Modernization

Applications at their fingertips

DOD employees test fingerprint authentication system

Digital Government

FBI picks 10 firms for tech support project

FBI officials recently issued the first operations and maintenance task orders for their Technical Support and Development Project.

Modernization

Auditors see GIG risks

The Government Accountability Office says the military's GIG vision compelling, but reality has many risks.

Cybersecurity

Security at your fingertips

Employees in at least one DOD office no longer have to remember passwords or ID numbers.

People

FBI hires 10 for tech services

The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract has a potential value of $42.5 million.

People

DLA tinkers with its modernization

A Defense Logistics Agency program designed to provide faster access to military supply information will take four months longer to complete and will cost $36 million more than planned

People

Intercepts

GIG: Coming to a Base Near You; Reaching Out for Help; More Trouble for DMS?; In and Out

People

GAO at odds on program timeline

The Army is disputing a General Accounting Office report released last week that recommends extending the timeline for the service's multibillion-dollar effort to bring technology to the battlefield

People

Air Force study shifts jobs

About 3,700 Air Force positions have been moved based on data gathered online about stress and workload.

People

Info agency gets new No. 2

Army Maj. Gen. Marilyn Quagliotti will take on posts at the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Joint Task Force for Computer Network Ops.

Modernization

Defense to unveil GIG plans

The Defense Department soon will unveil a blueprint for connecting all its facilities a global network for warfighters

People

Air Force IT leader steps down

Lt. Gen. Leslie Kenne, deputy chief of staff for warfighting integration at Air Force headquarters, will retire Sept. 1.

People

Future Combat pushed to next decade

The cornerstone of the Army's transformation efforts will no longer be ready by the end of the decade, according to a new General Accounting Office report.

People

Poindexter leaving DARPA

After more than a year mostly spent defending controversial programs, John Poindexter will quit his job at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

People

GAO sees flaws in radio project

Lack of a strong management structure hampers the military's Joint Tactical Radio System, according to the General Accounting Office.

People

DOD's misguided bet on the future

System sought to use the market to help feds predict future terrorist attacks

People

Intercepts

None

People

New Army CIO stresses info

Gathering useful information is essential to the new ways of combat

People

Army gets integration help

An unnamed vendor received a support contract to help define IT systems across the Army.

People

More problems, delays for DMS

The military's new Defense Message System probably won't completely replace the current message network until early next year