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Tuesday, June 30, 2020
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. -- Information technology experts at Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC) ...
Monday, June 29, 2020
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) Fleet Readiness Directorate’s Cybersecurity Office ...
Friday, June 19, 2020
Artificial intelligence by itself is not a game changer, but when it's paired with humans, it can be a great tool — ...
Wednesday, June 3, 2020
CRANE, Ind. – The NavalX Midwest Tech Bridge, which is based out of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division (NSWC ...
Friday, May 29, 2020
FORT LEE, Va., May 26, 2020 — The Defense Contract Management Agency’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment ...
Thursday, May 14, 2020
CORONA, Calif. (NNS) -- Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) James “Hondo” Geurts ...
Monday, April 27, 2020
CORONA, Calif. – The Department of the Navy will begin accepting proposals from innovative startups and small businesses for ...
April-June 2020 Issue
ARLINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- On May 13, 2020, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Information Warfare and Enterprise ...
April-June 2020 Issue
HAMPTON ROADS, VA. – Assistant Secretary of the Navy (ASN) for Research, Development and Acquisition (RDA) James Geurts ...
April-June 2020 Issue
Vice Adm. Jeff Trussler, a native of Oklahoma and a member of the Cherokee Nation, assumed duties as deputy chief of Naval ...
April-June 2020 Issue
Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) and Space Systems continues ...
April-June 2020 Issue
As COVID-19 spread across the world, life as we knew it changed. Within a matter of weeks, school districts and colleges ...
April-June 2020 Issue
Change in the Department of the Navy (DON) is a regular occurrence with the establishment and disestablishment of projects ...
April-June 2020 Issue
It was late February, just three months ago, that we were preparing for the DON IT Conference in San Diego. At the time ...
Friday, March 27, 2020
The Administration released the highly anticipated National Strategy to Secure 5G of the United States this week. The ...
Friday, March 13, 2020
The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer Aaron Weis was the Monday luncheon keynote speaker at the WEST ...
Monday, March 9, 2020
The Defense Department's chief management officer is leading each of the military, departmentwide reviews with the aim of ...
Friday, March 6, 2020
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — The Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) currently holds 75 patents with another ...
Friday, February 7, 2020
Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper's Defense-Wide Review is paying off, with $5.7 billion freed up for more important ...
Thursday, January 30, 2020
While the Defense Department is modernizing and undergoing needed reform and improving readiness, adversaries are moving ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic held a Technical Exchange Jan. 8 in Charleston, South Carolina as part of a ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
KEYPORT, Wash. (NNS) -- The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport is able to quickly pivot and respond to ...
January-March 2020 Issue
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly cited three critical pressurizing mandates that are limiting the DON’s ability ...
January-March 2020 Issue
Background
Over the last few years, the importance of fully exploiting organizational data for data-driven decisions has ...
January-March 2020 Issue
The Department of the Navy’s first Chief Digital Innovation Officer Mike Galbraith holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in ...
January-March 2020 Issue
The Department of the Navy’s first Chief Data Officer, Thomas Sasala, was designated in his position in October 2019. He ...
January-March 2020 Issue
The DON’s first-ever, Chief Technology Officer, Jane Rathbun, is dual-hatted as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for ...
Friday, December 13, 2019
Protecting the nation's warfighters and enabling them to win on the battlefield is the driving force behind the Defense ...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
In December, the Defense Department will fully implement an adaptive acquisition framework designed to speed acquisition and ...
October-December 2019 Issue
After two years serving as your Secretary of the Navy, it is time to update the department’s vision and goals. We’ve ...
Monday, July 15, 2019
The National Science Foundation (NSF) contributes to our nation's economic strength and national security through basic ...
April-June 2019 Issue
The Navy’s Shore and Expeditionary Program Office (PMW 790) is about to do the first field tests on a new project that, if ...
Monday, April 1, 2019
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif.—On a rather secluded and undeveloped piece of Southern California coastline lies a succession of ...
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Greetings!
I was reminded this month that it has been a year since I assumed command of DISA and the Joint Force ...
Friday, February 8, 2019
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic participated in a number of key industry engagements in 2018 aimed at ...
Thursday, January 10, 2019
WASHINGTON -- This week the Department of Defense launched the Defense-Industry Talent Exchange Pilot Program. This ...
January-March 2019 Issue
The Navy’s Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) is reaping the ...
Monday, December 10, 2018
The United States has led the world in innovation, research and technology development since World War II, but that ...
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Advanced Technology International (ATI) of Summerville, in collaboration with Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command ...
Friday, November 16, 2018
WASHINGTON -- Space, known as the final frontier, is something the Defense Department would like to explore, Deputy Defense ...
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
The Defense Information Systems Agency and industry met for a Forecast to Industry 2018 event Nov. 5 at the BWI Airport ...
Friday, October 26, 2018
On Oct. 25, the Defense Digital Service (DDS) announced the expansion of an initiative to cultivate and engage technical ...
Monday, October 1, 2018
In his September message to the DoD team, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan, encouraged the department to ...
October-December 2018 Issue
Defense Secretary James Mattis writes in a preamble to the Provide for the Common Defense report that: “The Bipartisan ...
October-December 2018 Issue
Quantum information science will contribute to one of the next revolutions in computing, but realizing that promise will ...
