DoD http://www.itworld.com/dod xx DOD open-sources more than 1M lines of code 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 DoD: open source as good as proprietary software 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 Can security processes finally be automated? 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 Military enlists open source community 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 Report: Hackers break into Pentagon's fighter jet project 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