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Topic: U.S. Department of Defense

  
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JSF   |  Comment

Hackers Rob Pentagon of F-35 Fighter Design Data

Hackers have stolen terabytes of data about the design and electronics inside the Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter program, The Wall Street Journal reported last night. The $300 billion jet is the most expensive program in ...READ»

DESIGN   |  Comment

Thirteen Year Legal Marketing Advantage

When performing a search engine optimization analysis for a new legal client, we ran across a competing law firm whose website had been online since 1996. READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Something about being near planes helps government organizations "get it."

A while back we discovered that the Transportation Safety Administration had started what appeared to be a public relations campaign that included -- believe it or not -- a blog. Evolution of Security has become quite an ...READ»

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OPEN SOURCE   |  Comment

Not Just for POTUS: The Defense Department Wants Some Open Source Too

We noted yesterday the way the White House was embracing open source principles with its switch to Drupal for its Web site, and today there's news that a different quarter of government is keen to go open: The Defense ...READ»

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U.S. Recruiting Cyber Patriots to Defend the Interwebs

Don't panic, residents of the U.S. of A., your interWeb is safe: Soon 10,000 young cyber warriors will be bravely donning their unifo... uh, T-shirts, and clambering into their cockpi... uh, desks, ready to defend your networks from ...READ»

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FC CALENDAR   |  Comment

Milcom 2009

Seems impossible, but it's true: Until April, the U.S. Army did not have mobile-Internet capability. This is particularly ludicrous since the Department of Defense's budget for military communications this year is $23.7 billion. (For ...READ»

IDEAS   |  1 comment

Off My Bookshelf III

How do you sell an idea at work? It's an interesting and important question for people hell bent on making a difference. In "What's The Big Idea" by Thomas H. Davenport and Laurence Prusak, there is some great advice. The best of ...READ»

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Inside the IED Battle Drill: How Hollywood Is Prepping Soldiers for Roadside Attacks

An immersive experience uses state-of-the-art Hollywood visual effects and theme park technology to help soldiers learn what to expect in an IED ambush--and it may save lives.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Fast Pack

We invited some of the smartest people we know to consider four of the toughest questions around. Fast Company celebrates its second anniversary with the ultimate business roundtable.READ»

Corporate ethics - a culture, not just a policy

There has been a lot of press lately on the final FAR rule (3.1003-3.1004) requiring contractors with $five million-plus of government business to have a written code of ethics. A former colleague used to say that contracting might be ...READ»

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AIR FORCE   |  Comment

F-22 Fighter Gets the Axe

President Barack Obama won an important victory late yesterday afternoon when the Senate voted to halt production of the Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter jet (seen below). Nearly two billion dollars had been earmarked for the ...READ»

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Witness the Real-life (Beta) Version of Star Trek's Universal Translator

Sakhr Mobile develops an iPhone app for troops and diplomats that translates Arabic speech into English, and visa versa--and there's video of it, in action.READ»

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Pentagon Says F-35 Classified Designs Have Not Been Stolen

A national security panic spread through the Internet yesterday after a report by The Wall Street Journal suggested "terabytes" of classified data on the F-35 Lightning II had been stolen by hackers. Today the Pentagon and ...READ»

Go East, Young Man. Uncle Sam Promises 'Recession-Proof Future' for SavvyTechnology Marketers. Especially Now.

If you are the CMO or CEO of a technology company, you might be interested in learning that the recession, depression or slowdown in the economy is real, unless you are targeting the federal government, the single largest IT client ...READ»

Report from BlogWorldExpo: Blogging and Television

Highlights from 11.08.07 4 PM session: Blogging and Television @ BlogWorldExpo. I came to this session expecting a talk about the intersection of blogging and television, perhaps even some highlights on Vlogging (video blogging). It ...READ»

Casus Belly

Napoleon Bonaparte once declared, "An army marches on its stomach." For Gerald Darsch, director of the Defense Department's Combat Feeding program at the Army's Soldier Systems Center, Napoleon's words serve as a mission. "Precision ...READ»

DESIGN   |  Comment

Insurance Marketing with an Eleven Year Head Start

Recently, we had to perform a search engine optimization analysis for a new insurance client. In doing so, we came across a competing agency’s website that originally went online in 1998.READ»

TECHNOLOGY   |  Comment

The Software Engineering Institute

In a world of software chaos, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a missionary outfit proselytizing for a better way.READ»

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The Secret to Face Recognition? Nature's Own "Bar Code"

Every day, we recognize hundreds of faces without giving it a second thought. But unlocking exactly how humans pull off that seemingly simple feat has bedeviled researchers, who have been tantalized by the wealth of ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Embracing the Hard Part of the Job

In an extended interview, 9/11 Commission member Jamie Gorelick offers additional insights from her experiences.READ»

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BILL   |  2 comments

Breaking Down the "Energy" Projects in the Stimulus

Most of the projects in the the President's $900 billion stimulus package are the kind of public works the government has executed for decades: trains, bridges, and so on. But the "Energy" projects that will be eligible for funding ...READ»

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MAYA   |  4 comments

Inside MAYA Design's Innovation Boot Camps

How a little lab called MAYA is giving firms such as Emerson and General Dynamics an innovation boost.READ»

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Victoria Franchetti Haynes

President of the Research Triangle Institute
Durham, North CarolinaREAD»

TEAMWORK   |  Comment

Victoria Franchetti Haynes

President of the Research Triangle Institute
Durham, North CarolinaREAD»

LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Beg, Borrow, Stimulate

Meeting I Never MissREAD»