DISA Release Updated GIG Strategic Plan Utilizing Cloud
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to migrate the management of the Global Information Grid to the cloud from a net-centric model, Fierce Government IT reports. Published August 2, the GIG strategic plan said DISA’s short-term plan includes creating a public-private cloud environment on the GIG secret-level networks or DoD Platforms, migrating of end-user applications [...]
The Defense Information Systems Agency is set to integrate health records systems of the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, according to Federal News Radio. In January, the VA said in January it would move its EHR system on DISA-hosted data centers starting in March. VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker told Federal News Radio it [...]
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The Defense Information Systems Agency has added a new element to its Forge.mil family of services: social networking. Forge.mil Community will help users connect, collaborate, share information and manage content, as well as provide a more holistic view of Forge.mil activities, the agency said in a release. “We knew the community layer would be a [...]
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With 1,300 members of its workforce already relocated, the Defense Information Systems Agency has moved its headquarters from Arlington, Va., to Fort Meade, Md., which also houses the National Security Agency, according to The Washington Post. DISA Director Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett said last week 600 more employees would be in place by the [...]
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The U.S. Cyber Command has restricted Defense Department workers’ access to streaming-video websites such as YouTube, Amazon and Googlevideo, according to The Associated Press. Officials say the overwhelming demand to see the Japan earthquake is using up the much-needed bandwidth already weakened by Internet problems in that region of the world. Cyber Command has directed [...]
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Defense Information Systems Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett last week accepted a ceremonial key to the new DISA facility at the new headquarters command building at Fort Meade, Md. The ceremony marks the first phase of DISA‘s occupation of its new headquarters facility at Fort Meade. After completion, the facility will provide 1.1 [...]
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After spending most of the past decade defending the Department of Defense’s computer networks, the Joint Task Force Global Network Operations command cased its colors. Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, presided over the ceremony. He said that although the ceremony marked the end of the task force’s tenure, its [...]
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