Posts from GovConDaily for 03/15/2016

OPM Seeks $37M to Implement New IT Infrastructure

The Office of Personnel Management seeks $37 million in funds to migrate the agency’s information technology systems to a proposed “Shell” infrastructure in fiscal 2017, Federal News Radio reported Monday…

Army CIO Robert Ferrell Unveils Strategy to Share, Manage Data

Lt. Gen. Robert Ferrell, the Army‘s chief information officer, has introduced a strategy that seeks to facilitate data exchanges on its network as the service branch moves to implement the Common Operating Environment…

NIST Issues Data Security Guidelines for BYOD, Telework Devices

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has introduced draft guidelines that seek to help corporate organizations protect networks from data breaches and other cyber attacks as a result of the adoption of bring-your-own-devices and computers for telework…

AAR to Design, Build Shelters for Army’s Fuel Usage Reduction Efforts; Lee Krantz Comments

AAR Mobility Systems has been awarded a potential five-year, $49 million contract to design, produce and test two types of 20-foot shelters for the U.S. Army. The company will also make a set of Automatic Test Equipment maintenance shelters to contain the test systems as well as Next Generation Automatic Test System storage shelters for system-specific tools required in tests on systems components, AAR said Monday…

Report: Navy Eyes Battle Force Fleet of More Than 308 Ships

The U.S. Navy has crafted a 30-year shipbuilding plan that indicates the military service can hit or surpass its goal of having 308 combat vessels over a 12-year period, Breaking Defense reported Monday…

Endgame Unveils Cyber Operations Platform to Automate Attacker Searches, Defense Mechanisms

Endgame will a release new cyber operations platform to the market March 30 in an effort to help enterprise organizations detect, block and disable cyber threats in the early stages of the attack…

Northrop to Help DARPA Build Miniature Navigation Sensor Tech

Northrop Grumman has received a potential $11.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s microsystems technology office to develop a miniaturized inertial measurement unit for navigational use…