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Kendall: Sequestration Will Harm U.S. Military Superiority

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=128067 By Cheryl Pellerin DoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Jan. 28, 2015 – The severe, multiyear budget cuts of sequestration will have a negative impact on the Defense Department and U.S. military technological superiority, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall told a congressional panel today. Kendall testified before the […]

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Cybersecurity Now Key Requirement For All Weapons: DoD Cyber Chief

http://breakingdefense.com/2015/01/cybersecurity-now-key-requirement-for-all-weapons-dod-cio/ WASHINGTON: Cybersecurity — it’s not just for networks anymore. The trend towards what’s called “the Internet of Things” means targets can be anywhere. “If there is a computer in something, it can be cyber-attacked, and we need to be able to harden it and defend it,” the Pentagon’s Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity, Richard Hale, told me on Monday. “Whether the […]

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Bending the Cost Curve

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/past-events/bending-the-cost-curve https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f1adfc3c39e046b047e4fa0f8f7e05ef&tab=core&_cview=0 pfp_fbo_announcement_plugfest_white_paper.pdf http://www.afei.org/events/5A09/Documents/FEATURED%20Hanscom%20milCloud%20ASSETS.pdf http://www.afei.org/events/5A09/Documents/PFP%20Technical%20Summary%20v1.pdf http://www.afei.org/events/5A09/Documents/PFP%20Technical%20Participation%20v1.pdf http://www.afei.org/events/5A09/Documents/PFP%20Infrastructure%20Architecture%20v1.png http://www.afei.org/events/5A09/Documents/DIBforPFP.pdf http://www.afei.org/events/5A09/Documents/milCloudOrchestration_101.pdf http://www.afei.org/events/5A09/Documents/milCloudOrchestration_101%20(2).pdf Bending the Cost Curves: PlugFest PLUS January 20, 2015 George Mason University http://www.afei.org/EVENTS/5A09/Pages/default.aspx PlugFest Plus Interviews  https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=84359240&x-yt-ts=1421782837&v=ITGaoFISNVo Dr Camron Gorguinpour. Part 1 is 6:17 in length Innovative Army contract vehicle identified beginning at: 3:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjH4dciTRZw Dr Camron Gorguinpour, Part 2 is 4:56 in length https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gghc1GyRso Dr […]

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James: New acquisition initiative aims to cut costs

http://www.hanscom.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123436600 1/16/2015 – WASHINGTON, (AFNS) — Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James announced a new initiative designed to help the Air Force partner with industry, encourage innovation and drive down the cost of systems.James announced the Bending the Cost Curve program at the Atlantic Council here Jan. 14. She called it a targeted initiative that can be […]

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New DoD cloud security requirements coming Tuesday

http://www.federaltimes.com/story/government/cybersecurity/2015/01/12/dod-cloud-security-guidance/21653107/ http://iase.disa.mil/Documents/commercial_cloud_computing_services.pdf http://iase.disa.mil/cloud_security/Documents/u-cloud_computing_srg_v1r1_final.pdf The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is poised to release final security guidance for purchasing cloud services on Tuesday as the Defense Department shifts to commercial providers. After receiving more than 800 comments on the draft guidelines, DISA reorganized the security levels to allow certain work areas to exist in virtual private networks […]

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DoD Releases Updated Instruction for Acquisitions System

http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123923 http://www.acq.osd.mil/docs/DODI_5000.02_Transmittal_Letter_Signed(7Jan2015).pdf http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/500002p.pdf By Claudette RouloDoD News, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2015 – The Defense Department’s top acquisitions official today released a new version of the acquisitions corps’ guiding document: Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02, Operation of the Defense Acquisition System. The updated instruction cancels the interim version that was implemented Nov. 25, […]

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WATCHDOG WANTS TO KNOW IF DOD HAS ACTUALLY SAVED MONEY BY JUMPING TO THE CLOUD

http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2015/01/ig-wants-know-if-dod-performs-cost-benefit-analysis-jumping-cloud/102255/ http://www.nextgov.com/cloud-computing/2014/12/pentagon-watchdog-dod-stumbles-cloud-computing-plan/100590/ http://www.dodig.mil/pubs/documents/DODIG-2015-045.pdf http://www.dodig.mil/ELetter/Documents/announcementProjects/D2015-D000RB-0089%20000_Redacted.pdf http://www.defense.gov/news/DoDCloudComputingStrategy.pdf Last month, the Defense Department inspector general published a hard-hitting report questioning the structure and execution of the department’s cloud computing strategy. Now, auditors are putting DOD technology officials on notice that they’re already beginning another probe of the agency’s cloud efforts. The message of the new report: Show us the money. A Dec. 9 […]

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Sony breach highlights cyber theft risk

http://www.c4isrnet.com/story/military-tech/cyber/2014/12/22/defense-industries-fear-cyber-theft/20765925/ The recent cyber attack against Sony underscores fears that enemy nations are able to infiltrate U.S. computer systems and steal sensitive information. The fear is especially intense in the private sector, where much of America’s defense work takes place. For example, Defense News reports that China’s military showed off two new assets November’s Zhuhai Airshow — […]

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Yup, 2014 was a big year in cloud

https://gigaom.com/2014/12/28/yup-2014-was-a-big-year-in-cloud/ 2014 was the year in which both Microsoft and Google got serious about their public cloud options and taking on Amazon Web Services directly with their own Infrastructure as a Service and associated services. That both of these companies have extremely deep pockets is not lost on the market leader AWS which continues to roll out new, and […]

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Tim Rudolph: Air Force aims for zero data centers through purchase of IaaS

http://www.c4isrnet.com/article/20141211/C4ISRNET14/312110013/Tim-Rudolph-Air-Force-aims-zero-data-centers-through-purchase-IaaS Tim Rudolph is the Air Force Senior Leader for Integrated Information Capabilities, AF Life Cycle Management Center. He serves in a variety of capacities, including AFLCMC Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as the Authorizing Official for C2 Platform IT, both ground-based and airborne.  In a recent Q&A session, Rudolph offered candid comments on the direction […]

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