January-March 2013 Issue
Mr. Terry Halvorsen is the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO). Shortly after being named DON CIO in ...
January-March 2013 Issue
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic officials were notified Oct. 26 that the center was selected to receive the ...
October-December 2012 Issue
"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” Albert Einstein said these words ...
October-December 2012 Issue
During the past two years, the Department of the Navy laid the groundwork for information technology efficiencies that will ...
October-December 2012 Issue
On April 17, Fleet Cyber Command (FLTCYBERCOM) and Naval Enterprise Networks (NEN) Program Office (PMW 205) launched the ...
October-December 2012 Issue
The Navy buys several billion dollars of non-weapon system and non-C4ISR system IT and IT support services each year. ...
October-December 2012 Issue
Mr. Robert J. Carey serves as the Department of Defense Principal Deputy Chief Information Officer. Selected to this ...
October-December 2012 Issue
In a letter titled “Navy Information Dominance Way Ahead” dated Sept. 8, 2011, the Chief of Naval Operations directed the ...
October-December 2012 Issue
Good people and good ideas have a way of rising to the top; so the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer is ...
July-September 2012 Issue
Previous to his position as Deputy Under Secretary of the Navy and Deputy Chief Management Officer, Mr. Fanning was deputy ...
January-March 2012 Issue
To continue supporting the operational forces stationed around the world, protecting the nation and providing humanitarian ...
January-March 2012 Issue
To achieve the most efficient use of communications-electronics (C-E) resources, the required capabilities of systems and ...
January-March 2012 Issue
At the direction of the Chief of Naval Operations, and in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for ...
January-March 2012 Issue
The federal government's "cloud first" policy, as part of the Federal Chief Information Officer's "25 Point Implementation ...
January-March 2012 Issue
Rear Adm. Joseph Mulloy assumed responsibilities as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Budget (FMB)/Director, Fiscal ...
October-December 2011 Issue
It has been a busy year for the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer staff and the information technology ...
October-December 2011 Issue
Signs of the severity of the economic crisis are all around us — we are reminded daily in the news, by our leadership and in ...
October-December 2011 Issue
Robert O. Work was confirmed as the Under Secretary of the Navy May 19, 2009. In this capacity, Work serves as the deputy ...
October-December 2011 Issue
Since the Chief of Naval operations combined the Office of the Director of Naval Intelligence (N2) and the Office of the ...
October-December 2011 Issue
The DoD CIO serves as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense for information management/information technology ...
July-September 2011 Issue
Efficiency is the watchword of the Department of Defense as Defense Secretary Robert Gates implemented business reforms and ...
July-September 2011 Issue
The DON Information Management/Information Technology/Cyberspace Campaign Plan for Fiscal Years 2011-2013 outlines the ...
July-September 2011 Issue
In response to spiraling costs and the economic downturn, the Defense Department and each of the services are examining ways ...
July-September 2011 Issue
The Department of the Navy must change the way it manages its business information technology (IT) systems. It is the ...
April-June 2011 Issue
In the January-March 2011 issue of CHIPS, the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer announced the DON CIO's role ...
January-March 2011 Issue
David Wennergren was selected to become the new Assistant Deputy Chief Management Officer (DCMO) for the Department of ...
October-December 2010 Issue
Vice Adm. Jack Dorsett, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (N2/N6), Director of Naval Intelligence ...
October-December 2009 Issue
The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer has released the DON CIO Campaign Plan for FY 2010, which outlines the ...
October-December 2009 Issue
The Navy's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Program reached another successful milestone with the completion of the ...
October-December 2009 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) Chief Information Officer recently released the DON Enterprise Architecture Version 1.0 ...
July-September 2009 Issue
The Office of Naval Research teamed with an automobile industry leader to explore energy-efficient, environmentally-friendly ...
July-September 2009 Issue
The year was 1978 – the Bee Gees' "Night Fever" ruled the charts; "Mork and Mindy" first hit the airwaves; and it cost 15 ...