Monday, September 24, 2018
The Defense Information Systems Agency’s cloud portfolio includes infrastructure, compute, storage and security services. ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
An effective IT asset management (ITAM) solution can harness physical and virtual assets and provide an organization’s ...
Monday, September 10, 2018
The Defense Information Systems Agency’s ENCORE III Small Business Set-Aside Suite is now available. This contracting ...
Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Big data analytics—the process of examining massive data sets containing a variety of data types to uncover hidden patterns, ...
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (DASN (RDT&E)), in collaboration with ...
Friday, June 15, 2018
The Defense Information Systems Agency announced today that it awarded its $7.5 billion Systems Engineering, Technology, and ...
Thursday, May 17, 2018
DAHLGREN, Va. — The new Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) Economic Impact Study closely examines the ...
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Executive Deputy Director Tony Montemarano hosted a DISA familiarization workshop ...
Thursday, May 10, 2018
WASHINGTON -- Dana Deasy took his oath as the Defense Department’s chief information officer here May 7, and spoke on the ...
Monday, May 7, 2018
Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems have significantly advanced in recent years. However, they ...
Monday, May 7, 2018
SOUTHBRIDGE, Mass. -- The world has changed dramatically as technology capabilities have gone global, and the United States’ ...
Friday, May 4, 2018
WASHINGTON -- The naval enterprise is investing in its people and capabilities to build a more lethal force in the age of ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
NORFOLK, Va. -- It’s been said that necessity is the mother of invention ...
“Consolidating to the Navy Enterprise ...
Friday, April 20, 2018
WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department must embrace a more agile approach to technology development to keep pace with rapidly ...
Thursday, April 12, 2018
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is releasing a publication that it said will help organizations to ...
April-June 2018 Issue
All 10 NAVSEA Warfare Center Divisions soon will be using the Electronic Cost Reporting and Financial Tracking (eCRAFT) ...
April-June 2018 Issue
Department of the Navy information management and information technology professionals gathered together to learn about the ...
April-June 2018 Issue
The DoD ESI program, primarily staffed by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Pacific, was featured as an IT ...
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2018 — The Defense Department needs to speed its acquisition processes and allow decisions at a lower ...
Monday, February 12, 2018
Presentations given during the DON IT conference sessions held in San Diego, California, Feb. 6-8, are now available by ...
January-March 2018 Issue
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Under Secretary of the Navy, Thomas Modly, released a memorandum March 16 announcing a significant ...
January-March 2018 Issue
It takes flexibility, innovation and efficiency to put the best information warfare products in the hands of warfighters. ...
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Program managers from two Navy program executive offices participated in an industry workshop panel at ...
Monday, August 14, 2017
The 29th Annual National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Department of the Navy (DON) Gold Coast Small Business ...
Friday, July 14, 2017
New National Institute of Standards and Technology guidance will help organizations perform a step-by-step analysis to ...
July-September 2017 Issue
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2017 — The U.S. military is today the most powerful and technologically advanced fighting force on the ...
July-September 2017 Issue
The current Department of the Navy Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) processes do not adequately ...
July-September 2017 Issue
To achieve a unified position and focus on IT priorities, the DON Chief Information Officer has established a process to ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Presentations given during the DON IT conference sessions held in Norfolk, Virginia, May 16-18, are now available by ...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
The DON IT Conference East 2017 schedule is now available. For those not attending in person, conference sessions will be ...
Thursday, April 27, 2017
Are you a small business interested in meeting DON IT leaders?
The DON IT Conference East 2017 will include a Small ...
Thursday, March 16, 2017
ARLINGTON, Va.-Think of military-themed multiplayer games, and first-person shooter successes like "Call of Duty" or "Halo" ...
Friday, January 13, 2017
NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA-209) recently announced a ...
January-March 2017 Issue
Terry Halvorsen assumed the duties as the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer effective March 8, 2015. He ...
January-March 2017 Issue
Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer Rob Foster said the chief mission of the DON CIO in writing information ...
January-March 2017 Issue
Testing is a major component of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), constituting a prominent cost driver for both ...
Friday, December 16, 2016
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October-December 2016 Issue
In his A Design for Maritime Superiority, CNO Adm. John Richardson stated: “These three forces — the forces at play in the ...
October-December 2016 Issue
Join us at the DON IT Conference in San Diego, California, from 21-23 Feb! Learn about new and emerging IT policy and ...
October-December 2016 Issue
Janice C. Haith became Director, Deputy Department of Navy Chief Information Officer (Navy) in April 2010, to the Deputy ...
October-December 2016 Issue
WASHINGTON, January 17, 2017 -- Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN), program managers of the U.S. Department of the Navy’s (DON) ...
October-December 2016 Issue
SECNAV Ray Mabus has signed the Naval Innovation Network (NIN) Charter, formalizing the enduring legacy of Task Force ...
October-December 2016 Issue
As you might imagine, Marine Corps C4 has a substantial to-do list to expand information technology connectivity for ...
Friday, August 12, 2016
(ALL HANDS 5 AUG 16)... In May 2015, 95-year-old Jean Marie Dorn Lowman wanted nothing more than to see her granddaughter, ...
Monday, July 25, 2016
In a time of budgetary constraints, DISA has acquired $9.7 million from the DoD Office of Small Business Programs (OSBP) to ...
