not militarize cyberspace.\" He also details how the Cyber Command will help DHS protect .gov and .com networks. Senate Armed Services Members say Alexander is well-qualified to lead the command.

    April 16, 2010
  • DISA brings a career fair to Ft. Meade for the first time. DISA\'s director of Manpower, Personnel and Security Jack Penkoske says attendees can build their federal resumes, qualify for security clearances and take advantage of the organization\'s award-winning quality of life programs.

    April 13, 2010
  • DHS also will make Randy Vickers the permanent head of U.S. CERT. Stempfley would become the first permanent NCSD director since 2007. The division\'s oversight of federal civilian networks is growing more important with Einstein and TIC initiative.

    April 09, 2010
  • Agencies now have until Aug. 30 to hire a telecommunications provider. GSA and the carriers still are concerned that they will not have enough time to complete the transition by mid-2011. Interagency Management Council trying to increase the urgency of the need for agencies to move to Networx.

    November 19, 2009