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Marine Corps wants green IT partnership with Army, industry

The Marine Corps wants to collaborate with the Army and industry on green IT systems that would lighten the logistical loads for warfighters.

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Air Force activates new cyberspace defense unit

Combat communications wing supports new Space Command

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Army establishes new subordinate command for geospatial resources

The newly established Army Geospatial Center subordinate command will continue providing geospatial support Army battle command systems in the theater, but now will disseminate information to a wider audience across the battlefield environment.

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DOD looks to industry for best technologies to help combat troops

The Defense Department wants industry to lead the way to quickly acquire the tools of tomorrow’s trade.

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GAO finds DOD contractors have made progress on ethics

Some Defense Department contractors and DOD itself have made progress with ethics programs, but improvements are still needed, GAO reports.

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Marines arrange support for mobile operations centers

A General Dynamics unit will furnish the Marine Corps with on-the-ground operations equipment, networks and technical support for the force’s mobile Combat Operations Center (COC) program.

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DOD repurposed IT equipment without scrubbing sensitive info, audit reveals

Some DOD organizations have been sending IT hardware away for reuse without properly scrubbing sensitive data first, IG finds.

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Cyber threat calls for flexibility in command model

CIO William Lord discusses cyberwarfare, technological currency and blurring of boundaries.

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Navy could run two years late on business systems upgrade

Poor management controls are slowing the implementation of the Navy's Enterprise Resource Planning project and driving up costs, according to GAO.

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5 reasons why DOD should embrace social media (and 5 reasons why not)

We asked some experts to present the arguments on both sides of the debate over the use of social media at DOD.

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Joint Forces Command to test new network encryption

Unisys's Stealth technology is intended to allow separate secure virtual communities to coexist on a single network.

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Army expects new network to reduce costs 65 percent

The Army has ordered a new optical network linking White Sands and Fort Bliss that it expects to cut costs by more than half.

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Cartwright highlights coalition capabilities

Without rapid evolution of procurement, the enemy wins.

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DISA awards $17M gateway security contract

The contract covers licensing, network equipment, software and support for DISA's secure wireless data and e-mail infrastructure.

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Need for cultural change is driving force of transformation progress

Michael Krieger, the deputy chief information officer/G-6, remains upbeat about the future of military network infrastructure.

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Could a newly established command get lost in the Army shuffle?

Protecting the hundreds of U.S.-based communications networks is just the start; the command will also work to combine them all into a single enterprise network, an endeavor that is already making waves.

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Command and control must become command and feedback, says NATO commander

As the military and its culture evolves in an era instantaneous information sharing and coalition forces, so too must the notion of command and control evolve to the notion of command and feedback, said U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation.

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Future Combat Systems modernization still alive

The $160 billion Army Future Combat Systems (FCS) program is moving forward with modernization plans to enter a new phase that will incorporate some old technologies and new capabilities, an Army official said today.

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Cyber space operations face internal hurdles

Cyber operations face hurdles in bureaucracy, complexity as well as security threats.

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Army Microsoft moratorium nears its end

The moratorium on buying Microsoft software was established while officials negotiated a new enterprise licensing agreement.