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BRAC links and resources

Federal News Radio has compiled a list of important links and resources on the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure.

Tags: BRAC , BRAC Impact , DoD , Army , Air Force , Marine Corps , Navy , Ft. Meade , Ft. Belvoir , Mark Center

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DISA awards $90 million to SAIC for IT

Days after landing a $21 million contract with Agriculture, SAIC has gotten a new contract.

Tags: contracting , DoD Report , SAIC ,

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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: Air Force , Army , cloud computing , Congress , email as a service , House Armed Services Committee , Navy

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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 , Navy , Air Force , Mike Krieger , Ronnie Hawkins , enterprise email , data center consolidation , cloud computing , Jared Serbu , DoD Report

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Enterprise email could pave way for single DoD sign-on

The Defense Department is creating identity and access management tools as an enterprise service across the department. One possible way ahead, leaders say, is a single authoritative digital identity system the Defense Information Systems Agency created to support the Army's move to enterprise email.

Tags: DoD , technology , cloud computing , enterprise email , identity management , HSPD-12 , Common Access Card , Jack Wilmer , Jared Serbu

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DISA cuts ribbon on new headquarters

The Defense Information Systems Agency celebrated the ceremonial opening of its new 95-acre headquarters campus on Friday. Less than half of the 4,600 employees already work at its new headquarters at Fort Meade, Md. The agency expects the rest of its staff to move there from several northern Virginia locations by late August.

Tags: DoD , BRAC , Fort Meade , Carroll Pollett , Barbara Mikulski , NSA , U.S. Cyber Command , David Bullock , Jared Serbu , DoD Report

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DISA wants a deal to cut satellite costs

The Defense Information Systems Agency is asking industry for proposals to cut the tab for satellite communications in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , DoD Report , contracting , Satellite contract

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DISA's telework helps take a bite out of BRAC

Reducing traffic at Fort Meade relies on telework.

Tags: technology , Telework Center , telework , Polycom , Suzanne Kubota , BRAC , Fort Meade

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DISA hires Qwest for IP services under Networx

The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded one of the remaining big deals under the Networx telecommunications contract to Qwest.

Tags: technology , contracting , industry , DoD , Qwest , Verizon , Networx , telecommunications services , Jason Miller

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Telework/COOP & The Role of Videoconferencing

March 29th at 12pm

Program will discuss progress Report on teleworking in the Federal Government, top telework/COOP priorities, the role of videoconferencing in telework/COOP, key challenges to still overcome, lessons learned, and a vision for the future.

Tags: technology , Federal Executive Forum , Trezza Media Group , Jim Flyzik , The Flyzik Group , Sharon Wall , Jack Penkoske , Vaughn Noga , EPA , Paul Cantwell , Nik Rouda , Lifesize , Riverbed

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