Modernization
Defense radio program not fully tested, GAO reports
NSA security certification and key networking functions have yet to be demonstrated on new generation of Army radios.
Modernization
Some Defense program costs up as much as 323 percent, report finds
Major weapons programs overruns include C-130 modernization, polar-orbiting project and Future Combat Systems.
Digital Government
Surgeon General: Focus on outcomes will advance Army health care
The Army surgeon general says the Army should adopt the combat medicine practices used in Afghanistan and Iraq and shift its medical model to one based on health outcomes.
Digital Government
What's Brewin' Column: Bye-bye public circuit buys
A free society is based on the uninhibited flow of information, but sometimes the amount of information put out by the Defense Department makes no sense.
Digital Government
National health records network to expand
HHS initiative also will integrate electronic health records from Defense, Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service and other agencies.
Digital Government
HHS awards network contract to share medical records
Harris Corp. will borrow components from other federal health systems to build the National Health Information Exchange Gateway so clinicians at four agencies can share medical records with the hopes of improving health care.
Cybersecurity
NIH told patients about security breach weeks after incident
Personal data on 2,500 individuals had not been encrypted, an apparent violation of an Office of Management and Budget memo directing agencies to encrypt all personally identifiable information stored on mobile devices.
Digital Government
Duplicate systems viewed as challenge to sharing intelligence information
End users at San Diego conference say policies and practices stand in the way of effective collaboration.
Cybersecurity
What's Brewin Column: Avoid the Britney results
Intelligence needs advanced Internet search tools to find the most relevant data while bypassing the irrelevant.
Digital Government
Intel CIO aims to cut years out of IT buying process
Operations at various intelligence agencies also must be centralized to improve information sharing, says Dale Meyerrose.
Digital Government
Info czar calls for performance reviews to include sharing
The head of the Information Sharing Environment says all agencies should follow intell's lead to create a culture based not on "need to know," but rather "need to share."
Digital Government
Veterans Affairs closer to deploying comprehensive e-Benefits portal
The department expects to have a bare-bones site operating in the next few weeks with health and benefits information for vets.
Digital Government
Pentagon planning for offensives in space, cyberspace
The chief of the Strategic Command hinted Wednesday during a Senate hearing that the Pentagon has plans to conduct warfare in space as well as in cyberspace.
Digital Government
Defense, VA lay out recovery health plan for soldiers
For now, families must navigate a stovepiped system with "a fistful of business cards," says father of a wounded soldier.
Digital Government
Defense Information Systems Agency director to retire
President Bush nominates DISA vice director and Rear Adm. Elizabeth Hight, who, if approved, would be the agency's first director from the Navy and also its first female leader.
Digital Government
GAO: Future Combat Systems network still more concept than reality
GAO reports that amount of software code required has more than tripled since 2003.
Modernization
GAO: Overruns, delays plague satellite programs
Lawmakers told initial costs have increased by billions of dollars and development has stretched on for decades.
Cybersecurity
U.S. unprepared for ongoing cyberwar, say officials
The United States is in the midst of a cyberwar and is not prepared to deal with it, top Defense Department and intelligence officials acknowledged this week.
Modernization