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First elements of DoD's Joint Information Environment come together in Europe
At meetings this week, DoD gives European Command the go-ahead to start building the first increment of a standards-based IT environment that will collapse thousands of networks into a single, interoperable environment.
Tags: DoD , technology , Joint Information Environment , Joint Enterprise Network , DISA , EUCOM , AFRICOM , David Simpson , Jennifer Napper , Jared Serbu
Process underway to one day bring cyber weapons to battlefield
Army officials said first they have to define what exactly is a cyber weapon or tactical fire in military-speak.
Tags: DoD , technology , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , Marine Corps , Federal Drive
War-weary US is numbed to drumbeat of troop deaths
>After nearly 11 years, many by now have grown numb to the sting of losing soldiers like Pfc. Shane W. Cantu of Corunna, Mich. He died of shrapnel wounds in the remoteness of eastern Afghanistan, not far from the getaway route that Osama bin Laden took when U.S. forces invaded after Sept. 11, 2001, and began America's longest war.
Tags: DoD , Afghanistan , Osama bin Laden ,
Army Contracting Command easing burden on contracting officers
Gino Magnifico, the ACC's chief information officer, said his component is helping to lead an Armywide effort to develop a new contract writing system. It's not just a technology refresh, however. It's about improving the business processes.
September 6, 2012
Tags: technology , acquisition , Gino Magnifico , Army Contracting Command , data analytics , Business intelligence , Ask the CIO , Jason Miller
Army, NFL team up to combat traumatic brain injury
The Army has joined up with the National Football League to fight traumatic brain injury, a threat to both soldiers and players.
Tags: NFL , DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive
Ga. prosecutor seeks death penalty for 3 soldiers
Georgia prosecutors will seek the death penalty against three Army soldiers accused of killing a former serviceman and his girlfriend to protect an anti-government militia group, officials said Thursday during tense court hearings in which one victim's stepfather was tackled and handcuffed as he tried to rush the defense table.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive
Soldiers charged in assassination plot
Four Army soldiers have been charged with plotting anti-government attacks, including assassinating President Barack Obama.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , President Barack Obama , Federal Drive
Army keeps traditional physical fitness test - for now
The Army will keep using the Army Physical Fitness Test to gauge readiness until a study into new methods is completed, the service announced. In 2011, the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command introduced a new test to more than 10,000 soldiers to measure Warrior Task and Battle Drill readiness. However, until that study is fully concluded, TRADOC command said "longstanding and proven" systems of physical fitness will continue to be the standard.
Tags: In Depth , DoD , DoD Report , TRADOC
Feds charge Army officer, 2 others in fraud scheme
An Army Reserve lieutenant colonel and two former Special Forces soldiers were indicted Wednesday in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme to win military contracts in Afghanistan.
Tags: DoD , Special Forces , Afghanistan , DoD Report
DoD email migration setting stage for future enterprise systems
This week the Army exceeded 500,000 users on its enterprise email network. The migration of potentially 3.7 million users to the network should be completed by March 2013. The Defense Department's move to a single, cloud-based system run by the Defense Information Systems Agency sets the stage for other enterprise-wide systems, said John Hale, DISA's chief of enterprise applications, in an interview with Federal News Radio's Jared Serbu and Jason Miller.
Tags: John Hale , In Depth , DISA , DoD , email migration , technology , Jared Serbu , Jason Miller ,
