People
DOD to detail personnel system
Officials will talk about the National Security Personnel System today.
Modernization
DOD goes for plain old IT
The Pentagon wants more money for base and installation IT infrastructure projects while the Army doesn't plan to buy any JTRS radios in fiscal 2006.
Modernization
Navy relief works wirelessly
The Navy has deployed a cellular telephone system that will link medical personnel onboard USNS Mercy with humanitarian assistance teams operating in Banda Aceh.
Modernization
Pentagon seeks more IT money
Major Defense Department computer and communications programs will see significant increases in the 2006 budget request due for release next week, the Pentagon's CIO said.
People
Cebrowski stresses net-centric war
DOD's newly retired transformation chief warns against the enemies of change and transformation.
People
Mercy reaches Sumatra
Navy officials plan to use the USNS Mercy and its advanced communications technology in creative ways to support tsunami relief operations, an admiral says.
People
Feds push e-prescriptions
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt announced new regulations intended to help provide electronic prescriptions for Medicare patients.
Digital Government
Intercepts
Computer defense redux. DIA's computer girdle. JTRS jitters. No phoning home.
Digital Government
Washington ferry goes wireless
The ferry system will officially launch Wi-Fi service Feb. 3 for its eight-mile-long Seattle-Bainbridge run.
Modernization
Groups pitch health info plan
Thirteen groups banded together to propose a Common Framework for a National Health Information Network.
Modernization
DISA creates tsunami ops center
It will provide communications and IT support to the unit managing DOD's tsunami humanitarian relief.
Modernization
Mercy for tsunami victims?
Pentagon officials may deploy the USNS Mercy and its advanced communications capabilities to help tsunami victims.
Digital Government
Military sends teams to deal with tsunami aftermath
Teams reaching devastated South Asia zone expected to provide communications infrastructure, water and other humanitarian aid.
Digital Government
Web aids tsunami response
The Internet is being used to help find people and link resources around the world in the aftermath of the tsunami tragedy.
Modernization
Hometown supports Illinois soldiers
Paris, Ill., raises money to buy radios and GPS receivers to help equip a local guard unit.
Modernization
U.S. sends military ships to help in tsunami aftermath
USS Abraham Lincoln and five other ships are heading to the Indian Ocean to aid the countries hardest hit by last weekend's tsunami.
People
U.S. forces in Iraq lack bomb jammers
U.S. troops in Iraq have only a small number of jammers to defeat roadside bombs.
Cybersecurity
Troops in Iraq buy own radios
Faced with a shortage of military radios, American troops in Iraq have resorted to buying their own inexpensive, insecure commercial radios to fill the gap.
Modernization