July-September 2016 Issue
For years, the Navy IT Service Management Office has emphasized that international standards and industry best practice are ...
July-September 2016 Issue
In a recent article, “Thinking Slow on Cybersecurity,” Capt. Zimmerman, the Deputy Command Information Officer at Naval Sea ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
The Department of Defense Information Technology Portfolio Repository/ Department of the Navy Applications and Database ...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2016 -- Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN), program managers of the U.S. Department of the Navy’s (DON) ...
April-June 2016 Issue
Washington, D.C., July 25, 2016 -- The Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN) Program Management Office (PMW 205), on behalf of the ...
April-June 2016 Issue
Capt. Michael N. Abreu was appointed the Program Manager of the Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN) Program Office (PMW 205) in ...
April-June 2016 Issue
The Department of Defense introduced the concept of the Joint Information Environment (JIE) to enable a secure information ...
April-June 2016 Issue
Erle Marion is the commercial hosting lead for Data Center Application & Optimization in the office of the Program Executive ...
April-June 2016 Issue
The National Contract Management Association (NCMA) awarded a Space and Naval Warfare System Command (SPAWAR) contracting ...
April-June 2016 Issue
The National Contract Management Association (NCMA) has awarded a Space and Naval Warfare System Command (SPAWAR) ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
The DON IT Conference has been approved and will be held Feb. 17-18, 2016, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Today, the Department of the Navy submitted our FY17 budget request of $165 billion to Congress. Here’s what it means for ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2017 defense budget request provides the resources for implementing America’s national ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Rear Adm. William K. Lescher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Budget, briefed the Department of the Navy’s Fiscal ...
Monday, February 1, 2016
Registration is open for the DON IT Conference, West Coast 2016, until February 5. It has been approved for February 17-18, ...
Monday, January 11, 2016
In the not so distant past, spending seven years to usher capabilities through the acquisition process was the accepted ...
January-March 2016 Issue
Brig. Gen. Dennis A. Crall assumed the duties of Director – Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4), Headquarters ...
January-March 2016 Issue
The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 DON IT Awards.
The DON ...
January-March 2016 Issue
In November 2014, the Secretary of Defense cited America’s eroding dominance in key warfighting areas when calling for “a ...
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC, October 28, 2015 -- Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN), managers of the U.S. Department of the Navy’s (DON) ...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
October 6, 2015 — Data-driven acquisition and procurement policies are creating savings in production and development ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
ST. LOUIS, September 14, 2015 — The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s "Wait, What?" Future Technology Forum ...
Friday, August 14, 2015
On Aug. 12, 2015, the DON CIO signed the DON Business Case Analysis policy, "Use of Information Technology Business Case ...
Monday, June 15, 2015
The DON CIO Town Hall, scheduled to take place at the DON IT Conference June 18, has been rescheduled to begin at 8:45 AM, ...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
The Joint Information Environment (JIE) continues to serve as the Department of Defense’s (DoD) principal initiative to ...
Friday, April 24, 2015
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2015 – Defense Secretary Ash Carter today unveiled the Defense Department’s second cyber strategy to ...
Thursday, April 2, 2015
PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert and Rep. Jeff Miller (R-Fla.) stressed the ...
Thursday, April 2, 2015
NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md., April 1, 2015 – The Defense Department's top acquisition official yesterday made his ...
April-June 2015 Issue
Acquisition commands face constant challenges to prioritize program affordability, increase productivity and reduce cost. ...
April-June 2015 Issue
Thanks so much, Jim, and thank you to all of you here today. For 50 years the Navy League, through Sea-Air-Space, has ...
April-June 2015 Issue
As the Navy’s Information Dominance systems command, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command develops, delivers and ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2015 – This year, the Defense Department will move aggressively to reverse the trend of chronic ...
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Background
Command and control (C2) is an integral part of today’s advanced information technologies. Today, ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia—The spirit of competition in industry just saved the Marine Corps $2 million. By ...
Friday, February 13, 2015
SPAWAR Cyber Imperatives, Efficiency Efforts and Fiscal Constraints Highlighted During West 2015— Space and Naval Warfare ...
Monday, February 2, 2015
President Barack Obama today sent Congress a proposed Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Department of Defense budget request of $585.3 ...
Monday, February 2, 2015
Final preparations have been made for the DON IT Conference, Feb. 10-12, 2015, at the San Diego Convention Center in San ...
Thursday, January 15, 2015
The DON IT Conference, West Coast 2015 schedule is now available. The conference will be held Feb. 10-12, 2015, at the San ...
January-March 2015 Issue
A recently issued Defense Department directive, DoDD 5144.02, clarifies the many responsibilities of the DoD Chief ...
January-March 2015 Issue
The Defense Department is migrating to a new official enterprise collaboration tool, Defense Collaboration Service (DCS), ...
January-March 2015 Issue
Once upon a time, it was a hard sell to get people to care about cybersecurity. Cybersecurity professionals were viewed as ...
January-March 2015 Issue
The San Diego Furnace Technology Transfer Accelerator is a new startup accelerator launching in Southern California that ...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Nominations are being accepted for the DON IM/IT Excellence Awards. Submissions are due Jan. 7, 2015.
