Digital Government
Whither the Navy?
Since today is <a href=http://www.afceanova.org/events/special-events/it-days/naval-it-day-fy09/naval-it-day>Naval IT Day</a>, it's a good idea to look at the overall state of the Navy. And, if you judge by the number of ships it has, the U.S. Navy is in quite sad shape, according to Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
Ideas
$250B Ain't What it Used to Be
Obama's economic stimulus package has nearly tens, if not hundreds, of billions of dollars worth of information technology spending in it, but don't expect that to help out the IT industry.
Acquisition
Readers react: The problems with the DOD acquisition workforce
Our recent story about the defense acquisition workforce struck a nerve with a lot of readers, who have pretty strong ideas about what needs to be fixed.
Modernization
Cartwright: Military must use IT to be more adaptable
To fight constantly evolving enemies, U.S. forces must be faster at deploying IT systems to warfighters, said the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Cybersecurity
Administration will review FISMA metrics
OMB said it will review the metrics agencies use to report their compliance with the Federal Information Security Management Act.
Modernization
Education technology gets millions
The economic stimulus law provides $650 million for school purchases that include computers, networks and instructional software.
Modernization
Navy considers Web 2.0 tools
The Navy will likely deploy its own versions of social media technologies such as Facebook and Wikipedia for use on internal networks, Navy Department CIO Robert Carey said.
Acquisition
Obama: Big changes coming in federal contracting
President Obama wants more oversight of no-bid contracts and wants agencies to review their existing contracts to identify waste.
Digital Government
Defense urged to develop software for warfighting systems quicker
Lengthy software development cycle fails to account for rapidly changing requirements, official says.
Ideas