CHIPS articles from October 2008

CHIPS archives from October 2008

Editor's notebook.
October 1, 2008... This issue we feature the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Centers which were realigned under SSC Atlantic and SSC Pacific due to the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure legislation. SSC Charleston was aligned under SSC Atlantic along with site...

Work continues on next generation enterprise network.(DON CIO: Putting information to work for our people)(Column)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I receive several requests each month for interviews with magazines that report on government policy, management and trends. A popular question among reporters pertains to what projects I am working on, my top five...

Talking with Rear Admiral Wendi B. Carpenter: Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command, Norfolk.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... Rear Adm. Carpenter received her commission through Aviation Officer Candidate School, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., in 1977 and was designated a naval aviator in July 1979. When the admiral went into the woman's pilot program, it was only...

Interview with Rear Admiral Gregory A. Timberlake Command Surgeon, U.S. Joint Forces Command Medical Advisor, Allied Command Transformation Deputy Command Surgeon, U.S. Fleet Forces Command.(Interview)
October 1, 2008... Rear Adm. Timberlake is currently on leave of absence from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Miss., where he is a Professor of Surgery, Physiology and Biophysics and was the Director of Trauma Services and Head of the...

Empowering the information systems technician and information professional workforce with an ITIL framework.(on network-centric warfare, and the Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
October 1, 2008... "Network-centric warfare," "NetOps" and "managing the Global Information Grid as a weapon system"--for many these are still little more than buzzwords or catchphrases. For Navy communicators, they are beginning to become actual concepts. Yet,...

"We will never forget: Pentagon Memorial opens on 7th anniversary of 9/11 attacks.
October 1, 2008... On Sept. 11, 2008, an estimated 16,000 people gathered to dedicate the Pentagon Memorial. Those in attendance included family, friends and colleagues of the victims of the attack on the Pentagon, as well as military and civilian dignitaries....

SSC Atlantic commissioned in Charleston, Norfolk, New Orleans.(Agency overview)
October 1, 2008... A new command, Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Atlantic, was commissioned during ceremonies Sept. 29 in Charleston, S.C., Norfolk, Va., and New orleans, La. The event marks a red-letter date in the history of the Space and Naval...

SPAWAR marks integration of 10,000th MRAP armored vehicle.
October 1, 2008... In a ceremony in August, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Charleston, now realigned under SSC Atlantic, celebrated the integration of the 10,000th Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle at its location on Naval Weapons Station,...

SSC Pacific's Josh Caplan receives "Rising Star" Award: young computer specialist stands out among his peers.
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Josh Caplan, an employee in the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific's information technology engineering branch is a recipient of Government Computer News 2008 Rising Star Award. The award recognizes...

SPAWAR Systems Center New Orleans joins SSC Atlantic: SPAWAR celebrates merger of the systems centers.
October 1, 2008... The realignment of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center New Orleans involves more than just a name change. It means increased economic development, high-tech jobs, and a more stable future for the Navy's information technology hub on the...

Welcome to SSC Atlantic's New Orleans office: through organizational changes, hurricanes and tough challenges, New Orleans staff remain focused on Navy mission.
October 1, 2008... Navy history buffs may find the legacy of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic's New Orleans office interesting, but others may be more impressed with its unbeatable spirit and ingenuity. SSC Atlantic's New Orleans office is...

SSC Atlantic sites partner to provide services to VA: modernizing legacy systems for an enterprise approach to delivering veterans benefits and services.(Department of Veterans Affairs)
October 1, 2008... The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic's New Orleans office, in partnership with SSC Atlantic's Charleston office, will be providing assistance to the Department of Veterans Affairs. This new business initiative comes as a...

Presenting SSC Pacific: a new name for a stronger organization.(on the renaming of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego into SSC Pacific)
October 1, 2008... The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego officially changed its name to SSC Pacific in a ceremony held Sept. 29 in front of its main administration building on Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego. During the ceremony, Commanding...

SSC Pacific unveils robotic command and control breakthrough: new control paradigm significantly improves the functionality of robotic systems on the battlefield ...
October 1, 2008... Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific's unmanned systems branch recently demonstrated a revolutionary new approach to robotic command and control that allows a warfighter and robot to synergistically interact, much like a canine team....

End-to-End Systems Engineering laB: SSC Pacific opens new lab for C4ISR capabilities.
October 1, 2008... A new End-to-End (E2E) Systems Engineering laboratory, equipped to develop, test and integrate applications and communications systems across multiple platforms, was unveiled at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, (formerly SSC San...

Navy's new Broadband Satellite Program provides greater reliability, tenfold increase in at-sea throughput.
October 1, 2008... The Navy has begun procuring the next generation commercial satellite communications terminals to augment its military satellite communications. The procurement is designed to significantly increase throughput to ships at sea. Throughput is the...

