Below the line -- FCW

The following projects were eliminated from the Defense Department's 2004 evaluation program because of budget cuts:

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Sensor Enterprise Command and Control Middleware System: $375,000.

Rapid Acquisition Incentive—Enterprise Services: $1 million.

Global Force Management Enterprise Data Initiative: $1 million.

CopperTop: $750,000.

Enterprise Document Access Net-Centric Data Services: $600,000.

Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support Net-Centric Uniform Data Repository: $789,000.

Defense Acquisition Management Information Retrieval: $910,000.

Defense Training, Notification and Tracking System: $985,000.

Cybersecurity

CMMC clears key regulatory hurdle

The White House approved an interim rule to mandate defense contractors prove they adhere to existing cybersecurity standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Comment

A call for visionary investment

Investing in IT modernization is not an either-or proposition, Rep. Connolly writes. This pandemic has presented Congress a choice: We can put our head in the sand and pretend these failures didn't happen, or we can take action to be prepared for the future.