Cybersecurity
Biometric database, software inventory, smallpox and a prescreening milestone
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
DoD plans upgrade to COBOL-based contract system
The Pentagon is looking to replace a 50-year-old content management system.
Modernization
DoD plans upgrade to COBOL-based contract system
The Pentagon is looking to replace a 50-year-old content management system.
Modernization
DoD seeks ideas on mobile phones of the future
The government no longer drives the market for secure telecom because mobility is advancing faster than government procurement cycles.
Modernization
DARPA seeks online news provider
The proposed agency newsletter will serve an audience of about 120 DARPA personnel.
Digital Government
DARPA seeks online news provider
The defense research shop wants to say on top of the latest tech news.
Cybersecurity
Cyber shapes defense spending, privacy board reports on surveillance
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
DOD and climate, Anonymous threats, cyber NATO and more
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Cybersecurity
Trent Janda: Making electronic medical records a reality
The Coast Guard is poised to begin deploying its Integrated Health Information System, thanks in large part to the drive of the service's chief medical information officer.
Modernization
Disruptive defense tech, IC transparency, GSA's newest BPAs and a $427M bid protest
News and notes from around the federal IT community.
Acquisition
Four to six teams expected to bid on Defense health record effort
Military health care providers detailed their needs to industry in advance a decade-long multi-billion electronic health record procurement, while inside DOD an effort is underway to improve current data to pave the way for a new provider.
Acquisition
Veteran DOD procurement official Ginman to retire
Richard Ginman is leaving the Pentagon after four decades in government and commercial contracting.
Cybersecurity
NSA's Rogers: JIE crucial to cyber defense
The Defense Department's move to a Joint Information Environment can't come soon enough for National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers.
People
Can culture shifts, open architecture prod defense acquisition reform?
Congress wants the Department of Defense to improve acquisition, but conflicting demands could muddle the process.
Acquisition
IT reform, DISA telecom and OASIS SB
News and notes from around the federal IT community
Cybersecurity
A closer look at 'Map of the World'
As NGA's geodata platform matures, hopes for payoffs rise.
Digital Government
Data mashups on a military scale
With threats growing more sophisticated, the Navy wants ideas on how to unify its troves of data.
Acquisition
DoD releases update to electronic health record plan
The Department of Defense is close to releasing a final solicitation for its long-awaited electronic health record solution.
Acquisition