People
Senate boosts 2007 VA IT budget by $42 million
The House needs to pass its version of the 2007 VA Appropriations bill before the end of the lame-duck congressional session.
People
Intercepts
Hawaii stars; Integrator indigestion; Aloha, FBI; Here comes HF IP; Urgently needed: Suggestions for an outrageously expensive restaurant.
Modernization
In Afghanistan, cell phones double as C2 systems
Afghanistan infantry battalions and the Taliban take advantage of the country's burgeoning cellular network infrastructure.
Modernization
Army extends broadband to helicopters
It has also started to deploy 38 palletized versions of its Joint Network Node in Iraq that will bring IP networking based on commercial gear down to the infantry company level.
People
Pacom improves info sharing
The command is increasingly using systems built on open-source software to share information, and it is working in cooperation with the FBI's Honolulu office.
People
Industry wary of DISA's SOA effort
Vendors are struggling to determine a sound business case for the department's plan to pay for services rather than software development costs.
People
Intercepts
If not for Wal-Mart; Buy a poppy; Skip the movie; go to the memorial; Semper fidelis.
Modernization
Smaller firm bests established carriers in $3B DISA circuit buy
DISA chose Arrowhead over BellSouth and Verizon for the Defense Information Systems Network Access Transport Services contract in the Northeast and Southeast.
People
DISA buying into SOA 'big time'
It's time for the department “to stop buying things and start buying services,” said DOD's CIO, speaking at the Milcom conference.
Modernization
DISA close to awarding $3B circuit contract
Agency officials also update industry on upcoming procurements, including Encore II and NCES.
People
DISA to treat commercial software, C2 apps as utility service
In some cases, customers could pay for software by the hour using a government charge card, DISA officials say.
People
Army: Iraqi militants can't crack tactical radios
Troops have been concerned due to news reports that Hezbollah forces in Lebanon had hacked into Israeli radios.
People
DOD, DOT explore next-gen satellite systems
The departments will meet with government and commercial organizations to assess capabilities users want in the Positioning, Navigation and Timing architecture planned for 2025.
People
Project to track passengers in airports
A European Commission-backed program will use RFID tags to track people at airports, making it easy to alert them if they are missing at the gate at boarding time.
Digital Government
EU needs RFID privacy regs, study finds
Consumers worry that someone could track them after they buy something equipped with a tag.
People
Intercepts
$11.2 billion worth of oink, including some for photonics; Get ready for some hibernation genomics; Want a radio? Go to Alaska; A West African Encore.
People
Multimax wins $41M contract from Navy command
For the first task order, the contractor will set up help-desk and depot support for a land mobile radio project.
People
Intercepts
No Encore transparency; A flood of FOIAs; Wind farmer exposed; Unreeling the Glenn Ford Story
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