A Government Accountability Office review of the mobile device controls of 15 agencies found that a majority did not fully satisfy guidance on keeping inventories of the devices and associated services and monitoring related spending. GAO said in a report published Thursday that only five agencies managed an inventory of their devices and services …
Read More »Kimberly Rice: DISA Continues to Expand Unclassified Level Mobile Device Ecosystem
Kimberly Rice, mobility program manager at the Defense Information Systems Agency, has said the agency continues to grow the number of mobile devices managed at the unclassified level, C4ISR & Networks reported Monday. Amber Corrin writes DISA personnel, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force command units, Defense Threat Reduction Agency and …
Read More »NGA Releases Mobile App for Exploring Content Offline; Ben Tuttle Comments
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has rolled out a mobile application for users to load and display content on a mobile device even without a network connection. The Disconnected Interactive Content Explorer app is designed to help disaster response personnel, search-and-rescue teams and other users use content generated in HTML, CSS …
Read More »FBI to Equip Field Agents with Android Devices; David Rubin Comments
The FBI is set to deploy mobile devices that run the Android operating system to field agents and analysts in the coming weeks, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. David Rubin, assistant section chief and head of mobility at the FBI, told an AFCEA breakfast meeting that 30,000 devices will be …
Read More »NIST’s Craig Schlenoff: Mobile App Vetting Tool for Military Sees Commercial Interest
One of the 2014 GCN Award winners is an open source mobile application vetting tool that both the National Institute of Standards and Technology and George Mason University developed for the Defense Department, GCN reported Tuesday. Government and commercial users use AppVet to expedite the app testing and risk assessment process before deployment, …
Read More »Army Completes Development Phase of Cross Domain Device; Philip Payne Comments
The U.S. Army’s communications-electronics research, development and engineering center is set to perform connection testing on a cross-domain device following the completion of the development phase, SIGNAL Magazine reported Wednesday. Rita Boland writes the Tactical Army Cross Domain Information Sharing tool works to connect the Rifleman Radio with Nett Warrior …
Read More »DISA OKs BlackBerry’s Multi-Platform Enterprise Service for Defense Personnel; John Sims Comments
The Defense Information Systems Agency has approved BlackBerry’s multi-platform containerization system for use by Defense Department employees. Users will have access to BlackBerry’s workspace for iOS and Android devices through the BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 mobility management service, BlackBerry said Wednesday. John Sims, president of global enterprise services at BlackBerry, said the …
Read More »Marine Corps’ Rob Anderson: Navy, DISA Assess ID Verification Software for Military Members
The U.S. Navy and Defense Information Systems Agency are collaborating to develop and test a software system for verifying the identities of military members through a mobile device, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Aliya Sternstein writes the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command and DISA have developed prototype software that works to …
Read More »Air Force Begins to Distribute Apple Mobile Devices; Kevin Wooton Comments
The U.S. Air Force has started to distribute mobile devices that run Apple’s operating system across its enterprise as a replacement for Blackberry gadgets. Air Force executives have begun to transition to iOS devices and users that have completed that process will receive a start guide for using the devices, Air …
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