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Lockheed lands big Defense IT contract
Lockheed Martin, the federal government's largest contractor landed up to $1.9 billion worth of work Friday in a deal to operate Defense Department networks across the globe.
Tags: Global Information Grid , Lockheed Martin , SAIC , industry , contracting , technology , Jared Serbu , Federal Drive
Secure Cloud Computing-"Progress & Best Practices"
May 22nd at 12pm
Program will discuss Key Initiatives Around "Cloud Computing" in Government, Key Benefits Associated with Cloud Computing, Barriers or Contraints to still overcome, How to Address Security Concerns in a Cloud Computing Strategy, Private vs Public Clouds, A Future Vision for the next 1-2 Years in Cloud Computing
Tags: NASA Goddard , FERC , Lockheed Martin , immixGroup , SafeNet , Dave Mihelcic , Adrian Gardner , Sanjay Sardar , Haden Land , Steve Charles , Chris Ensey , Jim Flyzik , Trezza Media Group
DISA envisions unified global communications network
DISA has released a request for information that says the single network would replace three existing ones. By 2020, it says the wired and wireless network would provide bandwidth on demand where none is available now.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Federal Drive
Agencies feel strain of balancing mobility, security
The Army and DISA will release a broad agency announcement this summer seeking third party software to secure smartphones and tablet computers. The Marine Corps is looking at host of different possibilities to secure mobile devices, including a process to verify the software code in apps.
Tags: technology , cybersecurity , Army , Marine Corps , Defense , Stephen Smith , Ray Letteer , Howard Schmidt , Emma Garrison-Alexander , TSA , White House , mobile computing , McAfee , Jason Miller
Packard becomes DISA's new deputy for procurement
Douglas Packard comes to the job from the Army's Mission and Installation Contracting Command in Fort Eustis, Va.
Tags: DoD , DoD Report , Douglas Packard , Federal Drive
New DISA procurement official named
Douglas Packard has been appointed to the Senior Executive Service for the Defense Department and will serve as the no. 2 official for procurement at the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Tags: DoD , acquisition , In Depth , Francis Rose , Douglas Packard , DoD Report
DoD experts weigh in on the way out of budget squeeze
In a world of shrinking budgets, federal agencies are constantly looking to improve performance. No one is dealing with that more right now than the Department of Defense. But the DoD, with its inherent emphasis on mission and metrics, is also poised to adapt to this new climate better than anyone else. On the Federal Drive, several DoD experts weighed in on balancing performance and resources.
Tags: Dave Bennett , Eric Fanning , Natalie Houghtby-Haddon , Navy , GPRA , metrics , performance measurement , DoD , Federal Drive
Secure app store, more mobile devices coming to DoD
The Defense Department says it's fast-tracking the construction of an infrastructure that will support future mobile devices in the military. A network that can securely support Apple and Android devices should be fully up and running by next year, while a secure app store will be online within a couple months.
Tags: DoD , technology , mobility , mobile devices , Apple , Google , iOS , iPhone , iPad , Android , mobile apps , Bruce Bennett , Jared Serbu , DoD Report
Army restarts email migrations, names new program manager
Deputy Chief Information Officer Mike Krieger wrote on the CIO's leadership blog that migrations resumed Monday after more than a two-month pause mandated by Congress.
Tags: technology , Army , Mike Krieger , cloud computing , enterprise email , John Howell , Jason Miller
DISA shuts down Internet access for Pentagon employees
The Defense Information Systems Agency shut down Internet access and BlackBerry service for Pentagon employees Thursday morning.
Tags: DoD , cybersecurity , Cybersecurity Update , BlackBerry , Internet access