July-September 2009 Issue
There is an old saying about how to assess the value of real estate: "Location, Location, Location," and this adage works ...
April-June 2009 Issue
In this ever-tightening budget environment, the Department of the Navy (DON) has undertaken a strategic sourcing pilot ...
April-June 2009 Issue
Vice Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr. is the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Communication Networks (OPNAV N6) and the ...
October-December 2008 Issue
When the Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) working group met for the first time in the fall of ...
October-December 2008 Issue
A new command, Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Atlantic, was commissioned during ceremonies Sept. 29 in ...
October-December 2008 Issue
Management of Naval Surface Forces (NAVSURFOR) is organized under the Surface Warfare Enterprise (SWE), an organizational ...
October-December 2008 Issue
Mine countermeasure ship Sailors will soon see a fix to correct the design flaw on the diesel engine exhaust flanges which ...
July-September 2008 Issue
The Advanced Sensor Distribution System (ASDS) Laboratory, also known as the AN/SPQ-14(V) or ASDS lab, is a small lab with a ...
July-September 2008 Issue
In today's high-tech world, a project manager must use a variety of skills to develop, execute and implement a successful ...
July-September 2008 Issue
The Secretary of the Navy joined the Department of Energy (DOE) in Washington, D.C., recently to recognize Fleet Readiness ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Predicting best-case or worst-case scenarios --and any scenario in between -- for more accurate cost models and decision ...
July-September 2008 Issue
A major milestone in the Navy Enterprise Resource Planning program was achieved May 12 in ERP's acquisition life cycle. The ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Congratulations are in order for individuals and teams throughout the Department of the Navy. The DON Chief Information ...
April-June 2008 Issue
It's not every day that the Navy opens a state-of-the-art facility for conducting and coordinating live and virtual training ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Are you one of the many who struggle through the sometimes agonizing process of defining your requirements, searching for a ...
April-June 2008 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) is leading the way in preparing its military and civilian leaders to manage effectively and ...
April-June 2008 Issue
As the Acting Director for the Office of Technology Transition (OTT), Ms. Cynthia Gonsalves is responsible for formulating ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Q: Can you talk about the logistics tail? In the competition between vendors, how are maintenance and repair ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Authorized by Title 10, U.S.C. Sec 2359b, the Defense Acquisition Challenge Program (DACP), part of the Office of the Deputy ...
April-June 2008 Issue
The Joint Tactical Radio System, the once troubled Defense Department major acquisition program for developing and procuring ...
January-March 2008 Issue
Vice Admiral Cotton graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in June 1973 with a degree in aerospace engineering. Earning his ...
January-March 2008 Issue
OFFUTT AFB, NE. – Oct. 16, 2007. Business transformation needs of the Unified Combatant Commands were again on the agenda ...
January-March 2008 Issue
A good idea, well-executed and with value to the customer now, and in the future, is the key to any good product and its ...
October-December 2007 Issue
Introduction
Several federal directives have placed high priority on performance measurement. These include the ...
July-September 2007 Issue
A recently married young lady asked her parents for money to build a new, single-family home. The parents asked some ...
July-September 2007 Issue
The Surface Combat Systems Center performs vital work focused on Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS) ...
July-September 2007 Issue
To maintain U.S. Navy maritime supremacy around the globe and respond to a multitude of humanitarian, peacekeeping and ...
April-June 2007 Issue
The FORCEnet construct began as a systematic methodology for the Navy to optimize information for tactical advantage. Since ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Consider that in the 21st century, communications, media, information and information services will become 50 percent of ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Collaboration on Field Manual 3-24 - Counterinsurgency began in 2004. It had been 20 years since the Army published a formal ...
April-June 2007 Issue
The transformation of information technology (IT) over the past 25 years has had a significant impact on the Department of ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Trident Warrior is the primary FORCEnet Sea Trial series of experiments sponsored by the Naval Network Warfare Command ...
April-June 2007 Issue
The core business areas for Navy Region Southwest include human resources management, legal, administrative processes, ...