SSC Norfolk workforce excellence continues under SSC Atlantic.
October 1, 2008... The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Norfolk realigned under SSC Atlantic, along with SSC Charleston and SSC New Orleans, in a ceremony marking the occasion Sept. 29, 2008. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The stand up of SSC Atlantic, as...

DON DIACAP transition: transitioning from DITSCAP to DIACAP involves much more than policy changes; it requires whole new ways of looking at information security.
October 1, 2008... Process and Security Improvements under DIACAP On November 28, 2007, the most significant change in security policy in 10 years occurred when the Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process...

Can you hear me now? Plotting a spectrum revolution: evolution and revolution are very different processes ...
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Adm. Vern Clark wrote about "revolution" while serving as Chief of Naval Operations. Today, the retired CNO still refers to revolution when publicly speaking about his efforts to change and improve business processes...

Success stories from Naval surface forces and the Surface Warfare Enterprise.
October 1, 2008... Management of Naval Surface Forces (NAVSURFOR) is organized under the Surface Warfare Enterprise (SWE), an organizational construct established in 2005 that seeks to optimize warfighting readiness of the Surface Fleet. Continuous process...

SWE takes action in support of surface warriors: improving warfighter readiness through open communications.(Surface Warfare Enterprise)
October 1, 2008... Mine countermeasure ship Sailors will soon see a fix to correct the design flaw on the diesel engine exhaust flanges which have caused smoldering fires on their wood-hulled ships; guided missile frigate Sailors will soon see the results of a...

Electronic documentation for patient encounters during USNS Comfort's humanitarian assistance deployment: calling on the technology community to develop more effective handheld devices.
October 1, 2008... Soft Power The U.S. military has been performing humanitarian missions since the end of the Cold War, sometimes in a support role to other agencies, often as the lead agency. Medical missions are typically, short-term, occur outside of the...

Data as a service: the new paradigm for decision making in the DoD acquisition community.
October 1, 2008... On July 25, 2008, the Honorable John Young, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (AT&L), signed a memorandum for service acquisition executives that represents a fundamental reengineering of acquisition...

Hold your breaches!(on securing personally identifiable information, and on the loss of government laptops and thumbdrives)
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All Department of the Navy personnel should continue to increase their level of awareness about properly safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII). To learn more about properly safeguarding PII, go to...

Operationalizing military support to civil authorities: CNIC prepares Navy regional and installation managers for emergency management.
October 1, 2008... During the wildfires in California last October, at least 1,500 homes were destroyed and more than 500,000 acres of land burned. Nine people died as a direct result of the fires while 85 others were injured, according to media reports. ...

DoD ESI celebrates its 10th anniversary: more than $3 billion in cost avoidance achieved by ESI in first decade.
October 1, 2008... When the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) working group met for the first time in the fall of 1998, little did they know that 10 years later they would be responsible for more than $3 billion in cost avoidance for the...

Navy ship-to-shore via wireless connection: SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic and Commander, Navy Installations Command collaborate with Joint Interoperability Test Command.(on the development of the Wireless Pier Connection System)
October 1, 2008... For many years, Navy ships pulling into port had to drape fiber optic "umbilical" cables over the side from the ship deck box to a pier riser for access to the shore infrastructure. Secure transport of shipboard voice and data communications...

Navy Warfare Training System.(Navy Mission Essential Task Lists)
October 1, 2008... Commanders need to understand the warfare tasks they are required to perform and the conditions and standards that govern accomplishing them. They must train to perform tasks to complete specific steps and reach clear milestones. Those...

U.S. second fleet successfully tests modular approach to joint task force capability during JTFEX 08-4.
October 1, 2008... Introduction U.S. 2nd Fleet was the first numbered fleet to successfully test a modular command and control (C2) suite, commonly known as the 2nd Fleet Demonstrator (2FD), during July's Joint Task Force Exercise (JTFEX) 08-4. The 2nd...

Tackling one of the most critical and challenging questions on the battlefield: BQ+ tests coalition combat identification and air-to-ground targeting technology.
October 1, 2008... Eglin Air Force Base in Florida hosted an advanced concept technology demonstration (ACTD) that tested and refined tactics, techniques and procedures using a variety of air-to-ground combat identification technologies designed to improve U.S....

The lazy person's guide to malicious software.
October 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the last installment of the Lazy Person's Guide we looked at botnets, collections of computers corrupted by malicious software, dedicated to serving the whims of shadowy masters hidden within the vast unknown of...

Enterprose software agreements.(Company overview)
October 1, 2008... 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...