CHIPS articles from January 2004

CHIPS archives from January 2004

Editor's notebook.(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... As I'm writing to you most Americans are busy with holiday preparations, but many of our U.S. military personnel are deployed and serving far from home. I want to dedicate this issue of CHIPS to the brave men and women of the Armed Forces, who...

DON CIO: putting information to work for our people.(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... Just reading through this issue of CHIPS Magazine highlights the fact that information technology (IT) is woven into the very fabric of our Naval mission and organization. "The Lazy Person's Guide to Voice Telephony" explores the telephone and...

Lessons from the desert.
January 1, 2004... It is absolutely necessary for the Navy and the Department of Defense to dissect, study, analyze and determine the effects and causative factors of what we are accomplishing in Afghanistan and Iraq. ... We need to challenge every...

Overcoming the tyranny of distance.
January 1, 2004... In 1789, it took George Washington eight days to travel from his home in Mount Vernon, Va., to his Presidential inauguration in New York City. The fact that it took George Washington eight days may seem incredible to us today, but what is more...

The Air Force leverages the power of IT.
January 1, 2004... Brig. Gen. Glenn F. Spears is Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. In this capacity he serves as the PACAF focal point for developing theater contingency plans; command input for the...

IPs in action.(Welcome to the IP Community)
January 1, 2004... "We are the Navy's community of Information Warriors with expertise in information, command and control, and space systems. We own the Naval Network, the foundation of information dominance and successful execution of Naval, joint, allied and...

Realizing FORCEnet: a practical example.
January 1, 2004... For Sea Power 21, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) stated, "FORCEnet will provide the architecture to increase substantially combat capabilities through aligned and integrated systems, functions and missions. It will transform situational...

Therminator: a transformational enabler for FORCEnet.
January 1, 2004... "Slammer, Blaster, Code Red"--the simple fact that the general public associates these terms with computer network attacks speaks volumes for how far awareness of network security has advanced in the past few years. Unfortunately, the same...

The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002.
January 1, 2004... What is FISMA? The Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 (FISMA) is contained within the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347), replacing the Government Information Security Reform Act (GISRA). FISMA, effective...

Civilian IT workforce skills assessment part I.
January 1, 2004... Assessing the IT Civilian Workforce of Today The first ever federal-wide information technology (IT) workforce skills assessment survey was conducted during September 2003. Sponsored by the Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council,...

First U.S. Navy installation of DMS Afloat.
January 1, 2004... In a huge step toward implementing a common messaging solution for warfighters afloat and ashore, the Naval Modular Automated Communication Systems (NAVMACS II)/Single Messaging Solution (SMS) Phase II was installed on the USS Belleau Wood...

"A perfect fit: NMCP and XML".
January 1, 2004... When Acting Secretary of the Navy, Hansford T. Johnson, issued the policy guidance memorandum for establishing the Navy Marine Corps Portal (NMCP) last February, he further aligned the Department of the Navy (DON) with the growing number of...

Phase gate development for project management--part IV.
January 1, 2004... This year, 2003, America celebrates the beginning of one of our country's greatest projects, the exploration of the American West by the Corps of Discovery--better known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition. This great journey shares many...

Are you ready to PK-enable?
January 1, 2004... Wouldn't it be so much simpler if Department of Defense (DoD) personnel had to remember only one simple Personal Identification Number (PIN) to carry out their daily responsibilities, no matter where they worked or traveled in an official...

Can you hear me now? Managing the electromagnetic spectrum.
January 1, 2004... The 22-screen multiplex cinema down the street from Ray Willis' office in Alexandria, Va., does a brisk business on most days, but Ray rarely has time to catch Hollywood's hottest new flicks. He and his colleagues are too busy working on a...

How do I implement the CMMI? Part III.
January 1, 2004... The title of this article is actually the wrong question to be asking. The CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integration) is NOT a set of "bolt-on processes" that last only as long as the wheel is squeaking. The CMMI Product Suite, as noted in...

Ensuring C4 for the warfighter.
January 1, 2004... The Greek mathematician, Archimedes, wrote, "Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough, and I will move the world." In an age where people communicate at the speed of thought across the globe, computer networks are the fabled lever of...

Portal Technology for military Supply Chain ERP solutions.
January 1, 2004... Today's Army logistics applications and systems are moving across enterprise boundaries on a global scale, which means that business process owners are pivotal in facilitating collaboration within the Army and other enterprise stakeholders....

Teamwork solves NMCI problem.
January 1, 2004... When the Navy Marine Corps Intranet first started being discussed, folks in the Naval Air Systems Command Weapons Division Technical Library at China Lake knew they were going to have a problem. The library subscribes to hundreds of electronic...

The lazy person's guide voice telephony-Part I.(technologies and protocols)
January 1, 2004... In today's world, most of us have three basic expectations: Flip a switch and electricity will provide power; turn on a tap and you'll get water--and lift a telephone handset and you'll get a dial tone. Electricity, water and...

www.it-umbrella.navy.mil.(contracts)
January 1, 2004... ViViD Contracts N68939-97-D-0040 Contractor: Avaya Incorporated N68939-97-D-0041 Contractor: General Dynamics ViViD provides digital switching systems, cable plant components, communications and telecommunications equipment...