People
Union urges Senate action after court upholds NSPS
The American Federation of Government Employees wants parts of DOD's National Security Personnel System nullified after an appeals court overturned a lower court ruling that struck down portions of the NSPS.
People
Groups push Senate for more open government
One hundred groups say passing the OPEN Government Act would boost the public's confidence in government.
Modernization
Education wants out of IT management business
As part of a forthcoming program, the agency wants to migrate its operations to an infrastructure owned and operated by a contractor.
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Navy seeks contractor to help reduce its IT footprint
It wants support for its Cyber Asset Reduction and Security Task Force program, designed to halve the service’s shore-based IT footprint of the secret and lower categories by 2011.
Cybersecurity
DOD: Restriction on social networking sites purely operational
Officials say the military is being proactive against possible bandwidth and security issues.
People
DOD study finds roadblocks on path to net-centricity
Persistent interoperability problems often force soldiers in the field to use personal cell phones and chat rooms to share information, according to a report by the Defense Science Board.
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