Defense
Looking for friends in all the right places: VA expands Facebook presence
Veterans Affairs is ramping up its social media savvy to reach more vets and their families.
Defense
Unions slam VA plan to track employees electronically
Ultrasound and infrared technology could locate people and objects equipped with wireless tags with an accuracy of 1 meter.
Tech
LightSquared cedes some authority, ditches power plan to save network
The company says it will give agencies veto power over its operation in upper bandwidth in return for a green light from FCC to operate in lower bands.
Defense
Army-Navy game rivalry plays out on Facebook, Twitter
The two services use football game-oriented social media to promote their key roles and missions.
Defense
Former Marine protests tech transfer, claims retaliation
Medal of Honor winner sought to block a plan to give advanced rifle scopes to Pakistan, then his boss and a Navy SPAWAR program manager portrayed him as mentally unstable.
News
Say goodbye to that personal printer
With an eye toward savings, the Veterans Affairs Department wants to cut 45,000 printers over the next five years.
Defense
Android is expected to soon win approval for use on military networks
Certification for unclassified Defense networks is predicted by year's end, for Secret networks by April 2012.
Defense
Defense agency eyes tablets and smartphones for Europe, Mideast and Africa
Planned procurement is viewed as endorsement of Apple and Google products for eventual global use.
Tech
NASA plans test flight of Orion space capsule in 2014
Agency reveals the plan in a low-key notice on the federal procurement website.
News
Navy says new network will cost $500 million a year less than previously estimated
New network "will generate savings relative to historical program spending," official says.
News
Congress to Defense: Focus on improving GPS receivers, not satellites
The Congressional Budget Office says the Pentagon could save billions and deploy new Global Positioning System receivers a decade earlier than planned.
News
Navy considers price critical in Next-Generation Network contract
NGEN is expected to cost $10 billion over five years -- double what the service spent on its current network.
News
Veterans Affairs CIO: Tablet computers could transform health care
Department kicked off a test of 1,000 Apple iPad tablet computers on Oct. 1 and eventually could deploy up to 100,000.
Tech
Transportation completes iPad test, eyes departmentwide use
Early results suggest the devices could work for employees who do not require full computing capability.
Defense
VA plans largest tablet computer deployment
Up to 100,000 devices will be managed through a vendor-operated cloud computing center.
Defense
Cost of new battlefield radio program pegged at $1.5 billion
Army wants to field at least 10,000 radios by 2014.
Defense
Flooded Walter Reed clinics to reopen Friday
Patients scheduled for treatment in the damaged clinics were relocated during the cleanup.
Defense
Agencies propose privacy training in wake of TRICARE data theft
Draft rule requiring all contractors to brush up on handling sensitive information in many cases codifies policies already in place.
Defense
Pentagon cancels $15.9 billion battlefield radio program
Officials seek industry-developed replacement for broadband system after spiraling costs trigger termination.
Defense
Class action suit seeks $4.9 billion in damages from TRICARE data theft
Plaintiffs allege the military health care provider put personal and sensitive information at risk by failing to encrypt the digital files.
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