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Sequestration slows network modernization that Navy can't wait for
In the initial round of installations, the Navy hoped to outfit 15 ships with the new standardized IT architecture. But fiscal 2013 budget problems will cut the number of ships roughly in half.
Tags: DoD , Navy , technology , CANES , William Leigher , Jared Serbu , budget , sequestration
Marine Corps prepares to cut cord on NMCI
The Marine Corps will transition on Saturday to a government-owned, government-operated IT network, ending its 12-year reliance on the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). The Navy said it expects to award the follow-on contract to NMCI by June 30.
Tags: DoD , Marine Corps , Navy , NGEN , NMCI , Robert Scott Jack , Kevin Nally , Jared Serbu , Joint Information Environment , technology
CIO ROUNDTABLE-Progress with IT Programs "Live from the 2013 AFCEA Homeland Security Conference" March 2013
Listen Tuesday March 5th @ 12pm
Program will discuss the following: Specific
Programs That Are Making Great Progress,Top
Priorities for Next 1-3 Years, Key Technology
Trends, Biggest Challenges to Overcome,
Biggest Opportunities for Collaboration, and
Vision for The Future
Tags: Live from the 2013 AFCEA Homeland Security Conference , Jim Flyzik , Richard Spires , Robert Carey , Luke McCormack , Sandy Peavy , DHS , DoD , DoJ , Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Air Force looks to reboot civilian cyber workforce
Officials aim to redefine operational series codes for civilian cybersecurity workers and offer more pay for additional expertise. The Air Force would like to create an elite cadre of civilian cyber warriors.
Tags: DoD , Air Force , workforce , cybersecurity , National Initiative for Cyber Education , Earl Matthews , Jared Serbu , technology ,
White House seeks to shed the risk-averse cyber information sharing culture
President Obama's recent executive order directing that cyber threat information be shared more broadly with the private sector risks making the data less useful to the intelligence agencies that gather and process it. But the risk is worth the potential reward.
Tags: cybersecurity , White House , industry , critical infrastructure , information sharing , Enhanced Cybersecurity Services , Andy Ozment , Jared Serbu ,
Navy's ship IT modernization program faces budget-related delays
The fledgling effort to replace IT systems aboard 193 Navy ships, called CANES, will take longer than expected. With or without sequestration, the Navy expects eight installations scheduled for 2013 to be interrupted.
Tags: DoD , Navy , CANES , William Leigher , Jared Serbu , budget , technology , IT infrastructure
Marine survey lists concerns on women in combat
Tags: Marine Corps , DoD , women in combat , James Amos , U.S. Naval Institute , Jonathan Greenert , Navy
DoD standardizing, synchronizing cyber training
The department is creating and trying out a universal curriculum for five foundational cyber roles in 2013. DISA is leading the effort and will add new roles next year as it refines the training. The agency says it is doing all it can to synchronize its training not just across DoD, but across the entire federal government in line with the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE).
Tags: DoD , workforce , readiness , DISA , cybersecurity , cybersecurity training , NIST , National Initiative for Cyber Education , Henry Sienkiewicz , Jared Serbu ,
Joint Chiefs to crack down on military IT stovepipes
A new process promises more advance word on what the Pentagon wants from its military services, but demands they comply with common architectures. DoD said it is learning from development mistakes of the past.
Tags: technology , DoD , Joint Information Environment , Martin Westphal , GCSS , standards , Jared Serbu , Joint Chiefs of Staff
TBI treatment improves after 10 years of war
Dr. Andrew Ritcheson of DRC spoke the to Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Emily Kopp about what medical professionals have learned from 10 years of war about treating traumatic brain injuries.
Tags: TBI , PTSD , Andrew Ritcheson , Federal Drive , AFCEA Health IT Day 2012 , technology , DoD , Veterans Affairs , Michael OConnell
