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Welcome to the first issue of Defense Systems Update, a monthly
e-Newsletter from DefenseSystems.com covering the technology and policy
issues facing the Defense Department as it undergoes transformation.
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A CHAT WITH JOHN G. GRIMES, NEW DEFENSE CIO
After John P. Stenbit retired in March 2004, the Defense Department went
without a permanent IT chieftain for more than a year and a half. Until
November, deputy CIO Linton Wells III filled the void, basically
becoming the department's de facto CIO.
THE PENTAGON'S RUSH HOUR
Bandwidth. Bandwidth.
Bandwidth. It's been a rallying cry for uniforms and suits alike at the
Defense Department-for literally decades. With the full rollout of the
Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program at 86 sites late
last year, a lot of bandwidth arrived. Now, DOD's charge is to make the
most efficient use of it.
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DODAF 101
The Global Information Grid and
Future Combat Systems get more attention, but the Defense Department's
most influential systems effort in this decade could well be the
emerging DOD Architectural Framework.DODAF grew out of the late 1990s'
drive to begin standardizing systems for command, control,
communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance. If DODAF proponents succeed at this long-range
standardization effort, they will bring present and future C4ISR and
other Defense systems into alignment with long-term…
BLUEPRINT FOR BATTLE ON THE BUSINESS FRONT
Where's Ty Pennington, the flaky but winsome host of "Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition," when you need him?For years the Defense Department's
efforts to modernize its business systems have resembled a home makeover
gone bad, extremely bad.
REMEMBERING AN ORIGINAL THINKER: THE LEGACY OF DOD'S
FATHER OF INFORMATION AGE TRANSFORMATION, ARTHUR K.
CEBROWSKI
Since the creation of the modern-era Defense
Department in 1947, which united the armed services and the former War
Department, systems use within DOD has evolved nonstop. But in the 21st
century, Defense began a transformation to a radically different
military structure that makes network-centricity a fundamental goal. The
initial brain behind this effort was, many acknowledge, that of retired
Vice Adm. Arthur K. Cebrowski.
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STANDARDIZE, AUTOMATE AND
CONSOLIDATE: HOW TO SEND MISSION READINESS AND PERFORMANCE
SOARING
Does your agency rely on
assets such as real property, IT or weapons systems to perform its
mission? Do you spend more time looking for information than you do
using it? Are current levels of governance, mission readiness, and
performance not meeting expectations?
Click
here to view this on-demand presentation from BearingPoint and MRO
Software on successful asset management, including a case study of the
Air Force's Logistics Integrated Asset Management System (LIAMS)
initiative.
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A CHAT WITH DISA’S DIRECTOR, LT. GEN. CHARLES E.
CROOM
In July, Lt. Gen. Charles E. Croom Jr., a 32-year Air
Force veteran, took over the reins of the Defense Information Systems
Agency. As director, Croom is chief to more than 6,600 military and
civilian personnel scattered across the globe.
CONTENT MANAGEMENT SHORTENS INFORMATION CHAIN
It's 11 A.M. in Fallujah and a commander photographs insurgents his
squadron just nabbed following a pitched battle outside an Iraqi police
station where an improvised explosive devise went off. Based on the
images, he wants to get intelligence feedback on the captured insurgents
and the bomb mechanism.
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