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STRATCOM chief of staff gets nod for DISA directorship
Army Major General Carroll F. Pollett has been nominated for the directorship of the Defense Information Systems Agency, and command of Joint Task Force – Global Network Operations.
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DOD overlooks key security issues, GAO says
Government Accountability Office reports that as the Defense Department consolidated two command centers some security threats weren't considered.
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Military voters can cast ballots online
The Overseas Vote Foundation has released an online tool to give U.S. military personnel and other citizens living overseas quick access to the Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot.
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New technology will make defense archives accessible
DARPA has awarded BAE Systems a contract to develop and demonstrate technology for the Video and Image Retrieval and Analysis Tool program.
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Air Force to get new satellite tracking station
Honeywell Technology Solutions will design and build the Transportable Remote Tracking Station for the Satellite Contact Network.
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Army business services work goes to Booz Allen
The contractor will help the Army National Guard simplify its business processes.
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DOD taps SAIC to assist in defeating IEDs
The award from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization calls for SAIC to design, implement, operate and maintain the organization’s Enterprise Management System.
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Navy seeks white papers, proposals for C4ISR
White papers and full proposals detailing research and prototype development as it relates to net-centric command operations are due by Sept. 16, 2009.
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TBI patients to be part of Army pilot text program
The Army is seeking to develop a text-messaging system to communicate with service members suffering from traumatic brain injury, which would help health care providers monitor patients as well as prompt them to take treatment actions.
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ITAA takes on how to protect controlled unclassified information
The Information Technology Association of America is developing a response to a Defense Department request for information on protecting CUIs.
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Bowman: Technology needs to evolve with needs of troops
The director of the J-6, U.S. Central Command, told the Army Team C4ISR 2008 Joint Symposium attendees that waiting until as long as 2010 for new capabilities is too long.
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Some military doctors let the software do the typing
Though not everyone has access to it yet, the new Dragon Medical 10 software is providing some military medical practitioners, including a few in Iraq, with the latest voice-recognition software.
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Army awards ICF training contract
The company will administer the Learning Education Training Services program for the Army’s Maryland Procurement Office.
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Via: C4ISR Development Army's top priority
Developing systems and capabilities for warfighters continues to be a priority for the Army, but working with industry to sustain existing systems will also receive new focus, Maj. Gen. Dennis Via said at the Army Team C4ISR 2008 Joint Symposium.
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Congress leans toward open source-software
The House's proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, H.R. 5658, includes language that calls for the services to consider open-source software when procuring aerial vehicles, which could have broader implications for the military.
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The DARPA of geospatial
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s University Research Initiatives awards grants to investigate topics related to geospatial intelligence, some of which seem, at first, to be pretty far afield.
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Marine Corps awards BearingPoint identity management work
The company will develop an identity and access management approach and supply the integration services necessary to make it operational.
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Bush administration might veto Defense bill
Administration threatens to veto a Defense Authorization bill that limits use of contractors.
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Air Force names Harris in IT support contract
The network and space operations and maintenance contract calls for Harris Technical Services to provide the Air Force Space Command’s 50th Space Wing with a range of operations and support services.
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