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Lots of DISA puns are possible, but I refuse to cloud the issue.

Yes, I’ve been scarce lately. Getting paid by the word will do that to you. Last Friday, I attended the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Forecast to Industry, which is basically where all the vendors come to find out what DISA is looking to buy in the near future. The big thing at DISA these days [...]
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FORGE.mil set for secret code

Update [7/22] I spoke with DISA’s Rob Vietmeyer yesterday. FORGE.mil currently consists of a collaborative software development site; it’s open to use by all of DOD and contractors with NIPRNet (and now SIPRNet) access to create applications that can be openly shared within DOD. The impetus for creating a classified net version of [...]
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On tap: Interviews with DISA’s John Garing and Tony Montemarano

I’ll be meandering down to Arlington today to the Defense Information Systems Agency for an interview with DISA’s CIO, John Garing, and then will be speaking with DISA’s Component Acquisition Executive, Tony Montemarano. Topics on tap for Mr. Garing: cloud computing and DISA’s open-source initiative, Forge.mil. And I’ll be asking Mr. Montemarano [...]
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On tap: Interviews with DISA's John Garing and Tony Montemarano

I’ll be meandering down to Arlington today to the Defense Information Systems Agency for an interview with DISA’s CIO, John Garing, and then will be speaking with DISA’s Component Acquisition Executive, Tony Montemarano. Topics on tap for Mr. Garing: cloud computing and DISA’s open-source initiative, Forge.mil. And I’ll be asking Mr. Montemarano [...]
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Mission Assurance – COOP for Warriors

One of the new Joint Capability Technology Demonstrations announced for 2009 by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics is an attempt to find the answer to the question of how to “fight through” an interruption or attack on the DOD’s Global Information Grid network: Mission Assurance Decision Support [...]
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