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In May, the U.S. Navy released a massive, 1,100 page request for proposals (RFP) for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) IT program. NGEN will provide secure data and information technology services, such as data storage, email, and video-teleconferencing for around 700,000 users at 2,500
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6/13/2012
The U.S. Air Force has spent years trying to posture itself for an omnibus information-services competition under the rubric of NETCENTS-2. The name "NETCENTS" is a contraction of the phrase "network-centric solutions," and it says something about how long the second phase in the program is taking
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Date:
9/29/2011
The Department of the Navy is probably the nation's best-managed major military organization. Under the leadership of Secretary Ray Mabus and Under Secretary Robert Work, the service has put its ship construction and aviation plans on a sound footing while making the tough choices required to stay
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8/24/2011
The House Appropriations Committee's defense subcommittee is raising doubts about a costly new information system the Navy is proposing to purchase called the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN, or "En-Gen"). NGEN would replace an existing Navy-Marine Corps network that is the largest intranet
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Date:
6/20/2011
After a decade of operating the world's largest intranet with a single contractor in charge, the U.S. Navy has decided to replace it with something more fashionable. It plans to unbundle the functions required to sustain the network and hold a series of competitions each year to see who can offer
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5/9/2011
The Government Accountability Office issued a scathing report on March 11 criticizing Navy plans for the $50 billion Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN). The project is supposed to replace the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, the largest intranet in the world and by most accounts a system that
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Date:
3/14/2011
You'd think that after cutting $330 billion of unnecessary weapons spending out of the Pentagon budget last year, defense secretary Robert Gates would have claimed almost all of the low-hanging fruit. Well, guess again: the military services still are buying all sorts of exotic gadgets that aren't
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Date:
11/10/2010
When a Defense Business Board task force recommended last month that the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) eliminate its networking and information integration secretariat, it signaled just how far from grace the notion of network-centric warfare has fallen. The secretariat was established
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Date:
8/6/2010
The Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) is the biggest intranet in the world. With 800,000 users, some people say the only network that's bigger is the Internet itself. But NMCI has spawned more than its share of controversy, because the Navy awarded a huge contract to Electronic Data Systems to
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Date:
1/26/2010