The DON IM/IT ...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2014 – The 2014 Defense Acquisition Workforce Awards were handed out today during a Pentagon ceremony in ...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Every day in the Navy, rounds are fired, fuel is burned, and meals are consumed by our men and women who stand the watch. ...
Friday, December 5, 2014
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) — With technology rapidly growing and evolving and thousands of Sailors assigned to each ship, an ...
Thursday, December 4, 2014
The Department of Defense (DoD) recently announced the Defense Innovation Initiative (DII) as a Department-wide effort to ...
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department seeks technology and innovative ideas as part of its Long Range Research Development ...
Monday, December 1, 2014
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently hosted more than 100 experts for discussions on how science and ...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (NNS) -- A ceremony was held on Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 10 to mark the disestablishment of U.S. ...
Friday, October 10, 2014
Rear Adm. Mike Moran, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) commander, addressed the general membership of the ...
October-December 2014 Issue
We are making progress in our efforts to transcend the organizational constructs, processes and technologies of the past. A ...
October-December 2014 Issue
The Department of the Navy’s (DON) Enterprise Software Licensing (ESL) Program Office (PMM-110) has saved the Navy and ...
October-December 2014 Issue
Thanks to NAVSEA at Port Hueneme, all Department of Navy (DON) employees with a navy.mil or usmc.mil email address can now ...
October-December 2014 Issue
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (OPNAV N2/N6) Vice Adm. Ted Branch has announced that the Navy is ...
October-December 2014 Issue
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a series designed to highlight the products and services of the Navy IT ...
Thursday, August 21, 2014
SAN DIEGO - The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, on behalf of the Program Executive Office for Command, Control, ...
July-September 2014 Issue
The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (N2/N6) is the Navy's lead office for resourcing ...
July-September 2014 Issue
Mr. Darren Sawyer is the Senior Advisor for Navy Intelligence Enterprise Information Technology for the Deputy Chief of ...
July-September 2014 Issue
In today’s rapidly evolving environment, the information technology, management processes, and administrative functions of ...
July-September 2014 Issue
Dr. John A. Zangardi assumed the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Command, Control, Communications, ...
July-September 2014 Issue
Dr. Sullivan was a senior director at RMS, a global risk modeling firm, where she led the development of multidisciplinary ...
July-September 2014 Issue
In the last several months there have been many changes in the departments of Defense and the Navy in the offices of the ...
July-September 2014 Issue
Recently, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus released the FY14-16 DON Transformation Plan , a comprehensive set of guidelines ...
July-September 2014 Issue
Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in a series designed to highlight the products and services of the Navy IT ...
July-September 2014 Issue
During the CIO Town Hall at the DON IT Conference in June, I briefed the audience on several information technology ...
July-September 2014 Issue
Valerie Carpenter serves as the Program Manager for the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Program, an Acquisition ...
July-September 2014 Issue
Q: What are some of the major programs in the PEO EIS portfolio that support the DON’s business IT needs?
A: Everything ...
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
ARLINGTON, Va. — From unmanned vehicles to explosive-resistant coatings, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), Naval Research ...
April-June 2014 Issue
Think before you speak. Plan before you act. These are just two of the tried-and-true principles we are taught in our ...
Monday, March 24, 2014
Seventy years ago in 1944, the first Navy warship to be named for a woman was launched – USS Higbee (DD 806), named for ...
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Two teams from Information Systems and Infrastructure at Marine Corps Systems Command have received Information Management ...
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Department of the Navy released its proposed $148 billion budget for fiscal year 2015 (FY15), March ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The Department of Defense (DOD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) has just completed its fiscal year ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The Department of Defense and U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) jointly released a report today, “Improving ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
You may recall that one of the U.S. Navy’s own was featured in the December 9, 2013, Google doodle.
Yes, indeed, it ...
Thursday, January 16, 2014
ARLINGTON, Va.— The handheld mortar has long been a staple for the U.S. Marine Corps, and yesterday the weapon got a major ...
Thursday, January 16, 2014
ARLINGTON, Va. — A laser with the potential to jam heat-seeking missiles and sniff out chemicals is one of 358 technologies ...
Thursday, January 16, 2014
ARLINGTON, Va.—A faster, more precise way to create cockpit enclosures may end up saving the F-35 Lightning II program a ...
January-March 2014 Issue
Capt. Michael N. Abreu was appointed the Program Manager of the Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN) Program Office (PMW 205) in ...
January-March 2014 Issue
Department of the Navy personnel are another step closer to the kind of enterprise computing power they need to meet mission ...
January-March 2014 Issue
My Navy Portal (MNP) is a program to build an integrated portal that consolidates the Navy’s Human Resource (HR) portals, ...
January-March 2014 Issue
In July 2010, Rear Adm. Klunder reported as director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Capabilities Division, ...
January-March 2014 Issue
The current budget realities faced by the Department of the Navy have created for us a "new normal." And though we still ...
January-March 2014 Issue
Wireless service companies provide their customers with “dashboards” detailing their usage trends to substantiate charges. ...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus directed the office of the Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy/Deputy Chief ...
April-June 2013 Issue
As deputy director and CIO for C4, Mr. Jack formulates and provides broad policy guidance governing information technology, ...
January-March 2013 Issue
Mr. Terry Halvorsen is the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO). Shortly after being named DON CIO in ...
January-March 2013 Issue
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic officials were notified Oct. 26 that the center was selected to receive the ...
