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DOD rethinks buy versus build software quandry
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| Over the past decade, the Defense Department, and federal agencies
| in general, have embraced the idea of using commercial-off-the-
| shelf (COTS) software whenever possible. Why build when it's less
| expensive to buy? Why reinvent the wheel?
|
| [...]
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| DISA had to build these applications for a number of reasons,
| Nelson noted. In some cases, no commercial applications existed in
| the marketplace that could do the tasks needed. In other cases,
| software was available, though it was too expensive. Or the
| software did something similar to what DISA needed, but the agency
| would need to modify its processes to meet the workflow of the
| software. Or, lastly, commercial software providers or software-
| development-focused contractors told DISA that the software the
| agency sought just couldnât be built at all, Nelson said.
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http://washingtontechnology.com/articles/2009/09/15/dod-rethinking-buy-versus-build-software.aspx
Recent:
Carahsoft Awarded U.S. DoD Enterprise Software Initiative Contract for Open
Source Solutions
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| Carahsoft Technology Corp., the trusted government IT solutions provider,
| today announced that it has been awarded a U.S. Department of Defense ESI
| Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for Open Source Solutions. The contract
| encompasses software and support services from Red Hat, JBoss, Alfresco,
| Pentaho, MySQL, and CollabNet.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29735518/
Defense Department makes more open source moves
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| At a technology transfer showcase hosted by Johns Hopkins a defense IS
| official noted all this will help DoD âleverageâ improvements to CMIS made by
| other agencies, universities or individuals. But thatâs the open source deal
| â you benefit from me and I benefit from you.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3734
US Defense Dept. goes public with some open source plans
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| As a next step in open source, the DoD is teaming up with the Open Source
| Software Institute (OSSI) on a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
| (CRADA) that will allow over 50 federal administration applications to be
| publicly distributed under an open source license.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/US-Defense-Dept-goes-public-with-some-open-source-plans/1237313872
DoD to Open Source Corporate Management Information System
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| âSecondly, since CMIS is now released under an open source license,
| commercial, academic and non-profit entities can adopt and support the
| system, as long as they adhere to the license agreement. There are two
| license variants available from OSSI, the Open Software License v.3.0 and the
| Academic Free License v.3.0,â he said.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/application/17468/dod-open-source-corporate-management-information-system
DISA to open source administrative software
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| The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) plans to open source a suite of
| programs that it developed for administrative tasks. The agency has signed a
| Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the Open Source Software
| Institute (OSSI) to help release the source code of the programs.
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http://gcn.com/articles/2009/03/17/disa-open-source.aspx
Open source makes serious headway in the U.S. Department of Defense
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| As I listened to David Mihelcic, CTO with the U.S. Defense Information
| Systems Agency talk about the benefits of open source on Federal News Radio's
| presentation of "Open Source Solutions - 2 Years In Review," I couldn't help
| but be impressed with just how far open source has come in the past decade.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10126839-16.html
Related:
Malware knocks Defense Department e-mail offline
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| According to the Associated Press, the US Defense Department took
| 1,500 computers offline as the result of a cyber attack.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733189-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Navy CIO 'recognizes the importance of OSS to the warfighter'
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| John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software
| Institute, told Linux.com today that, effective immediately, the
| Department of the Navy has adopted a new policy which requires that
| open source software must be considered in every software
| acquisition the Navy makes.
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/06/06/0135204
State Department got mail and hackers
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| A break-in targeting State Department computers worldwide last
| summer occurred after a department employee in Asia opened a
| mysterious e-mail that quietly allowed hackers inside the U.S.
| government's network.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_on_hi_te/hackers_state_department
The feds weigh in on Windows security
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| "The benefits of this move are enormous: Common, secure configurations
| can help slow botnet spreading, can radically reduce delays in patching,
| can stop many attacks directly, and organizations that have made the
| move report that it actually saves money rather than costs money,"
| Paller wrote.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6172158.html
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