CHIPS articles from June 2004

CHIPS archives from June 2004

Editor's notebook.
June 22, 2004... The spring issue feature article about Navy Knowledge Online (NKO) drew kudos for the Navy's efforts regarding the NKO from the--Army! Army personnel I spoke with were impressed with the many educational and training; professional development;...

Don Cio: putting information to work for our people.(Navy Marine Corps Intranet)
June 22, 2004... Rear Adm. Chuck Munns, who has been selected for promotion to vice admiral, will be leaving his job as director of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) in a couple of months. Our loss in the Department's information technology community will...

Decision superiority for the joint warfighter.(PEO C4I and Space's program executive officer, Dennis M. Bauman speaks)(Interview)
June 22, 2004... Vision: PEO C4I and Space, whose mission is to acquire, field and support C4I and ground-based space systems, ultimately produces "decision superiority" for the joint warfighter. In the words of its Program Executive Officer, Dennis M. Bauman,...

The opportunities and challenges of change.(warfare systems)
June 22, 2004... Wynne was sworn in as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (AT&L) on July 17, 2001. He also served as the Principal Deputy to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics. In 1999, Mr. Wynne retired as Senior Vice...

DON IT Umbrella Program info alert.(Department Of the Navy, information technology)
June 22, 2004... A reminder to Department of Defense personnel that no-cost, downloadable antivirus software is available to DoD users for home use. Antivirus software that provides multilayered protection at the desktop, server, gateway and network levels is...

Why we need the Navy Marine Corps Intranet.
June 22, 2004... New Orleans was hot June 20-23, but it just wasn't the temperatures, the 2004 NMCI Industry Symposium, a forum for Department of the Navy (DON) leadership, users and industry to candidly discuss the successes and friction points of the...

Network warfare simulation.(advantages)
June 22, 2004... Background The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N61), Navy Modeling and Simulation Management Office (NAVMSMO), has supported Network Warfare Simulation (NETWARS) since its inception. In 1998, the Military...

DON 2004 eGov Award Winners.(Department of the Navy)
June 22, 2004... Navy and Marine Corps teams continue to work on projects that are successfully transforming Department of the Navy (DON) business and warfighting processes to reduce costs, improve mission performance and support effective information sharing....

Building a better information mousetrap ... the Technology eXchange Clearinghouse.
June 22, 2004... Introduction From the American consumer to the American warfighter, the ability to retrieve meaningful, current, useful information from the vast universe of information sources via the World Wide Web, is growing increasingly difficult....

Global Technology Watch.(technological study resources)
June 22, 2004... Overview Governments and industry worldwide rely on advances in science and technology (S&T) to maintain a competitive advantage. To this end, they need ready access to the results of global research to: --Track the impact of research...

The SSC San Diego concept of the Composeable FORCEnet.(Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center)
June 22, 2004... In describing his vision of the Navy of the future, Sea Power 21, Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Vern Clark, cites three fundamental concepts: unprecedented offensive power, which he terms Sea Strike; defensive assurance or Sea Shield; and...

Can you hear me now? Spectrum-enabled RFID tags store and share data.(Radio Frequency Identification)
June 22, 2004... Even if you have never heard of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), you probably recognize the names Wal-Mart and Target. Both retail giants made big technology news last year. In November 2003, Wal-Mart defined a requirement for its largest...

New DoD Enterprise Software Initiative Agreements.(Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative Blanket Purchase Agreements)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) were recently established for Systems Integration Services with Accenture, BearingPoint, Computer Sciences Corp., Deloitte and IBM. The BPAs...

Communities of practice get underway at Keyport.(Naval Undersea Warfare Command )
June 22, 2004... Imagine you are trying to "beat the clock" to finalize a proposal, when you hit a roadblock. You need more information about risk management, and your traditional sources are on travel. Since you are pretty familiar with your Community of...

The PACOM Command Center ... a model for future C4I systems engineering.(United States. Pacific Command's Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center)
June 22, 2004... The new headquarters for the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) located on Camp Smith, Hawaii, was dedicated in April. Named the Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center (NMPCC), the striking six-story, 274,500 square-foot facility overlooks...

The IIDBT meets the demands of modern warfare with speed and accuracy.(Integrated Interactive Data Briefing Tool)
June 22, 2004... Investing in a Winner The DON eBusiness Operations Office is an innovative ebusiness center that seeds pilot projects focused on improving DON business processes. It evaluates proposals from Navy and Marine Corps customers and funds...

DON eBusiness Operations Office solicits pilot project proposals.(Department of the Navy )(Brief Article)
June 22, 2004... The Department of the Navy eBusiness Operations Office is now accepting pilot project proposals from Navy and Marine Corps ashore and afloat personnel, both military and civilian. Evaluation of these proposals for funding under the FY 2005...

Capabilities based acquisition ... from theory to reality.(purchasing warfighters)
June 22, 2004... Introduction The concept of capabilities-based acquisition is fundamentally changing the way we buy and engineer systems in the Department of Defense (DoD). A capability can be defined as the ability to perform a course of action or...

IT Sailors, Navy and EDS reap benefits of NMCI.(Navy/Marine Corps Intranet , information technology)
June 22, 2004... Navy forces afloat rely heavily on Information Systems Technician Sailors to maintain shipboard access and connectivity to IT-21. In fact, the Navy is "building a cadre of IT Sailors at sea who are very familiar with IT-21 operations, and who...

Is it scuzzy enough?(small computer system Interface)
June 22, 2004... What is scuzzy? Scuzzy refers to the small computer system Interface (SCSI). SCSI is a parallel interface standard used to connect external hardware such as tape drives, removable drives, external CD-ROMs, etc., to personal computers, Unix...

The Lazy Person's Guide to mobile telephony.
June 22, 2004... In the last two installments of the Lazy Person's Guide, we reviewed the history and development of analog and digital telephone systems and looked at Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). In this issue, we will detach ourselves from the wired...

www.it-umbrella.navy.mil.(Advertisement)
June 22, 2004... Enterprise Software Agreements Listed Below The Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) is a Department of Defense (DoD) initiative to streamline the acquisition process and provide best-priced, standards-compliant information technology...