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<DIV id="date">Edition: Thu, March 09, 2006<BR><A href="standto.php?printable&dte=2006-03-09">Printable Version</A></DIV><DIV class="column"><H2>TODAY'S FOCUS</H2><P><B>Project and Product Managers in PEO EIS Infrastructure</B><BR>
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U.S. Army Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, headquartered at Fort Belvoir, VA, is responsible for a variety of Information Technology hardware and software needs which support the Army and DOD, primarily in Combat Service Support arenas. Today we highlight Project and Product Managers in PEO EIS Infrastructure. <BR>
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• <B>Defense Communications and Army Switched Systems</B> are providing telecommunications support and the routes for networking posts, camps and stations worldwide. Infrastructure modernization is a major priority for the CIO/G6. <A href="http://www.eis.army.mil/dcass" target="_blank">Click to learn more about DCASS.</A><BR>
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• <B>Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems</B> is building the GIG in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan and provides satellite terminals, baseband and wideband systems, terrestrial transmission systems, land mobile radios, command center upgrades and Army enterprise infostructure for Combatant Commanders, joint warfighters and MACOMs worldwide. <A href="http://www.eis.army.mil/dcats" target="_blank">Click to visit DCATS.</A><BR>
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• <B>Enterprise Infostructure</B> provides oversight of Army’s Knowledge Management Goal #3 to manage the Army infostructure at an enterprise level. <A href="https://www.ei.army.mil/" target="_blank">Click to learn more about EI.</A><BR>
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• <B>Defense Message System – Army</B> is the organizational messaging system for classified and non-classified traffic. <A href="https://www.dms.army.mil/" target="_blank">Click for more info on DMS-A.</A><BR>
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• <B>Joint - Automatic Identification Technology</B> delivers the latest Radio Frequency Identification and factory-to-foxhole In-Transit Visibility. <A href="https://www.eis.army.mil/ait" target="_blank">Click for more info on J-AIT.</A><BR>
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• <B>Army Small Computer Program</B> is the approved buying source for procurement of hardware and software technology. <A href="http://pmscp.monmouth.army.mil/" target="_blank">Click to visit ASCP.</A><BR>
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• Knowing the difference between friend and foe is the responsibility of <B>Enterprise Biometrics</B> (EB). <BR>
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• At <B>Information Technology Services</B> they are cabling the Pentagon and making “Thin Client” technology come alive at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. <A href="http://renovation.pentagon.mil/projects-it.htm" target="_blank">Click to learn more about ITS.</A><BR>
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• And, <B>Army Knowledge Online</B> provides e-mail, chat and enormous filing capabilities to eligible users in the Army family. There is a move afloat to expand AKO’s capabilities to include all of DOD. <A href="https://www.us.army.mil/" target="_blank">Click to learn more about AKO.</A><BR>
</P><H2>INFORMATION YOU CAN USE</H2><P><B>ANNOUNCING INDUSTRY DAY 2006</B><BR>
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The AFCEA-Belvoir/PEO EIS Industry Day will be held March 15-17 in Bethesda, MD. The theme this year is: Transforming the Business Enterprise. For more information or to register for Industry Day 2006 visit: <A href="http://www.fbcinc.com/peoeis" target="_blank"> www.fbcinc.com/peoeis</A> or email: <A href="mailto:pao@eis.army.mil"> pao@eis.army.mil</A></P></DIV><DIV class="column"><H2>NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B>SecArmy Orders Army-Wide</B> Business Transformation (<A href="http://www4.army.mil/news/article.php?story=8661" target="_blank">ARNEWS</A>)</LI><LI><B>Details