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TIGR keeps troops in the field safer
Soldiers are embracing an information-sharing system they can call their own.
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DOD tests secure data sharing in the field
The Defense Department is testing a novel form of network encryption that fuses standard encryption with bit-splitting data packets.
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Army puts ground sensor program on fast track
The Army plans to bring networked sensors to the battlefield as part of the first stage of the Early Infantry Brigade Combat Team program.
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U.S. would lose a cyber war, former intell chief warns
The country needs to make a national commitment to securing cyberspace before a catastropic attack occurs.
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GSA names 3 regional administrators
GSA announces administrators for its Northwest, Southeast and Heartland regions.
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DOD details strict flash drive rules
A DOD policy that bans using flash drives was relaxed recently because of adjustments made to Defense Department computer systems. But that doesn't mean there are no more limitations on their use.
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Forge.mil provider acquires project management business
CollabNet, the provider of the software development platform behind the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Forge.mil, has acquired Danube, a provider of Scrum project management solutions.
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Chopra delivers state of the union address for technology
Federal Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra keynoted The Atlantic magazine's State of the Union for Technology event today.
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Army vows to cut 7,000 contractor jobs this year
The Army intends to insource 7,162 positions this fiscal year and 11,000 more jobs from fiscal 2011 to 2015, official says.
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Feds will play a big part in broadband push
The Federal Communications Commission is slated to publish its big plan for faster broadband adoption in about three weeks, but that won’t be the only federal government involvement.
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Navy looks to advance cyber defense
The Navy wants algorithms that can be used for malware detection and to distinguish between legitimate and malicious traffic.
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Pentagon offers online NSPS transition course
The training program is an information primer for the 200,000 employees who will be transitioning out of the National Security Personnel System.
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Navy arranges support for joint special ops programs
Science Applications International Corp. will provide technical and engineering services to the Navy under a five-year task order that could be worth more than $351 million if all options are exercised.
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Small-biz Powertek gets prominent ex-fed as COO
Dan Mintz, former Transportation Department chief information officer under the Bush administration, has left Computer Sciences Corp. to become chief operating officer at Powerteck.
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To USB or not to USB
USB thumb drives are very useful for transporting data between computers--as well as introducing malware into sensitive computer systems.
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DOD lifts ban on USB drives
The Defense Department has lifted its 15-month-old ban on USB drives and other portable media, a restriction that had proved to be unpopular as well as potentially unenforceable.
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Army wants to soup up Shadow UAV
Army officials are contemplating issuing a solicitation to boost the capabilities of the Shadow RQ-7C unmanned aerial vehicle, reports Kate Brannen at Defense News.
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Former L.A. police chief tapped to kick off GovSec conference
Bill Bratton built the Los Angeles Police Department's state-of-the-art counter-terrorism capabilities in the wake of the terrorist attacks in 2001.
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