In a three-day trip to Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates visited soldiers to get the “ground truth” directly from those in areas of conflict.
“These incredible young people, the enthusiasm they have, and they have some good feedback about partnering with the Afghans,” Gates said. “And talking to them directly always in some ways [...]
Last week, Secretary Napolitano announced the “National Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign Challenge.” This initiative will call upon industry leaders as well as the public to give ideas on how to enhance cybersecurity awareness.
In her address at a conference in San Francisco, Napolitano declared, “We need to recognize that those answers are found not just in Silicon [...]
President Obama proposed an IT budget of $3.3 billion for the VA Department for the fiscal year of 2011. Now the Senate panel has decided to add another 1% ($30 million) for fiscal 2011 for various projects.
The increased funds will go into projects that are in the Veterans Health Administration, as well as the Veterans [...]
A report issued by the National Research Council has indicated multiple issues in an environmental impact statement from the U.S. Army regarding its expansion of biocontainment laboratories at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md. The report was requested by Congress. However, the report also indicates that “current safety procedures and regulations at the labs meet or [...]
The Army’s chief information officer, Jeffrey Sorenson, is spearheading an effort to consolidate the Army’s email system. They also plan to outsource its operation to make it more efficient, cost-effective and secure.
The Army has invited companies who are bidding on the email contract to partner up with the Defense Information Systems Agency. DISA operates 13 [...]
Last Friday, the Department of Homeland Security announced that they plan to increase the number of airport body scanners with the $1 billion from the Recovery Act funds.
This advanced imaging technology has been rather controversial because it is in a way a “virtual strip search.” The Transportation Security Administration promises blurred images and remote viewing, [...]
President Obama will today tap Robert Harding, the retired Army major general, to lead TSA. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will make the announcement around noon today, according to administration sources.
Harding retired from the Army in 2001 after a 33-year-long career in the military. Some of his roles in the Army included most recently [...]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for developers to create applications for the iPhone or for handsets running Google’s Android OS that can be used in the tactical battlefield, for humanitarian assistance and in disaster-recovery efforts.
In a request posted on FedBizOpps earlier this week, DARPA wrote: “In today’s military, handheld systems are characterized [...]
Despite a recent loosening of restrictions by the U.S. Strategic Command on the use of removable flash media, such as thumb drives, the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force have continue to enforce their bans until policies and procedures for the devices have been developed.
“The Department of Defense banned flash-media devices over a year ago [...]
After a failed attempt with the private sector, the FCC will ask congress to foot the bill for a wireless communications network for improvement of emergency responders. The plan would cost an estimated $18 billion over the next ten years.
The new state of the art network would allow emergency responders to share information across states, [...]