of ’07 Targeted</B> Pay Raises Unfold (<A href="http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1582615.php" target="_blank">AT</A>)</LI><LI><B>Military Looks for Ways to Trim</B> Soaring Energy Costs (<A href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-03-08-military-alternate-fuel_x.htm" target="_blank">USAToday</A>)</LI><LI><B>Fewer Blacks Enlisting</B> In Military (<A href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/06/national/main1372407.shtml?CMP=ILC-SearchStories" target="_blank">CBS</A>)</LI><LI><B>General Dynamics Unit Gets $27 Mln</B> U.S. Army Contract For Stryker Logistics Support (<A href="http://www.tradingmarkets.com/tm.site/news/BREAKING%20NEWS/190222/" target="_blank">TM</A>)</LI></UL><P></P><H2>WAR ON TERROR NEWS</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B>The Wake of Success</B> (<A href="http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/mar2006/a030806wm1.html" target="_blank">DOD</A>)</LI><LI><B>Soldiers Discover Murder Victims</B> as Operations Continue (<A href="http://www.mnf-iraq.com/Daily/Mar/060309.htm" target="_blank">MNF-Iraq</A>)</LI><LI><B>Rights Violations</B> in Iraq Documented (<A href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060308-093159-8029r.htm" target="_blank">WT</A>)</LI><LI><B>U.S. Expands Training</B> To Address Iraqi Police Woes (<A href="http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060309421461.html" target="_blank">EB</A>)</LI><LI><B>Special Operations Forces</B> 'Play a Leading Role' in Terror Fight (<A href="http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2006/20060308_4430.html" target="_blank">DOD</A>)</LI><LI><B>Death Squads</B> Suspected of New Killings in Iraq (<A href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/03/09/2003296432" target="_blank">TT</A>)</LI></UL><P></P><H2>OF INTEREST</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B>At Pentagon:</B> A New Vision, but Old Budget (<A href="http://www.christiansciencemonitor.com/2006/0309/p01s02-usmi.html" target="_blank">CSM</A>)</LI><LI><B>Soldiers Separated</B> To Teach Iraqis (<A href="http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20060309421399.html" target="_blank">EB</A>)</LI><LI><B>Osama bin Laden Fan Clubs</B> Build Online Communities (<A href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-03-08-orkut-al-qaeda_x.htm" target="_blank">USAToday</A>)</LI><LI><B>Engineered Seat May Save Army Gunners</B> in Combat, but It Faces Pentagon Resistance (<A href="http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/IraqCoverage/story?id=1693441&page=1" target="_blank">ABC</A>)</LI></UL><P></P><H2>WORLD VIEW</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B>US Soldier's Rape</B> Sentence Cut (<A href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/" target="_blank">TA</A> | <A href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18388290%255E1702,00.html" target="_blank">Story</A>)</LI><LI><B>Brainwashing Row</B> Over Militants (<A href="http://english.aljazeera.net/" target="_blank">Aljazeera</A> | <A href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DF892AFE-F0AD-4375-85A6-A0245DAD4492.htm" target="_blank">Story</A>)</LI><LI><B>Editorial: Spiraling</B> Into Civil War (<A href="http://www.arabnews.com/" target="_blank">AN</A> | <A href="http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=78955&d=9&m=3&y=2006" target="_blank">Story</A>)</LI><LI><B>Iraq's Militias: Many Little Armies,</B> One Huge Problem (<A href="http://www.iht.com/" target="_blank">IHT</A> | <A href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/08/opinion/edsherman.php" target="_blank">Story</A>)</LI></UL><P></P><H2>WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS</H2><P></P><UL><LI><B> Peters: Sucker or Liar?</B> (<A href="http://www.back-to-iraq.com/archives/2006/03/no_civil_war.php" target="_blank">BTI</A>)</LI><LI><B>The Latest Admin</B> Quack on Iraq (<A href="http://zenhuber.blogspot.com/2006/03/latest-admin-quack-on-iraq.html" target="_blank">BS</A>)</LI><LI><B>Salon Sells Out Troops</B> To Boost Subscriptions (<A href="http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/006484.php" target="_blank">CQB</A>)</LI></UL><P></P>
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