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DIA awards tasks to improve services delivery
The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded BAE Systems Inc. a pair of competitive task orders under the Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) contract, totaling approximately $350 million.
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Broadband consultant frustrated with Beltway policy making
Craig Settles, a broadband industry consultant and president of Successful.com, as a D.C. outsider is frustrated with the ways of decision-making inside the Beltway.
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Readying Patriot missiles for launch? There's an iPhone app for that, too
Pressing the keys on the mobile device won't actually launch the missile, but it will start a 3-D application to teach Patriot Missile crews about positioning and readying the Patriot system in order to launch and fire.
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Jenkins to be FAI director
Federal Acquisition Institute's acting director gets full-time position.
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Wanted: A few good DOD acquisition policies
The Defense Department is seeking industry recommendations on the military's acquisition practices as part of the next stage of its Better Buying Power Initiative, launched in 2010 by Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
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Cloud computing math — does it add up?
If you doubt the economic benefits of a governmentwide approach to cloud security, do the math.
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Obama's daughter recognizes successful spending
A movie sometimes can put government spending into a new perspective.
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Egypt’s revolution reveals cyber policy void
Regulations are needed to provide guidance on the role commercial service providers play in digital protest movements around the globe.
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Targeted attacks, IPv6 complicate cyber defense
Defense against emerging attacks such as advanced persistent threats and targeted worms requires more policy than technology, say industry officials at this week’s RSA Security Conference.
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Government to develop cybersecurity recruitment model
The results of a governmentwide survey will be used to identify the skills necessary for cybersecurity professionals, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
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Intelligence community to get CIO
President Barack Obama has picked a CIO for the intelligence community
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$4.5B budget cut won't keep Air Force from new ventures in 2012
Although the Air Force's budget is smaller for fiscal 2012, savings gained through efficiency measures will be applied to readiness and modernization, official says.
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Navy seeks to do 'more with less' in 2012
The Navy's budget request for fiscal 2012 focuses on technology and new equipment as well as cost and energy savings.
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Stuxnet had a full bag of tricks, report says
The Stuxnet worm targeted five organizations in Iran between June 2009 and May 2010, in an attempt to reprogram industrial control systems, according to a recent report from Symantec.
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Evasion techniques are latest cyber threat on the rise
Finnish security company Stonesoft, which announced a new class of evasion techniques for malicious exploits last year, said it has found 124 new advanced evasion techniques that could allow attackers to steal silently through most network defenses, but warns there are thousands, possibly millions more out there.
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Drones as do-it-yourself project?
Dawn Meyerriecks says DIY drones aren't out of the question.
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CMS, DOD officials honored for security work
C. Ryan Brewer, CISO at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn won awards at the RSA Conference.
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