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BRAC at Fort Belvoir: history book available for download
By PEO EIS Media Division
“BRAC at Fort Belvoir” history published in March 2012 is now online. The 221-page document compiled by Fort Belvoir Historian Gustav Person details Fort Belvoir’s transformation under the 2005 BRAC legislation. The transformation was accomplished at a cost of more than $4.5 billion, saw construction of more than seven million square feet of new office space, and moved more than 19,000 military personnel and DOD employees to Fort Belvoir.
Our appreciation to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for adding the book to its history collection. The book is under copyright by the Library of Congress.
The .pdf copy at the link below nearly 4 mb in size. Once it downloads, we recommend you save it to your drive.
BRAC at Fort Belvoir can be downloaded here.
Posted May 01, 2012
CHESS adds tablets, slates to Consolidated Buy
By Michael Dorsey, CHESS public affairs
All government organizations purchasing desktops, notebooks and printers during the 15th Consolidated Buy (CB) will have another category of items to select from - tablets/slates.
Tablets offer a highly mobile platform that perform similar to laptops, but weigh less and have touch screen capability. Slates, smaller-sized tablets with touch screen imprint, will also be offered.
Customers can choose from eight tablets/slates. What sets the tablets and slates offered in CB-15 apart is their ability to meet network standards and run the Microsoft Windows-based Army Golden Master (AGM). This means they can be connected to Army network, process For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents, and obtain standard security patches.
The Project Director, Computer Hardware, Enterprise Software and Solutions (CHESS), opened CB 15 for ordering June 18 with the ordering period running through Sept. 30.
Additional information about the tablets/slates is on the CHESS website at https://CHESS.army.mil. CHESS has also established an AKO page where customers can review benchmark information for the CB desktops and notebooks.
CB offers substantial savings regardless of the quantities procured. CB products and prices are posted on the CHESS website in the on-line comparison tool (anticipated for a July 9 launch) and in a downloadable spreadsheet file, making it easy for customers to compare products and prices by category and make an assessment of all eight ADMC-2 vendor product offerings.
Posted May 01, 2012