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Next-gen Apple devices cleared to join Defense IT networks
The Defense Information Security Agency has approved a security guide for iOS 6 making it the third mobile operating system to meet the requirements this month. The agency said it will award a mobile device management system in a few months.
Tags: technology , mobile computing , mobile , Apple , iO6 , cybersecurity , Mark Orndorff , Sean McCalley
DoD upends slow approval process for mobile devices
In the past, DoD's security review process took so long that devices were off the market by the time the Pentagon allowed them on government networks. This week, DoD approved a secure, commercial version of Android before its manufacturer even released it.
Tags: DoD , technology , STIG , Samsung , mobile , Android , Android Knox , John Hickey , Jared Serbu
Fannie and Freddie, March Madness lobbying, & BRAC
On this week's Capital Impact show, Bloomberg Government analysts discuss Fannie and Freddie underwriting practices, how much colleges and universities spend on lobbying, and how BRAC is changing the area around Fort Meade.
March 28, 2013
Tags: acquisition , Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac , qualified mortgage rule , dodd-frank act , Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , Base Realignment and Closure , Fort Meade , NSA , Cyber Command , lobbying , Allen Scott , Nela Richardson , Peter Crispino , The Arundel Voice , Peter Brusoe , Bloomberg Government , Capital Impact
DoD puts 1 million users in its cloud email system
The Army expects to mostly finish the migration to enterprise email by the end of this month. The Air Force and the Navy begin pilot tests using the cloud applications.
Tags: DoD , technology , enterprise email , Army , Microsoft , Alfred Rivera , John Hale , Jared Serbu , cloud computing , Navy , Air Force
DoD's new plan promises speedy approval of commercial mobile devices
The Pentagon's commercial device implementation plan, made public Tuesday, aims at near-term implementation of a new generation of mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads and Android handhelds and tablets on both classified and unclassified networks.
Tags: DoD , technology , mobile computing , John Hickey , Robert Wheeler , Jared Serbu , Apple , Android , BlackBerry , cybersecurity , mobile device management
DISA promises fixes to overwhelmed online conferencing system
Cancellations of in-person meetings press DoD's Web conferencing system past its limits. The Defense Information Systems Agency will complete upgrades by Feb. 15.
Tags: DoD , FedRAMP , Defense Connect Online , Alfred Rivera , John Hale , Jennifer Carter , cloud computing , technology , Jared Serbu
DoD moves meetings online, but IT systems can't keep pace
Spending on conferences is among first casualties as various defense components make cutbacks. DoD's online meeting service is suffering from its own popularity.
Tags: DoD , technology , Carahsoft , Mark Mills , Navy , Jared Serbu , mobile apps
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 , cybersecurity , cybersecurity training , NIST , National Initiative for Cyber Education , Henry Sienkiewicz , Jared Serbu , AFCEA
GSA changes its model for the next generation telecom effort
The Network Services 2020 initiative will not be a large worldwide contract as the Networx and FTS procurements were over the past 20 years. GSA still is developing the overall strategy, but plans to use a similar approach it used with DISA on the recent satellite communications contract.
Tags: technology , acquisition , industry , Kevin Gallo , GSA , Tony Bardo , Hughes Network Systems , telecommunications , Network Services 2020 , Future Commercial Satellite Communications Services Acquisition , Independent Telecommunications Pioneer Association , Jason Miller
