Digital Government
Air Force pursues Cyber Command again
Decision comes despite a Pentagon directive to give cyber responsibilities to STRATCOM.
Digital Government
DuPont, German company win lightweight battery contest
Defense held yearlong competition to reduce by as much as 75 percent the weight of batteries needed to power high-tech devices in battle.
Digital Government
Defense runs $1 million contest to find a lighter battery
Firms compete to develop a wearable power source to reduce the load for high-tech soldiers.
Digital Government
Defense comptroller leaves for industry job
Tina Jonas heads to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. after four-year tenure as the Pentagon’s chief financial executive.
Digital Government
ODNI: Trade-off information security for good intel
Director of National Intelligence issues security directive that could change how agencies build, validate and approve IT systems.
Digital Government
What's Brewin: The AHLTA Syndrome
Defense isn't taking advantage of an opportunity to revamp the applications behind a much-maligned electronic health records system.
Digital Government
Heavy interest in bailout bill slows House Web sites
Traffic increased as much as fourfold as lawmakers debated -- and ultimately defeated -- economic stability bill.
Digital Government
Office to oversee sharing military health records behind schedule
Delay could make Defense and VA miss 2009 deadline to share patient files.
Digital Government
Congressional panels blast oversight of Navy network project
Armed Services committees ask for regular updates on the acquisition strategy and schedule for the Next-Generation Enterprise Networks program.
Digital Government
Defense to re-engineer electronic health record system
After complaints that a $6 billion proprietary system is slow and unreliable, officials plan new architecture based on commercial software and open standards.
Digital Government
Defense health record database growing too big
Pentagon mulls breaking up rapidly expanding repository of military patient files among regional data centers.
Digital Government
Bush nominates Pollett for head of DISA
Congress unlikely to act on pick before its fall recess.
Modernization
Ike recovery keeps VA technology staff busy
A team will head out to recover computers from a medical clinic demolished in the storm.
Modernization
Intelligence turns to open market for data
Social networking sites, blogs and chat rooms unveil classified information for analysts.
Digital Government
Navy installing satellite broadband on ships
Service means ships at sea can transmit larger files like video faster and access Defense classified Internet.
Digital Government
Army relies on 'fully loaded' SUV in hurricane response
During disasters, emergency response vehicle gives Army North access to Defense’s unclassified and classified networks.
Digital Government
Customs and Border Protection lends aerial vehicle for hurricane damage assessment
In its first-time use for a natural disaster, Predator sends real-time videos to agencies of storm's destruction.
Digital Government
Emergency workers keep busy in Gustav's wake
Officials distribute generators and attempt to restore power in the face of widespread outages.
Digital Government
Defense moved swiftly to aid in Gustav response
Command post set up at former Air Force Base coordinated military, civilian response efforts.
Modernization