Cybersecurity
Army looks to beef up Cyber Battle Lab
The cyber lab at Fort Gordon is projected to have "initial operating capability" in October.
Acquisition
IED-toting drones, NSA on GitHub, a new OASIS dashboard and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
People
Writing advice from 18F, DOD staff changes and a flying motorcycle
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
The quest for command and control in cyberspace
Since the U.S. military declared cyberspace an operational domain in 2011, it has been a question of how and when, not if, the Pentagon will organize its capabilities.
People
Faster hiring for feds, Army mobile and commercial drones
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Army fights a two-front cyber war
The Army has been testing weapon systems for sophisticated cyber threats, but it was an attack on its public website that underscored the breadth of the challenge facing defense agencies.
Modernization
Knowledge transfer through discovery
Rules and data are relatively easy to share, but capturing an organization's deep, experience-based knowledge requires special effort.
Cybersecurity
Syrian hackers say they knocked army.mil offline
The Pentagon acknowledged the hack, but did not confirm the attacker.
Digital Government
Pentagon working on federated app store
To save money and time, Defense Department officials are moving gradually toward a shared catalog of approved mobile applications.
Modernization
Ash Carter on Facebook, supercomputing at LLNL and GPS alternatives
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
A cyber RFP re-do, USDA's new web portal, ITES-3S updates and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
(ISC)² honors information security leaders in government
Winners hail from DHS, Education, State, the Army and the Marine Corps.
Digital Government
DOD Lab Day has a cyber undercurrent
At the Pentagon's first-ever Laboratory Day, researchers from Air Force, Army and Navy labs won $45 million to develop quantum computing.
Cybersecurity
NIST director, Army training and connecting the grid
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Backseat drivers plague procurement
Acquisition officers get too much advice from people who can't move the process forward, says Army Assistant Secretary Heidi Shyu.
Modernization
Can the Army build on ITES-2S momentum?
The key to the ongoing success of the Army's IT contracting vehicle is incorporating cloud and cybersecurity solutions into the next iteration.
Modernization
Army shifts logistics data to IBM cloud
The Army's move to the on-premise cloud took place over the past year and is based at Army Materiel Command headquarters in Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
Modernization