October-December 2012 Issue
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein said these words ...
October-December 2012 Issue
During the past two years, the Department of the Navy laid the groundwork for information technology efficiencies that will ...
October-December 2012 Issue
On April 17, Fleet Cyber Command (FLTCYBERCOM) and Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN) Program Office (PMW 205) launched the ...
October-December 2012 Issue
The Navy buys several billion dollars of non-weapon system and non-C4ISR system IT and IT support services each year. ...
October-December 2012 Issue
Mr. Robert J. Carey serves as the Department of Defense Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer. Selected to this ...
October-December 2012 Issue
In a letter titled “Navy Information Dominance Way Ahead” dated Sept. 8, 2011, the Chief of Naval Operations directed the ...
October-December 2012 Issue
Good people and good ideas have a way of rising to the top; so the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer is ...
July-September 2012 Issue
Why does the Department of the Navy need to align its business information technology and processes, and what is the DON ...
July-September 2012 Issue
Previous to his position as Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Chief Management Officer, Mr. Fanning was deputy ...
July-September 2012 Issue
Billions of dollars are invested in commercial software across the Defense Department annually, but licensing rights are ...
January-March 2012 Issue
To continue supporting the operational forces stationed around the world, protecting the nation and providing humanitarian ...
January-March 2012 Issue
To achieve the most efficient use of communications-electronics (C-E) resources, the required capabilities of systems and ...
January-March 2012 Issue
At the direction of the Chief of Naval Operations, and in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for ...
January-March 2012 Issue
The federal government's "cloud first" policy, as part of the Federal Chief Information Officer's "25 Point Implementation ...
January-March 2012 Issue
Rear Adm. Joseph Mulloy assumed responsibilities as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Budget (FMB)/Director, Fiscal ...
October-December 2011 Issue
It has been a busy year for the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer staff and the information technology ...
October-December 2011 Issue
Signs of the severity of the economic crisis are all around us — we are reminded daily in the news, by our leadership and in ...
October-December 2011 Issue
Robert O. Work was confirmed as the Under Secretary of the Navy May 19, 2009. In this capacity, Work serves as the deputy ...
October-December 2011 Issue
Since the Chief of Naval operations combined the Office of the Director of Naval Intelligence (N2) and the Office of the ...
October-December 2011 Issue
The DoD CIO serves as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense for information management/information technology ...
July-September 2011 Issue
Efficiency is the watchword of the Department of Defense as Defense Secretary Robert Gates implemented business reforms and ...
July-September 2011 Issue
The DON Information Management/Information Technology/Cyberspace Campaign Plan for Fiscal Years 2011-2013 outlines the ...
July-September 2011 Issue
In response to spiraling costs and the economic downturn, the Defense Department and each of the services are examining ways ...
July-September 2011 Issue
The Department of the Navy must change the way it manages its business information technology (IT) systems. It is the ...
July-September 2011 Issue
As all personnel within the Department of Defense and across the federal government are well aware, this is an era of ...
April-June 2011 Issue
The Under Secretary of the Navy tasked the department to leverage Defense Department IT consolidation efforts and rethink ...
April-June 2011 Issue
The Department of Defense, through its various commands and programs, contracts a significant number of cellular ...
April-June 2011 Issue
In the January-March 2011 issue of CHIPS, the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer announced the DON CIO's role ...
January-March 2011 Issue
David Wennergren was selected to become the new Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer (DCMO) for the Department of ...
January-March 2011 Issue
As the DON CIO, Mr. Halvorsen heads the Office of the DON CIO and is the DON's senior official and adviser on matters ...
October-December 2010 Issue
The Making of the CIO
"The Power of Team: The Making of a CIO," a seminal book written by the Department of the Navy Chief ...
October-December 2010 Issue
Vice Adm. Jack Dorsett, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (N2/N6), Director of Naval Intelligence ...
April-June 2010 Issue
Sponsored by the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Medical Resources, Plans and Policy Division (OPNAV N931), the ...
April-June 2010 Issue
Introduction
Software as a Service (SaaS) has become a hot topic over the past few years. As a result of this heightened ...
January-March 2010 Issue
The year 2010 marks the end and the beginning of an era in naval information technology. After 10 years of the Navy Marine ...
October-December 2009 Issue
The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer has released the DON CIO Campaign Plan for FY 2010, which outlines the ...
October-December 2009 Issue
The Navy's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program reached another successful milestone with the completion of the ...
October-December 2009 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) Chief Information Officer recently released the DON Enterprise Architecture Version 1.0 ...
July-September 2009 Issue
In this podcast, Rear Adm. Bill Goodwin, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for the Next Generation Enterprise Network ...
July-September 2009 Issue
The Office of Naval Research teamed with an automobile industry leader to explore energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly ...
July-September 2009 Issue
The year was 1978 – the Bee Gees' "Night Fever" ruled the charts; "Mork and Mindy" first hit the airwaves; and it cost 15 ...
July-September 2009 Issue
There is an old saying about how to assess the value of real estate: "Location, Location, Location," and this adage works ...
April-June 2009 Issue
In this ever-tightening budget environment, the Department of the Navy (DON) has undertaken a strategic sourcing pilot ...
April-June 2009 Issue
Vice Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr. is the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communication Networks (OPNAV N6) and the ...
