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DISA clears way for mainframe upgrade
Unisys Corp. will continue to provide information technology services to the Defense Department under a five-year contract worth an estimated $187 million.
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Leaner defense budget aims for realistic reform
The Defense Department's $708 billion fiscal 2011 budget request closely adheres to priorities set forth in the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review.
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Agencies try to exploit 'free' data model
Blogger Brian Robinson was wondering how the business models would emerge to justify Data.gov and similar government Web sites. Here's one out of Massachusetts: Get the free market to do government's job for it.
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Agencies try to exploit 'free' data model
Blogger Brian Robinson was wondering how the business models would emerge to justify Data.gov and similar government Web sites. Here's one out of Massachusetts: Get the free market to do government's job for it.
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Natural selection: Defense contractors must adapt to survive
Contractors respond to shifting defense priorities with acquisitions, new marketing strategies and a never-ending push to get closer to their customers.
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Obama wants nearly $80B for IT projects
The administration has proposed only a small increase for IT spending in fiscal 2011.
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Multi-National Force - Iraq gets tech assistance
A unit of DRS Technologies Inc. will provide technical assistance for command and control functions to the Multi-National Force – Iraq under a $77.8 million contract.
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DARPA: Calling all cyber geneticists
A DARPA research program would combine technologies to apply genetics, anthropology, sociology and physiology to the identification of cyberattackers.
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Navy commissions cyber defense command
The Navy is the third military service to establish a cyber organization that will eventually report to the U.S. Cyber Command.
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Navy CIO Robert Carey talks Web 2.0
The Navy needs Web 2.0 technologies to communicate and collaborate with those outside of the military, says Navy CIO Robert Carey.
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Internet Alliance names new executive director
The D.C.-based Internet, e-commerce and technology advocacy group hopes the appointment of Tammy Cota will make a clear statement to lawmakers.
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When iPods are killers
iPods, smart phones and other personal devices are raising new questions about safety on the battlefield, on the beat and in other hazardous areas, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
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Army let contractor get too involved in program, IG says
DOD's IG found that a company helped develop a contract and then bid on it.
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Back to the beginning: Origins of Primitives in IT architecture
Dennis Wisnosky, chief technology officer of the Defense Department's Business Transformation Agency, discusses the evolution of Primitives as a way to develop a common language for system architectures.
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DOD turns to basic building blocks for common language
The Defense Department’s Business Transformation Agency is working on a unified language that makes it easier to translate user requirements into a format that developers can understand to build systems that address user needs.
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Cloud computing: 20 percent savings in five years?
The U.K. has high hopes for cloud computing (and open-source software and voice over IP, for that matter).
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