Modernization
Army prepares ADMC-2 for prime time
PEO-EIS urges end-of-year buyers to take advantage of deals on ADMC-1.
People
Governors to Congress: Leave National Guard to us
State chief executives oppose language to federalize the National Guard in response to natural disasters.
People
CBO: Buying circuits could save DISA billions
Opting to buy circuits rather than lease them under the DATS contract makes more financial sense as bandwidth requirements increase, a Congressional Budget Office report states.
People
Intercepts
Air Force band outdoes Marine band online; Not-ready-for-prime-time radio program; $11 billion legacy radio bill; What’s an FCS without JTRS?
People
Domestic Army, National Guard units lack radios
Although the Guard is short 20,000 SINCGARS radios, funding for the system has been slashed.
People
Army secretary encourages job shifts
Francis Harvey plans to offer civilian employees and leaders the same changes in duty stations and jobs available to uniformed personnel and leaders.
People
DHS to award SBInet contract, Chertoff says
DHS has not formally announced the value of the Secure Border Initiative, but Boeing, one of many vendors vying for the project, estimated its value at $2 billion.
People
Senate passes SAFE Port Act
The bill would give U.S. ports $6.7 billion for security efforts and require that the 22 largest U.S. ports install equipment to screen shipping containers for radioactive material.
People
GAO: JTRS software lacks portability
Lack of a fully functioning gateway could impede battlefield communications, a recent report also states.
People
Spawar picks AtHoc for emergency alert system
The alerts will go to 400,000 users in the Navy's four U.S. regions.
Modernization
Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn to supply NYC safety net spectrum
Northrop Grumman will also lease 2.5 GHz spectrum from Sprint Nextel.
Acquisition
Northrop to provide wireless public safety net for NYC
Under the $500 million contract, the company will build a network to help fill in the communications gaps that occurred during the 2001 terrorist attacks, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
Modernization
In-Q-Tel invests in Infobionics
The company has patented a method to organize, store, and search structured and unstructured data and discover previously unknown patterns.
People
AT&T wins $250M Hawaii network contract
This is the second time AT&T has won DOD's key inter-island network contract.
People
DISA boosts Encore value again
The agency has raised the ceiling on the IT services contract to $3.1 billion from $2.5 billion as task orders hit about $1.5 billion.
Modernization
Intercepts
NMCI wastes 22,500 man-hours on Dell battery recall; The enemy within; BlackBerry bandits redux.
Modernization
Battery recall affects thousands of federal users
Dell won't say how many weeks employees might have to wait for replacement batteries
Modernization
Army to replace batteries in 150,000 Dell laptop PCs
Dell is already identifying first priority replacements to ensure that deployed soldiers get replacements as quickly as possible, an Army official said.
People
DISA names spectrum office director
Paige Atkins worked at DOD's Joint Spectrum Center as chief of the Aerospace Systems Division from 1988 to 1997.
Modernization
Some Dell laptop users may have three-week wait for new batteries
EDS, which manages NMCI and other contracts, hopes to expedite replacements for key federal customers.
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