April-June 2007 Issue
It was June 18, 1988, when the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management chartered the establishment of the ...
January-March 2007 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) Information Management and Information Technology Conference is a great opportunity to meet ...
January-March 2007 Issue
A component of the DON Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Program is remediation of vulnerabilities identified by ...
January-March 2007 Issue
In January 2006, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) announced the standup of a separate N6 Directorate for Navy as part of ...
January-March 2007 Issue
Speakers at the 11th annual Naval NETWAR FORCEnet Enterprise and Industry Conference unveiled plans to tackle current ...
October-December 2006 Issue
In 2004, Dr. Lawrence was selected as Associate Technical Director – Transitions for the Office of Naval Research with ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Dr. Patricia Gruber joined the Office of Naval Research in December 2005 as the Director of Research. She is responsible to ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Dr. Starnes E. Walker joined the Office of Naval Research in September 2004 and serves as the technical director and chief ...
October-December 2006 Issue
The U. S. Navy announced in June that its Navy Enterprise Resource Planning program (Navy ERP), successfully completed the ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Since February 2006, Rear Adm. Bachmann has focused on four key agenda items. CHIPS asked the admiral to assess SPAWAR's ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Scientists are learning what nature has known for years — that nonlinear and chaotic systems can provide improved ...
October-December 2006 Issue
Between 1946 and the founding of the National Science Foundation in 1950, the Office of Naval Research was the federal ...
October-December 2006 Issue
"It is not, in the end, about business practices, nor is the goal to improve figures on the bottom line. It's really about ...
July-September 2006 Issue
Computers are everywhere, touching every part of our lives. Home, work, shopping, schools … You can't go far without hearing ...
July-September 2006 Issue
Carmela Keeney assumed the top civilian position, Executive Director, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC ...
July-September 2006 Issue
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agency. The DLA Director reports to the Under ...
July-September 2006 Issue
Transforming the Department of the Navy into a "Total Force" often requires asking individuals to work harder and sacrifice ...
July-September 2006 Issue
The Joint Program Executive Officer Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) outlines an incremental approach to build ...
April-June 2006 Issue
The Federal Chief Information Officers Council announced the election of David M. Wennergren to the position of vice ...
April-June 2006 Issue
1. How do I use the Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) in the Umbrella Program? My contracting officer said we need to ...
April-June 2006 Issue
It was June 18, 1988, when the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management chartered the establishment of the ...
April-June 2006 Issue
Orbiting since 1998, the Geodetic/Geophysical Follow-On (GFO) satellite program is vital to the Navy's ability to ...
January-March 2006 Issue
Rear Admiral Victor See Jr. is the Director, Communications Systems Acquisition and Operations Directorate, National ...
January-March 2006 Issue
The Multi-User Engineering Change Proposal (ECP) Automated Review System (MEARS) provides an automated engineering change ...
October-December 2005 Issue
Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) information technology (IT) supports the business of the Department of Navy (DON). The ...
October-December 2005 Issue
Recently appointed Deputy Director of Naval Network Warfare Command, Mr. Mark Honecker, Cmdr. Tony Parrillo, director of the ...
October-December 2005 Issue
CHIPS asked Capt. Christopher to explain the significance of the Department of the Navy (DON) business information ...
October-December 2005 Issue
Rear Adm. Slaght has been the hard-charging, innovative commander of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command for the ...
October-December 2005 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) continues to evolve and improve how it is forging cohesive and integrated management of ...
July-September 2005 Issue
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is the chief engineer for delivering FORCEnet capabilities. To accomplish this ...
April-June 2005 Issue
The construct of maritime dominance contains many elements, and it includes much more than situational awareness of the ...
April-June 2005 Issue
The merger between the Center for Information Technology (CIT), headquartered in San Diego, Calif., and the Center for ...
April-June 2005 Issue
We are just 17, if you know what I mean! That's right; the Department of the Navy Information Technology (DON IT) Umbrella ...
January-March 2005 Issue
Rear Adm. Brown became Vice Director for Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems (J6), The Joint Staff, in ...
