Navy Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency, has said the implementation of a new electronic health records system could help facilitate interoperability between mobile service personnel and healthcare providers. DHA said Friday Bono said during her keynote speech at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association event …
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The U.S. Army plans to award a contract by the end of September or in the first quarter of 2017 to support the service branch’s pilot program that aims to migrate applications from 11 data centers into the cloud, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. Mark Pomerleau writes Col. Rodney Swann, enterprise architecture chief …
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The Department of Homeland Security will start to accept video proposal submissions from contractors that want to show a visual aid with additional details as an alternative to traditional methods, Federal Times reported Tuesday. Kathleen Murphy writes the move supports the agency’s procurement innovation initiative and an overall DHS plan that looks to boost …
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The U.S. Navy plans to update information technology tools the service uses to maintain its fleet of ships as part of a larger effort to protect the vessels from cyber threats, Federal News Radio reported Thursday. Jared Serbu writes the project seeks to procure new IT products meant to replace …
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John Hale, chief of the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s cloud portfolio, has said commercial providers will maintain and operate DISA’s future milCloud 2.0 private cloud platform on Defense Department property with access only available to DoD data and users. Hale told an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association symposium audience that DISA plans to …
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Industry, military and government leaders at the Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium 2016 have said technological and cultural differences need to be addressed to form better acquisition systems, Signal magazine reported Thursday. Robert Ackerman writes the event hosted by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association from April 20 to 22 brought together speakers who …
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Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, has outlined the future requirements needed to help protect the Defense Department’s cyber infrastructure, Signal Magazine reported Tuesday. Sandra Jontz writes Lynn told an AFCEA D.C. Chapter event that the department’s cyber infrastructure in the future will call for …
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The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps seek to transition their enterprise data from government-controlled data centers to commercial cloud platforms, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jared Serbu writes the services plan to overhaul their Next Generation Enterprise Network contract and open the competition to commercial providers of information technology services. Navy …
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David Bray has served as the chief information officer of the Federal Communications Commission since 2013 and is in charge of the agency’s information technology transformation efforts. His team won the Association for Federal Information Resources Management’s 2015 cloud computing leadership award for the rollout of a new cloud-based IT at …
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Jim Preaskorn, program manager for the FBI’s Next Generation Identification program, has received the Excellence in Mission Award from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Bethesda chapter for the on-time and on-budget delivery of the 10-year, $1.1 billion biometrics program, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Jason Miller writes the …
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