Category Archives: DoD IT Acquisition

DoD Can’t Get to Wave 3 Using Wave 2 Processes!!!

Our military Wave 3 information capability is hostage to current Wave 2 bureaucratic processes…   …we can’t get there without radical change! Our DoD Culture does not Understand Technology Adoption DoD’s attempt to modernize Joint command & control (C2) is once … Continue reading

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An IT Acquisition Joint Game Changer

Enterprise network & computing, coupled with distributed-services technologies are transforming legacy mission and business systems… Introduction This post describes an acquisition concept that I am currently proposing for the DISA led Network Enabled Command Capability (NECC) Program. With this concept … Continue reading

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Its About the Enterprise, Not the Systems…

Modern IT systems, including our DoD enterprise, is an infrastructure not a set of semi-independent systems tied together with interfaces. We must change the way we acquire and upgrade our infrastructure and applications to sustain our military capability. Continue reading

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Decoupling IT Acquisition Processes…

DoD acquisition policy and possibly law is getting ready to change once again. If we continue to allow IT systems to be painted with the same brush as weapon systems we will continue to smother IT in expensive and time consuming excessive oversight… Continue reading

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Defense IT Acquisition Challenges…

If we are to keep our National defense strong we must change the way we procure information technology… Continue reading

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