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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 [...]
Tags: Army , cloud computing , Congress , DISA , email as a service , House Armed Services Committee , Navy
Who pays for the F-35 alternate engine?
The Pentagon has been telling Congress for years it doesn't want the F136 alternative engine for the F35 fighter jet, because it costs too much money.
Tags: F-35 , fighter jet , DoD , Dale Church , F136 alternative engine , GE , Rolls Royce , contracting , In Depth
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.
Tags: DoD , technology , Army , DISA , Navy , Mike Krieger , Ronnie Hawkins , enterprise email , data center consolidation , cloud computing , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Information sharing 'instrumental' in bin Laden killing
Information sharing has come a long way since Sept. 11, 2001. This interagency collaboration will be key to military successes, especially as the Defense Department prepares for massive spending cuts.
Tags: Howie Chandler , DoD , DoD Report , information sharing , Osama bin Laden , Steve Cooper , DHS
Do's and don'ts of military blogging
To give insight on what military bloggers can and can't do is milblogger and retired Senior Master Sergeant Rex Temple of the Air Force.
Tags: Rex Temple , DoD , blogs , technology , security , social media , In Depth
New satellite to provide missile-launch warning
At nearly four times the budget, a new Air Force satellite is about to be launched nine years late.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , DoD , USAF , Space-Based Infrared System
Pentagon Labyrinth: Richards on gaps in DoD planning
Retired Air Force Colonel Chet Richards says DoD has missed the mark in several of its big decisions during recent years. He says defense leaders are making choices that leave people scratching their heads.
Tags: Pentagon Labyrinth series , Chet Richards , DoD , budget , Dorobek Insider ,
AFGE pulls out of NSPS talks
The American Federation of Government Employees said Tuesday it will no longer participate in discussions related to the future status of DoD employees who had been part of the soon-to-be-terminated National Security Personnel System. The labor organization said "union-busting" activities by the Air Force were the reason for its decision.
Tags: pay and benefits , DoD , Congress , NSPS , AFGE , John Gage , pay-for-performance , Jared Serbu
EADS close to conceding Air Force tanker contract
Reuter reports EADS is close to conceding its loss of the $35 billion Air Force KC-X tanker award to Boeing.
Tags: EADS , Boeing , tanker , KC-X , contracting , protest , DoD , Jolie Lee
Cyber 'militias' appearing in cyberspace
Militias have always played a big part in wars. But now cyber militias are popping up all over cyberspace.
Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , DoD , cyber militias , cyber war , Dorobek Insider
