http://smart-future.org/2010/01/openletter/ ...the future looks bright through my shades... Sun, 11 Dec 2011 03:20:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://smart-future.org/2010/01/openletter/comment-page-1/#comment-8523 Marv Langston Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:39:10 +0000 http://smart-future.org/?p=299#comment-8523 Jason, you make very good points that relates to the quality of the acquisition workforce in general. The use of smart organizations like Mitre, Lincoln Labs, Applied Physics Lab, plus the DoD systems centers and laboratories are supposed to be the source of good technical understanding and management support. Part of the issue is how far all of our organizations have moved toward being politically correct to sustain funding rather than helping our program managers find the best technical path. As we learn more about allowing commercial cloud vendors to support DoD needs such as could be the case with an unclassified Google Apps deployment, we will learn more about how to move forward. My suggestions have been more about starting these trial processes rather than wringing our hands over loss of funding and increasing information overload challenges. Thanks for commenting. Jason, you make very good points that relates to the quality of the acquisition workforce in general. The use of smart organizations like Mitre, Lincoln Labs, Applied Physics Lab, plus the DoD systems centers and laboratories are supposed to be the source of good technical understanding and management support. Part of the issue is how far all of our organizations have moved toward being politically correct to sustain funding rather than helping our program managers find the best technical path. As we learn more about allowing commercial cloud vendors to support DoD needs such as could be the case with an unclassified Google Apps deployment, we will learn more about how to move forward. My suggestions have been more about starting these trial processes rather than wringing our hands over loss of funding and increasing information overload challenges. Thanks for commenting.

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