Modernization
Smaller firm bests established carriers in $3B DISA circuit buy
DISA chose Arrowhead over BellSouth and Verizon for the Defense Information Systems Network Access Transport Services contract in the Northeast and Southeast.
People
DISA buying into SOA 'big time'
It's time for the department “to stop buying things and start buying services,” said DOD's CIO, speaking at the Milcom conference.
Modernization
DISA close to awarding $3B circuit contract
Agency officials also update industry on upcoming procurements, including Encore II and NCES.
People
DISA to treat commercial software, C2 apps as utility service
In some cases, customers could pay for software by the hour using a government charge card, DISA officials say.
People
Army: Iraqi militants can't crack tactical radios
Troops have been concerned due to news reports that Hezbollah forces in Lebanon had hacked into Israeli radios.
People
DOD, DOT explore next-gen satellite systems
The departments will meet with government and commercial organizations to assess capabilities users want in the Positioning, Navigation and Timing architecture planned for 2025.
People
Project to track passengers in airports
A European Commission-backed program will use RFID tags to track people at airports, making it easy to alert them if they are missing at the gate at boarding time.
Digital Government
EU needs RFID privacy regs, study finds
Consumers worry that someone could track them after they buy something equipped with a tag.
People
Intercepts
$11.2 billion worth of oink, including some for photonics; Get ready for some hibernation genomics; Want a radio? Go to Alaska; A West African Encore.
People
Multimax wins $41M contract from Navy command
For the first task order, the contractor will set up help-desk and depot support for a land mobile radio project.
People
Intercepts
No Encore transparency; A flood of FOIAs; Wind farmer exposed; Unreeling the Glenn Ford Story
People
DOD Authorization bill cuts satellite program
The bill also calls for the creation of an undersecretary of Defense for policy and authorized more oversight of interagency contracting.
People
Intercepts
A big wind bloweth...; Conservative windbag tilt; We can use Galileo for targeting.
People
Senate tags resolution to DOD bill before passing it
The continuing resolution ensures that all federal departments and agencies will have funds to continue operating in the next fiscal year.
People
Congress cuts DISA, BTA budgets
NCES recoups funding in the final 2007 Defense Appropriations bill that the House version had cut.
People
DOD Appropriations bill slashes NMCI funding
The Navy Marine Corps Intranet lost $40 million in the final version of the bill and also faces cuts in the DOD Authorization bill.
Digital Government
NYC to cover city with 2.5 GHz wireless
Wireless broadband network would fulfill recommendations of 9/11 Commission.
Modernization
Army, Air Force cellular buys to save $200M
The contracts provide discounts of 17 percent or more, depending on the rate plan, a contracting officer said.
People
Intercepts
Remember the McNamara Line?; Spending priorities: Billions for SBInet, $12K for military death benefits; What do you expect out of DHS in two years?; One governor, two Cabinet secretaries and Pat Boone; Anderson Cooper, the mole?
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