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- DoD chooses interoperability over integration for new e-health record system
- House GOP panel moves on deep budget cuts
- OMB fuels synergy between mobile, open data
- IRS official Lerner: 'I did nothing wrong'
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- OMB reworking financial system requirements
- Federal retirement funds temporarily tapped
- VanRoekel to lead OMB management team
- Meet the 2013 Service to America Medal finalists
- Thursday federal headlines - May 23, 2013
Raytheon scores Navy's jam-proof comm contract
Raytheon to provide jam-proof communications for submarines, major surface ships and sites onshore, as well as connectivity with U.S. Army and Air Force communication systems.
Gates picks new Navy operations chief
Retiring Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has recommended the president nominate Navy Adm. Jonathan Greenert as the next chief of naval operations (CNO).
Navy begins routine cybersecurity inspections
The Navy is preparing to launch a new program of inspections to gauge its commands' cybersecurity measures.
Navy must cut IT business systems spending by 25 percent
The Navy readies RFIs for email and data storage to figure out how to best reduce spending on non-mission critical systems. Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen is exploring whether DON's non-classified email can be hosted by a third party, and whether a public-private partnership can be developed around data centers. Navy has no plans to use the DISA email system.
'Ruthless' cost cutting coming to Navy IT
Terry Halvorsen, the Department of the Navy's chief information officer, said the Navy and Marine Corps should expect ruthless cost cutting in information technology. Halvorsen said if the services don't cut costs themselves, it will be done for them.
Sea air thwarts Navy's laser cannons
It's like something straight out of Star Wars. The Navy is developing laser cannons. Learn more in today's DoD Report
Navy subs to be in use past retirement
The Navy may have to keep some attack subs around past their retirement. Learn more in today's DoD Report
Defense puts green in its blueprints
Contractors building facilities for the Navy and Marine Corps have to offer up some green elements in their blueprints. WFED's Jared Serbu reports.
Naval Research rolls out first online war game
Aargh! The Navy will deploy a new breed of fighters to combat Somali pirates: internet-gamers.
F-135 billion dollar contract changes
The Navy has awarded Pratt & Whitney's Military Engines division a modification to nearly one billion dollars in contracts for F-35 Joint Strike Force fighter engines.
Navy launches video game to solve real-world problems
The game is called the Massive Multiplayer Online Wargame Leveraging the Internet (MMOWGLI).
Ahoy, Bush!
The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group, including America's newest aircraft carrier, deploys today.
DoD benefitting from BRAC-inspired IT upgrades
Moving into a new building has allowed DISA to revamp its technology infrastructure, including consolidating circuits, servers and paper records. The Joint Task Force, National Capital Region Medical is building a new network to carry health data and applications for three services to share. Both organizations say without BRAC, these changes would have taken longer to happen.
BRAC links and resources
Federal News Radio has compiled a list of important links and resources on the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure.
DoD’s cloud e-mail plot thickens
Just how many Defense Department employees will eventually be using a cloud-based e-mail service depends who you ask. Maj. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s vice director, told reporters Tuesday, selling the Navy and Air Force on its cloud-based email system is a matter of when, not if. However, Hawkins admits, “If you [...]
All DoD eyes focused on Army's cloud email transition
The Army is moving its email to the Defense Information Systems Agency's cloud. DISA's vice chief told reporters Tuesday that getting the rest of the military services on board was a question of when, not if.
General Dynamics to build new sub for Navy
The 2011 budget is re-energizing Navy ship building. The service will spend more than a billion dollars to build a new submarine.
Navy realigns cyber command
The Deputy commander of Navy Fleet cyber command Rear Admiral Bill Leigher explains the significance of this realignment.
Couple brace for husband's deployment to Afghanistan
Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class James Williams is nearing the end of his predeployment training, but for him and his pregnant wife, that means time is running out to make some important family arrangements.
Oops. Training missile part falls off Navy jet
The Navy is investigating an incident in which a training missile part fell off a fighter jet and hit an unoccupied pickup truck in Virginia Beach.
