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Army readies second apps challenge
The Army will open its next Apps for Army challenge to industry and the public, officials said Friday. The process is focused on developing capabilities that are not dependent on any particular platform.
Tags: DoD , technology , Apps for Army , Apple , Google , Gary Blohm , Jared Serbu
Next Apps for Army contest open to public
The Army is working on another "Apps for the Army" content, this time opening it up to the public and industry.
Tags: Apps for Army , DoD , technology , apps , In Depth , DoD Report
Pentagon Solutions: Getting the right equipment to the warfighter
Command Sergeant Major Bernard C. McPherson, command sergeant major of PEO Soldier, explains how budget cuts will affect his organization's ability to fund research and development for the equipment needed by troops.
Tags: Bernard C. McPherson , Program Executive Office Soldier , In Depth
Army picks Android
The Army has picked the Google android as the operating system they want to put in the hands of troops on the ground.
Tags: Federal Drive , DoD Report , Android , Google , iPhone ,
Va. officials urged to sue over Mark Center move
A new Pentagon inspector general report finds "procedural and technical weaknesses" in the Army's traffic assessment surrounding its plans to move 6,400 Defense employees to a privately owned office complex in northern Virginia. Rep. Jim Moran, whose district includes the site, said the findings provide the underpinnings for local officials to sue the Pentagon to stop the move.
Tags: DoD , BRAC , Congress , Jim Moran , Gerry Connolly , Mark Center , inspector general , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Army awards $2.5 billion operations contracts
The Army Mission and Installation Contracting Command awarded 36 contracts under its OPTARSS II program. The program provides DoD with operational planning, training and more.
Tags: contracting , OPTARSS II , small business , Army Forces Command , DoD , CGI
Army's BRAC traffic plan flawed
A new report finds the Pentagon used faulty data when it decided to relocate 6,400 Department of Defense workers from Crystal City to Alexandria's Mark Center as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Act.
Tags: BRAC , Defense , DoD , Mark Center , Jim Moran , inspector general , traffic , newsstand , Suzanne Kubota
Army cites progress at Arlington Cemetery
Army officials told Congress Thursday that they had made progress in reforming management at Arlington National Cemetery, an institution they said lacked a management foundation when a new management team took over in the wake of a scandal involving mismarked grave sites and other problems. Some members still are unhappy with the changes.
Tags: DoD , Congress , Arlington Cemetery , management , John McHugh , Kathryn Condon , Karl Schneider , Patrick Hallinan , Mike Coffman , Jared Serbu
Army transition plan in the works
After a decade at war, the Army must transform itself to better face the challenges of the future, the general taking the helm of America's ground force said Monday, telling soldiers he will lay out a plan for the future in two months.
Tags: Federal Drive , management , DoD Report , transition plan
How to keep altitude sickness down to a minimum
The DoD is funding research to combat the effects of altitude sickness in warzones. Research Physiologist, Dr. Stephen Muza, explains why.
Tags: Federal Drive , Defense , DoD Report , Dr. Stephen Muza , Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine , Suzanne Kubota