October-December 2008 Issue
When the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) working group met for the first time in the fall of ...
October-December 2008 Issue
Management of Naval Surface Forces (NAVSURFOR) is organized under the Surface Warfare Enterprise (SWE), an organizational ...
October-December 2008 Issue
Mine countermeasure ship Sailors will soon see a fix to correct the design flaw on the diesel engine exhaust flanges which ...
July-September 2008 Issue
The Advanced Sensor Distribution System (ASDS) Laboratory, also known as the AN/SPQ-14(V) or ASDS lab, is a small lab with a ...
July-September 2008 Issue
In today's high-tech world, a project manager must use a variety of skills to develop, execute and implement a successful ...
July-September 2008 Issue
The Secretary of the Navy joined the Department of Energy (DOE) in Washington, D.C., recently to recognize Fleet Readiness ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Predicting best-case or worst-case scenarios — and any scenario in between — for more accurate cost models and decision ...
July-September 2008 Issue
A major milestone in the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning program was achieved May 12 in ERP's acquisition life cycle. The ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Congratulations are in order for individuals and teams throughout the Department of the Navy. The DON Chief Information ...
April-June 2008 Issue
It's not every day that the Navy opens a state-of-the-art facility for conducting and coordinating live and virtual training ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Are you one of the many who struggle through the sometimes agonizing process of defining your requirements, searching for a ...
April-June 2008 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) is leading the way in preparing its military and civilian leaders to manage effectively and ...
April-June 2008 Issue
As the Acting Director for the Office of Technology Transition (OTT), Ms. Cynthia Gonsalves is responsible for formulating ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Q: Can you talk about the logistics tail? In the competition between vendors, how are maintenance and repair ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Authorized by Title 10, U.S.C. Sec 2359b, the Defense Acquisition Challenge Program (DACP), part of the Office of the Deputy ...
April-June 2008 Issue
The Joint Tactical Radio System, the once troubled Defense Department major acquisition program for developing and procuring ...
January-March 2008 Issue
Vice Admiral Cotton graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in June 1973 with a degree in aerospace engineering. Earning his ...
January-March 2008 Issue
OFFUTT AFB, NE. – Oct. 16, 2007. Business transformation needs of the Unified Combatant Commands were again on the agenda ...
January-March 2008 Issue
A good idea, well-executed and with value to the customer now, and in the future, is the key to any good product and its ...
October-December 2007 Issue
Introduction
Several federal directives have placed high priority on performance measurement. These include the ...
October-December 2007 Issue
Responding to today's threats requires innovation, agility and creative strategies, said Maj. Gen. Stephen Johnson, deputy ...
July-September 2007 Issue
A recently married young lady asked her parents for money to build a new, single-family home. The parents asked some ...
July-September 2007 Issue
The Surface Combat Systems Center performs vital work focused on Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS) ...
July-September 2007 Issue
To maintain U.S. Navy maritime supremacy around the globe and respond to a multitude of humanitarian, peacekeeping and ...
April-June 2007 Issue
The FORCEnet construct began as a systematic methodology for the Navy to optimize information for tactical advantage. Since ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Consider that in the 21st century, communications, media, information and information services will become 50 percent of ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Collaboration on Field Manual 3-24 - Counterinsurgency began in 2004. It had been 20 years since the Army published a formal ...
April-June 2007 Issue
The transformation of information technology (IT) over the past 25 years has had a significant impact on the Department of ...
April-June 2007 Issue
The core business areas for Navy Region Southwest include human resources management, legal, administrative processes, ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Trident Warrior is the primary FORCEnet Sea Trial series of experiments sponsored by the Naval Network Warfare Command ...
April-June 2007 Issue
It was June 18, 1988, when the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management chartered the establishment of the ...
January-March 2007 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) Information Management and Information Technology Conference is a great opportunity to meet ...
January-March 2007 Issue
A component of the DON Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Program is remediation of vulnerabilities identified by ...
January-March 2007 Issue
In January 2006, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) announced the standup of a separate N6 Directorate for Navy as part of ...
January-March 2007 Issue
Speakers at the 11th annual Naval NETWAR FORCEnet Enterprise and Industry Conference unveiled plans to tackle current ...
October-December 2006 Issue
In 2004, Dr. Lawrence was selected as Associate Technical Director – Transitions for the Office of Naval Research with ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Dr. Patricia Gruber joined the Office of Naval Research in December 2005 as the Director of Research. She is responsible to ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Dr. Starnes E. Walker joined the Office of Naval Research in September 2004 and serves as the technical director and chief ...
October-December 2006 Issue
The U. S. Navy announced in June that its Navy Enterprise Resource Planning program (Navy ERP), successfully completed the ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Since February 2006, Rear Adm. Bachmann has focused on four key agenda items. CHIPS asked the admiral to assess SPAWAR's ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Scientists are learning what nature has known for years — that nonlinear and chaotic systems can provide improved ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Between 1946 and the founding of the National Science Foundation in 1950, the Office of Naval Research was the federal ...
October-December 2006 Issue
"It is not, in the end, about business practices, nor is the goal to improve figures on the bottom line. It's really about ...
July-September 2006 Issue
Computers are everywhere, touching every part of our lives. Home, work, shopping, schools … You can't go far without hearing ...
