http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/2095/all xx http://www.itworld.com/open-source/82730/dod-open-sources-more-1m-lines-code The U.S Department of Defense is not only encouraging use of open source applications, it recently open-sourced an enterprise human resources application that has over a million lines of code. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/82730/dod-open-sources-more-1m-lines-code#comments Development Government Open Source Software News DoD hr software Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:21:43 -0400 ITworld staff 82730 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/82629/dod-open-source-good-proprietary-software The Department of Defense issues a memo outlining guidance for using open source software and for contributing code back to the community. http://www.itworld.com/software/82629/dod-open-source-good-proprietary-software#comments Government Open Source Software News DoD Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:29 -0400 ITworld staff 82629 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/67146/can-security-processes-finally-be-automated Automation of security is a concept with momentum this year as some of the larger federal agencies, including the DoD, NSA, Agriculture and Energy, are pushing for a new direction beyond the current FISMA audit mandate for compliance. http://www.itworld.com/security/67146/can-security-processes-finally-be-automated#comments Security Feature compliance DoD NSA Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:38:28 -0400 ITworld staff 67146 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/67036/military-enlists-open-source-community In recent weeks, the military has launched a collaborative platform called Forge.mil for its developers to share software, systems components and network services. The agency also signed an agreement with the Open Source Software Institute to allow 50 internally developed workforce management applications to be licensed to other government agencies, universities and companies. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/67036/military-enlists-open-source-community#comments Development Open Source News DoD Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:27:38 -0400 ITworld staff 67036 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/66723/report-hackers-break-pentagons-fighter-jet-project Hackers broke into U.S. Department of Defense computers and downloaded terabytes of data containing design information about the Joint Strike Fighter, a $300 billion stealth fighter currently under development, according to The Wall Street Journal. http://www.itworld.com/security/66723/report-hackers-break-pentagons-fighter-jet-project#comments Government Security News data breach DoD hack Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:10:35 -0400 ITworld staff 66723 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/60173/dod-seeks-virtual-renditions-military-parents The U.S. Department of Defense is looking for researchers who can build applications that enable family members to interact with parents serving far from home in the military. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/60173/dod-seeks-virtual-renditions-military-parents#comments Development Government Tech & society News DoD multimedia Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:23:24 -0500 ITworld staff 60173 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/58270/old-worm-infects-department-defense-computers Department of Defense computers have been hit with an old worm that the DoD won't discuss other than to say it is taking steps to mitigate its effects. http://www.itworld.com/security/58270/old-worm-infects-department-defense-computers#comments Security News DoD worm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:13:27 -0500 ITworld staff 58270 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/55909/darpa-calls-help-designing-submersible-aircraft It may sound like something out of a James Bond movie, but the U.S. military's DARPA is putting out the call for researchers to come up with a design for a submersible aircraft. http://www.itworld.com/tech-amp-society/55909/darpa-calls-help-designing-submersible-aircraft#comments Tech & society News DARPA DoD Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:39:24 -0400 abennett 55909 at http://www.itworld.com