Cybersecurity
Army adds cyber war to combat training
The Army is weaving cyber operations into its training for combat troops, an example of how cyberspace and traditional combat are blending.
People
Rising Star: Shayla Parker
Shayla Parker, assistant product director in the Army's Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, led the implementaton of a system that is part of the troop deployment process.
People
Rising Star: Tara Miner
As Acquisition Management Analyst at the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, Miner prepared a detailed acquisition document necessary to comply with a congressional mandate.
Modernization
Could DOD’s ambitious joint information environment lead to iPhone-wielding warriors?
Hopes are high that DOD's cloud-based architecture will make a real difference for deployed soldiers, but some challenges still remain to be solved.
Modernization
DISA, Army mark enterprise e-mail progress with new milestone
DISA claims half a million accounts migrated to cloud service, predicts on-schedule completion.
Digital Government
Army general accused of wasteful spending in IG probe
First GSA, then the VA, now an Army officer allegedly involved in frivolous spending. Who's next?
Modernization
Army adds requirements to logistics system
The Global Combat Support System will give the Army better insights into managing its supplies.
Digital Government
Army labs speed tech testing
The Army has launched an effort to make it easier to test and integrate technologies before personnel in the field must depend on them.
People
Career moves for 4 key Army IT officials
Four high-level Army officers have new jobs in the world of defense IT.
Digital Government
Not an app for that? One moment.
The Army's training program in app writing has proven successful.
Modernization
IG finds holes in Army financial data system
Army managers did not reengineer their Logistics Modernization Program system to perform Procure-to-Pay functions correctly, leaving the program open to fraud and poor bookkeeping.
Modernization
Army to pay $500M for Future Combat Systems termination
A dozen years after Future Combat Systems was born and three years after it was canceled, the program still bears a hefty price tag.
Digital Government
Army hosts MOSES open-source virtual world
The focus of many federal virtual world activities has moved to the U.S. Army's "MOSES" experimental open source environment
Modernization
DOD discovers IT consolidation best practices
DOD's IT Enterprise Strategy and Roadmap is designed to streamline defense IT, but insiders wonder if major budget cuts could derail it.
People
Dyer named Army CIO/G-6 chief integration officer
Maj. Gen. Stuart Dyer is now the chief integration officer at the Army CIO/G-6 office.
Acquisition
VA resumes reverse auctions, but questions linger
Updated guidelines on reverse auctions require contracting officers to show how they benefit the agency's bottom line.
People
Army medical records system gets new manager
Lt. Col. Danny Morton replaces Lt. Col. William Geesey as manager of the Army's deployable electronic medical record and medical logistics system.
Acquisition
DOD struggles to limit contractors to appropriate jobs, GAO finds
The challenge of separating inherently governmental work from contractor-appropriate work bedevils DOD.
People
Army overestimated enterprise e-mail savings
The Army's estimated cost savings from its enterprise e-mail initiative were significantly higher than the reality, report from CIO reveals.
Cybersecurity