July-September 2006 Issue
Carmela Keeney assumed the top civilian position, Executive Director, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC ...
July-September 2006 Issue
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agency. The DLA Director reports to the Under ...
July-September 2006 Issue
Transforming the Department of the Navy into a "Total Force" often requires asking individuals to work harder and sacrifice ...
July-September 2006 Issue
The Joint Program Executive Officer Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) outlines an incremental approach to build ...
April-June 2006 Issue
The Federal Chief Information Officers Council announced the election of David M. Wennergren to the position of vice ...
April-June 2006 Issue
1. How do I use the Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) in the Umbrella Program? My contracting officer said we need to ...
April-June 2006 Issue
It was June 18, 1988, when the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management chartered the establishment of the ...
April-June 2006 Issue
Orbiting since 1998, the Geodetic/Geophysical Follow-On (GFO) satellite program is vital to the Navy's ability to ...
January-March 2006 Issue
Rear Admiral Victor See Jr. is the Director, Communications Systems Acquisition and Operations Directorate, National ...
January-March 2006 Issue
The Multi-User Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) Automated Review System (MEARS) provides an automated engineering change ...
October-December 2005 Issue
Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) information technology (IT) supports the business of the Department of Navy (DON). The ...
October-December 2005 Issue
Recently appointed Deputy Director of Naval Network Warfare Command, Mr. Mark Honecker, Cmdr. Tony Parrillo, director of the ...
October-December 2005 Issue
CHIPS asked Capt. Christopher to explain the significance of the Department of the Navy (DON) business information ...
October-December 2005 Issue
Rear Adm. Slaght has been the hard-charging, innovative commander of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command for the ...
October-December 2005 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) continues to evolve and improve how it is forging cohesive and integrated management of ...
July-September 2005 Issue
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is the chief engineer for delivering FORCEnet capabilities. To accomplish this ...
April-June 2005 Issue
The construct of maritime dominance contains many elements, and it includes much more than situational awareness of the ...
April-June 2005 Issue
We are just 17, if you know what I mean! That's right; the Department of the Navy Information Technology (DON IT) Umbrella ...
January-March 2005 Issue
Rear Adm. Brown became Vice Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems (J6), The Joint Staff, in ...
January-March 2005 Issue
Navy Shore-Based Oracle Enterprise License Agreement provides significant benefits including substantial cost avoidance for ...
January-March 2005 Issue
It's winter, and amid the bright, snow-covered landscape surrounding my home in Vermont, this young man's fancy turns to ...
January-March 2005 Issue
Introduction
Effective technology capability has become the key force multiplier in modern conflict. Defense Science and ...
October-December 2004 Issue
Director, Navy Staff Mission
To coordinate and synchronize the internal Navy Staff processes and actions of OPNAV Principal ...
October-December 2004 Issue
When confronting a short-term need that calls for a fast fix to "stop the bleeding," many organizations have turned to the ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Introduction
From the American consumer to the American warfighter, the ability to retrieve meaningful, current, useful ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Introduction
The concept of capabilities-based acquisition is fundamentally changing the way we buy and engineer systems ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Vision: PEO C4I and Space, whose mission is to acquire, field and support C4I and ground-based space systems, ultimately ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Navy and Marine Corps teams continue to work on projects that are successfully transforming Department of the Navy (DON) ...
July-September 2004 Issue
The Department of the Navy eBusiness Operations Office is now accepting pilot project proposals from Navy and Marine Corps ...
July-September 2004 Issue
A reminder to Department of Defense personnel that no-cost, downloadable antivirus software is available to DoD users for ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) were recently established for ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Investing in a Winner
The DON eBusiness Operations Office is an innovative ebusiness center that seeds pilot projects ...
July-September 2004 Issue
New Orleans was hot June 20-23, but it just wasn't the temperatures. The 2004 NMCI Industry Symposium, a forum for ...
April-June 2004 Issue
Previous articles in this series addressed Capability Maturity Model Integration, appraisals and general implementation ...
April-June 2004 Issue
"So, how's it going?" Whether you hear it in the hallway or in your regularly scheduled project review meeting, you have ...
January-March 2004 Issue
It is absolutely necessary for the Navy and the Department of Defense to dissect, study, analyze and determine the effects ...
January-March 2004 Issue
Just reading through this issue of CHIPS Magazine highlights the fact that information technology (IT) is woven into the ...
January-March 2004 Issue
This year, 2003, America celebrates the beginning of one of our country's greatest projects, the exploration of the American ...
October-December 2003 Issue
Editor’s Note of January 2017: Please use the ESI website for all contract and purchasing information. The ITEC Direct ...
October-December 2003 Issue
Mr. David M. Wennergren serves as the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO). Reporting directly to the ...
October-December 2003 Issue
IT project managers could learn a lot from 17th century European merchants — both have experience with uncertain, dangerous ...
October-December 2003 Issue
What is SmartBUY?
SmartBUY is a government-wide software enterprise-licensing project that leverages the buying power of ...
October-December 2003 Issue
History
The history of the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS), formerly known as the Defense Logistics Services ...
July-September 2003 Issue
CHIPS: What is your role at PEO-C4I & Space?
Mr. Cox: As the Technical Director for PEO-C4I & Space, I provide technical ...