January-March 2005 Issue
Navy Shore-Based Oracle Enterprise License Agreement provides significant benefits including substantial cost avoidance for ...
January-March 2005 Issue
It's winter, and amid the bright, snow-covered landscape surrounding my home in Vermont, this young man's fancy turns to ...
October-December 2004 Issue
Director, Navy Staff Mission
To coordinate and synchronize the internal Navy Staff processes and actions of OPNAV Principal ...
October-December 2004 Issue
When confronting a short-term need that calls for a fast fix to "stop the bleeding," many organizations have turned to the ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Introduction
From the American consumer to the American warfighter, the ability to retrieve meaningful, current, useful ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Introduction
The concept of capabilities-based acquisition is fundamentally changing the way we buy and engineer systems ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Vision: PEO C4I and Space, whose mission is to acquire, field and support C4I and ground-based space systems, ultimately ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Navy and Marine Corps teams continue to work on projects that are successfully transforming Department of the Navy (DON) ...
July-September 2004 Issue
The Department of the Navy eBusiness Operations Office is now accepting pilot project proposals from Navy and Marine Corps ...
July-September 2004 Issue
A reminder to Department of Defense personnel that no-cost, downloadable antivirus software is available to DoD users for ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Overview
Governments and industry worldwide rely on advances in science and technology (S&T) to maintain a competitive ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) were recently established for ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Investing in a Winner
The DON eBusiness Operations Office is an innovative ebusiness center that seeds pilot projects ...
April-June 2004 Issue
"So, how's it going?" Whether you hear it in the hallway or in your regularly scheduled project review meeting, you have ...
January-March 2004 Issue
It is absolutely necessary for the Navy and the Department of Defense to dissect, study, analyze and determine the effects ...
January-March 2004 Issue
Just reading through this issue of CHIPS Magazine highlights the fact that information technology (IT) is woven into the ...
January-March 2004 Issue
This year, 2003, America celebrates the beginning of one of our country's greatest projects, the exploration of the American ...
October-December 2003 Issue
The Department of the Navy Information Technology (DON IT) Umbrella Program was chartered in 1988 by the Assistant Secretary ...
October-December 2003 Issue
Mr. David M. Wennergren serves as the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO). Reporting directly to the ...
October-December 2003 Issue
IT project managers could learn a lot from 17th century European merchants — both have experience with uncertain, dangerous ...
October-December 2003 Issue
What is SmartBUY?
SmartBUY is a government-wide software enterprise-licensing project that leverages the buying power of ...
October-December 2003 Issue
History
The history of the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS), formerly known as the Defense Logistics Services ...
July-September 2003 Issue
CHIPS: What is your role at PEO-C4I & Space?
Mr. Cox: As the Technical Director for PEO-C4I & Space, I provide technical ...
July-September 2003 Issue
Welcome home! They are back and we could not be happier for those U.S. Forces returning from Operation Iraqi Freedom. ...
July-September 2003 Issue
The Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) is a joint project designed to implement a software enterprise management process ...
July-September 2003 Issue
The Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ) is a team of operational planners and information command and control ...
July-September 2003 Issue
Capt. Mark Greer is the 2003 recipient of the Award for Meritorious Service to the Intelligence Community by the Armed ...
July-September 2003 Issue
Ask any 12 people to define transformation and depending on what they have read, you will likely get 12 very different ...
April-June 2003 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) Information Technology (IT) Umbrella Program provides easy to use, pre-competed acquisition ...
April-June 2003 Issue
On January 3, 2003, the Supply Maintenance Aviation Reengineering Team (SMART) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) program ...
April-June 2003 Issue
Most of us at one time or another will be responsible for the successful completion of a project. From a simple LAN ...
April-June 2003 Issue
... As you might guess, I'm a big fan of change — as long as it produces better warfighters, and as long as we are spending ...
