CHIPS articles from October 2007

CHIPS archives from October 2007

Editor's notebook.(Brief article)
October 1, 2007... In this issue, we are focused on the immense power and importance of Department of the Navy networks. We measure their performance, lament when they don't work according to plan, defend them against cyber attacks, and use them not only to share...

DON CIO: putting information to work for our people.
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In September I attended and moderated a panel for North American Day--a conference hosted by Canadians, for government information technology leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States. Its purpose was to...

Vice Admiral H. Denby Starling II: Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command.(Interview)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Vice Admiral H. Denby Starling II assumed command of Naval Network Warfare Command June 15, 2007. He is responsible for operating, maintaining and defending Navy networks, and conducting information operations and...

Interview with Director of Operations for Naval Network Warfare Command rear Admiral Janice M. Hamby.(Interview)
October 1, 2007... Rear Adm. Janice M. Hamby, Director of Operations (N3) for Naval Network Warfare Command, was promoted to the rank of rear admiral June 1, 2007, at Naval Network Warfare Command headquarters, Norfolk, Va. In this position, Rear Adm. Hamby has...

ESI/SmartBUY acquisition strategies for data at rest encryption: DON, Air Force and Army announce they are developing service-unique strategies to reap even greater enterprise savings.(Enterprise Software Initiative, Department of the Navy)
October 1, 2007... The Office of Management and Budget, Defense Department and General Services Administration awarded multiple contracts in June for blanket purchase agreements (BPA) to protect sensitive, unclassified data residing on government laptops, other...

Individual augmentee.(Table)
October 1, 2007... I recently had the opportunity to travel to Bahrain, Qatar, Baghdad and Forward Operating Base Falcon (about 1 kilometers south of the Green Zone) and spent a little over a week with many of our deployed Sailors. I saw firsthand the tremendous...

A practitioners' guide to KM.
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Knowledge management must be flexible and adaptive to an organization's needs. A good KM plan is aligned with the strategic vision of the organization, supports its missions and enables its staff to more efficiently...

Can you hear me now? Electromagnetic spectrum performance measurement plan.
October 1, 2007... By the DON CIO Spectrum Team In the last issue of CHIPS we discussed the Department of the Navy's (DON) Electromagnetic Spectrum Campaign Plan, which focuses on the importance of the electromagnetic spectrum. "Spectrum," as identified in...

Encrypting data at rest: how will it help our marines and sailors?
October 1, 2007... During the past 12 months, there have been more than 100 privacy breaches resulting in the loss of personally identifiable information (PII) for an estimated 96,800 Marines, Sailors, civilians and their family members. While these warfighters...

The CANES initiative: bringing the Navy warfighter onto the Global Information Grid: OPNAV N6 directed investigation of the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) approach as a potential solution to reduce redundant IT infrastructure, provide net-centric capability across the afloat enclaves and allow the Navy to react to rapidly changing network demands.
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Dilemma Some 10 years have passed since the U.S. Navy sought to fundamentally improve C4ISR, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, capability and...

Q&A with Lt. Gen. Joseph F. Weber Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command.(question and answer)(Interview)
October 1, 2007... U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command is the coordinating authority to globally source Marine Corps forces and capabilities to U. S. Joint Forces Command. Lt. Gen. Weber is the commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, Fleet Marine Force...

Getting the lead out.
October 1, 2007... For more than 60 years the electronics industry has relied on tin-lead solder as the primary bond between electronic devices. Its reliability and strength are well-known. Electronics systems built with tin-lead solder have performed in such...

Hold your breaches!
October 1, 2007... During the past 1 months, the Department of the Navy (DON) has reported more than 100 incidents involving the loss of personally identifiable information (PII). These incidents affected more than 200,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel,...

DON Enterprise Architecture Management View.(Department of the Navy)
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO) recently updated the DON Enterprise Architecture Management View (first released as DON EA 006). It is a categorization of DON architecture projects...

CARS update.(Cyber Asset Reduction and Security )
October 1, 2007... The Cyber Asset Reduction and Security (CARS) mission kicked off early summer with publication of the CARS Operations Order (OPORD) by Naval Network Warfare Command. CARS is a Navywide initiative under NETWARCOM's direction to reduce the Navy's...

Q&A with Mr. Nick Guertin, deputy director of Open Architecture, Navy program executive office for integrated warfare systems--PEO IWS 7B.(Interview)
October 1, 2007... Mr. Guertin's duties as the deputy director for OA center on enabling the Navy to buy and build systems as a coordinated enterprise effort. Over the past year, the Naval Open Architecture (NOA) initiative has garnered the attention of both the...

Q&A with Dr. Judah Goldwasser program officer for energetic materials office of naval research.(Interview)
October 1, 2007... The U.S. Navy is now developing a new type of munition that could improve lethality on the battlefield, while also helping to protect warfighters. Typically, munitions contain high explosives confined by a case made from inert metal that...

Going mobile: BlackBerries and CACs get connected.(Common Access Card )
October 1, 2007... The Department of the Navy (DON) is a dynamic enterprise with personnel constantly on the move between the office, temporary duty assignments and military deployments. Maintaining connectivity to voice and data services is essential to mobile...

Be safe not sorry: protecting your personal information isn't optional--it's a must!
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We've all heard nightmarish tales of identity theft, but that only happens to someone else, right? Wrong! Security breaches at the Department of Veterans Affairs and Los Alamos National Laboratory underscored the...

What is the ruckus about DoD issuing open source software? A response to the foremost questions regarding open source use in the Defense Department.
October 1, 2007... Q: Can the Department of Defense (DoD) issue open source software (OSS), and what is the benefit to DoD if it does? If DoD holds enforceable rights to the software, can it license OSS? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The short answer: Whenever...

Marine Corps IM and IT performance measurement: information management and information technology performance measurements have surfaced as increasingly important objectives throughout government to reduce costs, legacy systems and applications, and align organizational goals with smart technology investments ...
October 1, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Introduction Several federal directives have placed high priority on performance measurement. These include the Government Performance and Results Act, which directs agencies to report performance measures linked...

Marine Corps publishes S&T strategic plan: Science and Technology press ahead to meet warfighter needs.
October 1, 2007... Responding to today's threats requires innovation, agility and creative strategies, said Maj. Gen. Stephen Johnson, deputy commanding general of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command. Johnson gave a preview of the soon-to-be released...

Navy.mil gets new, crisp look.
October 1, 2007... The Navy has launched a completely revamped Web site just in time for its 232nd birthday. The new site will make it more intuitive for users to easily access Navy news and information products. Equally as important, as the virtual face of the...

The lazy person's guide to digital dashboards: there is no experience more startling than suddenly seeing flashing red, white and blue lights in your rearview mirror accompanied by the strident tones of a police siren--especially when you don't think you've been speeding ...
October 1, 2007... The trooper was large, granite-jawed and wearing the iconic "Smokey Bear" hat. His name tag read "Cragg." I wasn't sure if it was his name or a description. "License and registration, please," he growled, and added: "Do you know how fast you...

eee.it.umbrella.navy.mil.(Company overview)
October 1, 2007... 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 (IT). The ESI is a business discipline used to...