July-September 2003 Issue
This series of articles is intended to provide insight into the development, structure and application of the CMMI.SM The ...
July-September 2003 Issue
Welcome home! They are back and we could not be happier for those U.S. Forces returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...
July-September 2003 Issue
The Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) is a joint project designed to implement a software enterprise management process ...
July-September 2003 Issue
Capt. Mark Greer is the 2003 recipient of the Award for Meritorious Service to the Intelligence Community by the Armed ...
July-September 2003 Issue
The Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ) is a team of operational planners and information command and control ...
July-September 2003 Issue
Ask any 12 people to define transformation and depending on what they have read, you will likely get 12 very different ...
April-June 2003 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) Information Technology (IT) Umbrella Program provides easy to use, pre-competed acquisition ...
April-June 2003 Issue
On January 3, 2003, the Supply Maintenance Aviation Reengineering Team (SMART) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program ...
April-June 2003 Issue
Most of us at one time or another will be responsible for the successful completion of a project. From a simple LAN ...
April-June 2003 Issue
... As you might guess, I'm a big fan of change — as long as it produces better warfighters, and as long as we are spending ...
January-March 2003 Issue
Sept. 5, 2002, NAVICP (Naval Inventory Control Point) conducted the Navy's first online forward auctions. The two auctions ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Several key documents assign responsibilities for Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) workforce ...
October-December 2002 Issue
The goal: Provide a set of tools that enables information interoperability among diverse systems technologies that support ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Many of us first learned about transformation and measuring change in our high school biology or physics classes. In the ...
October-December 2002 Issue
NAVAIR's Support/Commercial Derivative Aircraft Program (PMA-207) accepted on Aug. 29, 2002, a completely refurbished fuel ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Selecting the right tool for a job is important to completing the job both efficiently and effectively. Portfolio management ...
July-September 2002 Issue
Connecting Technology provides the perfect venue for networking with colleagues. Dave Wennergren, Department of the Navy ...
July-September 2002 Issue
Edited from a keynote presentation from Connecting Technology Spring 2002
Many have asked why NMCI? And the answer ...
April-June 2002 Issue
Introduction
Senior acquisition professionals encounter both challenges and opportunities when incorporating commercial ...
April-June 2002 Issue
As reported in "Taking Care of Business, Department of the Navy Electronic Business, a Revolution in Business Process ...
April-June 2002 Issue
Among the key workers building U.S. Navy vessels in the shipyard at Bath Iron Works, Maine are the welders, the ...
April-June 2002 Issue
"People are important and we must invest in them. Our competency management program will help us identify specific ways to ...
January-March 2002 Issue
On 11 September 2001 our view of the future changed. The brutal and savage terrorist attacks that shocked America and the ...
January-March 2002 Issue
Momentum is building and Navy leadership is focusing on bringing Web-enabled processes to afloat and ashore forces via the ...
January-March 2002 Issue
Background
One of the underlying tenets in pursuit of information superiority in the Department of the Navy (DON) is the ...
January-March 2002 Issue
E-Commerce Web site for General Purpose Electronic Test Equipment (GPETE) provides authorized users with discounts of up to ...
January-March 2002 Issue
Mr. Ehrler was a featured speaker at Virtual Connecting Technology (CT) Fall 2001. This update has been edited from Mr. ...
October-December 2001 Issue
Do you wish there were a place where all the knowledge sharing champions, government knowledge-centric organizations and ...
October-December 2001 Issue
What an exciting three months it has been—starting with the openings of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) Network ...
July-September 2001 Issue
Connecting Technology (CT) Spring 2001, sponsored by the Department of the Navy Information Technology (DON-IT) Umbrella ...
July-September 2001 Issue
Thank you to all who attended Connecting Technology (CT) Spring 2001 at the Pavilion Convention Center in Virginia Beach, ...
July-September 2001 Issue
The Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET) has taken another giant step in support of its mission to "Transfer More ...
July-September 2001 Issue
Connecting Technology (CT) Spring 2001, May 15-17, 2001 had the honor and pleasure to have Mr. Joseph Cipriano, PEO-IT as a ...
July-September 2001 Issue
You don't have to look very far in private industry to see that handheld computing devices Personal Digital Assistants ...
July-September 2001 Issue
On 18 April 2001, in partnership with the Engineering Field Activity Mediterranean (EFA Med), the Naval Regional Contracting ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
What is the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) program?
NMCI is a Department of the Navy program that will deliver ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
HERNDON, Virginia - The Department of the Navy's (DON) vision to develop a comprehensive Navy Marine Corps Intranet [NMCI] ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
It's the wave of change and it's coming - the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), the digital network that will link all ...
April-June 2001 Issue
Background
Electronic Business (eB) is defined as the interchange and processing of information via electronic techniques ...
April-June 2001 Issue
With Electronic Certification System (ECS), invoice processing time can be reduced to just a couple of days! ECS is a ...
April-June 2001 Issue
Background
Rear Adm. Richard J. Mauldin established Commander Task Force Navy Marine Corps Intranet (CTF NMCI) in October ...
January-March 2001 Issue
CHIPS: Please describe your study. How did you begin exploring the Knowledge Management (KM) process? Since this is a work ...
January-March 2001 Issue
Welcome to 2001 and the true start of the New Millennium. This is the year a psychopathic computer is supposed to kill off ...
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