January-March 2003 Issue
Sept. 5, 2002, NAVICP (Naval Inventory Control Point) conducted the Navy's first online forward auctions. The two auctions ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Several key documents assign responsibilities for Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) workforce ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Grady Booch is recognized internationally for his innovative work on software architecture, modeling, and software ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Many of us first learned about transformation and measuring change in our high school biology or physics classes. In the ...
October-December 2002 Issue
NAVAIR's Support/Commercial Derivative Aircraft Program (PMA-207) accepted on Aug. 29, 2002, a completely refurbished fuel ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Selecting the right tool for a job is important to completing the job both efficiently and effectively. Portfolio management ...
April-June 2002 Issue
Introduction
Senior acquisition professionals encounter both challenges and opportunities when incorporating commercial ...
April-June 2002 Issue
As reported in "Taking Care of Business, Department of the Navy Electronic Business, a Revolution in Business Process ...
April-June 2002 Issue
Among the key workers building U.S. Navy vessels in the shipyard at Bath Iron Works, Maine are the welders, the ...
April-June 2002 Issue
After dropping various thinly veiled hints here and there in articles for the last few years, I finally decided it was time ...
April-June 2002 Issue
"People are important and we must invest in them. Our competency management program will help us identify specific ways to ...
January-March 2002 Issue
On 11 September 2001 our view of the future changed. The brutal and savage terrorist attacks that shocked America and the ...
January-March 2002 Issue
Momentum is building and Navy leadership is focusing on bringing Web-enabled processes to afloat and ashore forces via the ...
January-March 2002 Issue
Background
One of the underlying tenets in pursuit of information superiority in the Department of the Navy (DON) is the ...
January-March 2002 Issue
E-Commerce Web site for General Purpose Electronic Test Equipment (GPETE) provides authorized users with discounts of up to ...
January-March 2002 Issue
Mr. Ehrler was a featured speaker at Virtual Connecting Technology (CT) Fall 2001. This update has been edited from Mr. ...
October-December 2001 Issue
Retired Rear Admiral Tobin is the Executive Director of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) ...
October-December 2001 Issue
Do you wish there were a place where all the knowledge sharing champions, government knowledge-centric organizations and ...
October-December 2001 Issue
What an exciting three months it has been—starting with the openings of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) Network ...
July-September 2001 Issue
Connecting Technology (CT) Spring 2001, sponsored by the Department of the Navy Information Technology (DON-IT) Umbrella ...
July-September 2001 Issue
Thank you to all who attended Connecting Technology (CT) Spring 2001 at the Pavilion Convention Center in Virginia Beach, ...
July-September 2001 Issue
The Chief of Naval Education and Training (CNET) has taken another giant step in support of its mission to "Transfer More ...
July-September 2001 Issue
Connecting Technology (CT) Spring 2001, May 15-17, 2001 had the honor and pleasure to have Mr. Joseph Cipriano, PEO - IT as ...
July-September 2001 Issue
You don't have to look very far in private industry to see that handheld computing devices Personal Digital Assistants ...
July-September 2001 Issue
We all know that Information Technology (IT) training budgets are tight. Everyone wants the best possible training at the ...
July-September 2001 Issue
On 18 April 2001, in partnership with the Engineering Field Activity Mediterranean (EFA Med), the Naval Regional Contracting ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
What is the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) program?
NMCI is a Department of the Navy program that will deliver ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
HERNDON, Virginia - The Department of the Navy's (DON) vision to develop a comprehensive Navy Marine Corps Intranet [NMCI] ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
It's the wave of change and it's coming - the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), the digital network that will link all ...
April-June 2001 Issue
Background
Electronic Business (eB) is defined as the interchange and processing of information via electronic techniques ...
April-June 2001 Issue
With Electronic Certification System (ECS), invoice processing time can be reduced to just a couple of days! ECS is a ...
April-June 2001 Issue
Background
Rear Adm. Richard J. Mauldin established Commander Task Force Navy Marine Corps Intranet (CTF NMCI) in October ...
January-March 2001 Issue
Welcome to 2001 and the true start of the New Millennium. This is the year a psychopathic computer is supposed to kill off ...