http://fcw.com/rss-feeds/defense.aspx An Army official today confirmed that no force-wide alterations have been made to existing security measures across Army bases in the U.S. in wake of the Nov. 5 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, that killed 13 people. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/06/army-base-security.aspx Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:23:23 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/06/army-base-security.aspx Facebook and Twitter quickly became a way to communicate during and after the attack. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/06/fort-hood-social-media.aspx Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:54:13 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/06/fort-hood-social-media.aspx DARPA’s new contest challenges people to use the Internet to find 10 red weather balloons displayed across the United States for a day. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/04/darpa-network-challenge.aspx Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:02:29 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/04/darpa-network-challenge.aspx Management experts often cite the following two projects as evidence that pay for performance can work in government. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/feat-nsps-demonstration-sidebar.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/feat-nsps-demonstration-sidebar.aspx The Defense Department chose a private cloud, and Arlington County, Va., turned to a public offering to address their information technology needs. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/two-cases-for-the-cloud.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/two-cases-for-the-cloud.aspx One union official said the National Security Personnel System was grounds for a class-action lawsuit and stripped employees’ rights to collectively bargain pay rates with union backing. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/week-pay-for-performance.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/week-pay-for-performance.aspx Cloud computing, social-media technologies and economic stimulus funding were prime topics at the Executive Leadership Conference. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/week-elc-roundup.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/week-elc-roundup.aspx Experts suggest various ways the Obama administration could move toward pay for performance without repeating the mistakes made with NSPS. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/feat-nsps-4-approaches-sidebar.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/feat-nsps-4-approaches-sidebar.aspx In the physics of the workplace, every management action there will be, by definition, an equal and opposite reaction on the part of employees. So what are we to make of the demise of the National Security Personnel System? http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/editors-desk-pay-for-performance.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/editors-desk-pay-for-performance.aspx A researcher has found that the closer the link between pay and performance, the lower the level of performance. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/feat-nsps-langbein-sidebar.aspx Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/feat-nsps-langbein-sidebar.aspx Details about how DOD's pay-for-performance system will end—and what will replace it—are still being worked out, experts say. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/30/nsps-end-wait-for-next-step.aspx Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:04:46 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/30/nsps-end-wait-for-next-step.aspx The imminent demise of the National Security Personnel System leaves many wondering about the prospects for pay for performance in government. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/feature-nsps-pay-for-performance.aspx Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:45:42 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/11/02/feature-nsps-pay-for-performance.aspx DISA and other DOD organizations must contribute to a suite of geospatial intelligence visualization tools, according to memo from DOD Deputy CIO Dave Wennergren. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/28/disa-geospatial-intelligence.aspx Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:52:51 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/28/disa-geospatial-intelligence.aspx The Defense Department's Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center is now seen a one-stop shop for the modeling and simulation community in DOD, director says. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/27/dod-modeling-and-simulation-center.aspx Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:38:44 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/27/dod-modeling-and-simulation-center.aspx New guidance from Defense Department acting CIO David Wennergren says DOD should consider open-source software on equal footing with commercial offerings. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/27/dod-open-source-guidance.aspx Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:36:24 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/27/dod-open-source-guidance.aspx Officials plan to build a $1.5 billion data center to bolster the cybersecurity capabilities of intelligence agencies, the Defense Department, and the Homeland Security Department. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/27/web-nsa-data-center-cybersecurity.aspx Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:59:17 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/27/web-nsa-data-center-cybersecurity.aspx Technology companies that expect to beneift from cloud computing must creatively adapt licensing, pricing and revenue models. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/27/winners-and-losers-foreseen-in-shift-to-cloud-computing.aspx Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:45:54 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/27/winners-and-losers-foreseen-in-shift-to-cloud-computing.aspx Wennergren, Carey outline the Navy's progress toward implementing various information technology policies and systems that will shape the force’s interoperability and improve capabilities in defending against cyber threats. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/23/navy-provides-cyberwarfare-update.aspx Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:00:57 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/23/navy-provides-cyberwarfare-update.aspx The act would end the government's pay-for-performance system used for about 200,000 federal employees. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/23/senate-passes-2010-defense-authorization-act.aspx Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:40:40 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/23/senate-passes-2010-defense-authorization-act.aspx Integrating communications networks and defense systems, which lie at the heart of convergence, is tough but necessary. http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/26/week-milcom-highlights.aspx Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:39:27 GMT http://fcw.com/articles/2009/10/26/week-milcom-highlights.aspx