Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and Technology in Countering Terrorism, a report released by the National Academies in June 2002,1 articulated the role of science and technology in countering terrorism. That report included material on the specific role of information ...Read more >

In the wake of the horrific events of September 11, 2001, the nation’s attention has focused heavily on various dimensions of security. Security for nuclear power plants, shopping malls, sports stadiums, and airports, to name just a few entities, received additional scrutiny in the weeks that followed. Computer and telecommunication systems, too, have received significant attention, and because the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB, described further on the final pages of this ...Read more >

The fiscal year 2003 Defense Authorization Act1 requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop by May 1, 2003, a financial management enterprise architecture,including a transition plan, that meets certain requirements. The act also requires that we submit to congressional defense committees an assessment of the architecture and transition plan within 60 days of their approval. (See enclosure I for the requirements of this law.) As part of our ongoing work to satisfy this ...Read more >

Cloud Computing can serve as a significant enabler of the converged enterprise vision, as set forth in the 2016 Naval Network Environment (NNE) vision and roadmap documents. The NNE is a federation of enterprise services, internet protocol-based networks and enabling infrastructure bounded by common enterprise architecture, standards and governance consistent with the network operations (NetOps) concept. The NNE will provide ready, secure access to data and services across the Naval enterprise ...Read more >

The U.S. Marshals Service is in the final phase of a three-year IT project to provide its deputy marshals and internal departments with better law enforcement tools. The challenge now is to continue those tech advances amid cost cutting that leaves little for new investment. What I am trying to do is sustain what we have accomplished, not go backwards, says Lisa Davis, assistant director of IT and CIO of the agency, which was part of an across-the-board 10% budget cut during the past year and ...Read more >

The Future Force is the linchpin of the Army’s modernization plan. It is a concept embracing the integration of new technology,especially information technology and revolutionary operational concepts to create a force that totally dominates future land operations across the full spectrum of military operations. The Department of Defense Horizontal Fusion portfolio supports the Future Force goal of revolutionizing the digitization and distribution of information to all echelons, including the ...Read more >

Questo saggio analizza uno degli ambiti di ricerca in continua espansione negli ultimi anni, quello dell’Internet delle cose (Internet of Things , IoT), che studia come rendere gli oggetti di uso quotidiano ...Read more >

As the internet has assumed increasing importance across the world, who governs the online sphere is becoming a burning question. The current governance architecture is anachronistic, as ...Read more >