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Carey: Rapid acquisition systems generally don't scale

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. - Rapid Defense Department acquisition programs often fail to deliver scalable systems, said Rob Carey, the DoD deputy chief information officer, during a keynote session of the

Voultepsis touts 'government open source software'

Government agencies need not make their code available to the public in order to enjoy the benefits of the open source model, said a senior intelligence community technology official. Alex

USAID waives FISMA for iPads

Many U.S. Agency for International Development workers are using iPads--a fact that recently drew the ire of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when she sat next to a USAID official on a plane, said

Air Force grapples with bandwidth and workforce shortages

Senior Air Force officials say the service branch will soon face bandwidth shortages. As new surveillance technology deploys in combat zones, bandwidth needs are increasing exponentially, said Randy

Air Force wants competition strategies for major acquisitions

Air Force program offices must develop a stand-alone competition strategy for all major acquisition category efforts, Air Force Acquisition Executive David Van Buren announced in a Jan. 14 memo

McGrath: DoD becoming more 'open' to agile, holistic IT acquisition

The Defense Department is coming around to a new way of thinking when it comes to delivering information technology capabilities, said a top DoD official at a Jan. 21 AFCEA NOVA event . The department

NSA updating guidance, policies for more secure development

Cybersecurity can't be a system design afterthought, emphasized a top National Security Agency official Nov. 16 during a Washington, D.C. conference panel. "We cannot come in after the fact to build

Army migrates email to DISA cloud

The Army has decided to migrate its Microsoft ( NASDAQ: MSFT ) Exchange email into a cloud provided by the Defense Information Systems Agency, announced Army Chief Information Officer Lt. Gen Jeffrey