Tag Archives: mobile device

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …