About Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense (DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the military. The organization and functions of the DOD are set forth in Title 10 of the United States Code.
Read MoreThe DOD is the major tenant of The Pentagon building near Washington, D. C., and has three major components — the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force. Among the many DOD agencies are the Missile Defense Agency, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon Force Protection Agency (PFPA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), and the National Security Agency (NSA). The department also operates several joint service schools, including the National War College.
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The Biggest Green Market? Seven Reasons Why It's Green IT
Explore Article Greentech Media (Sep 2 2010)
... vendors continually concoct new devices for them. Inside corporations, IT is the equivalent of the Department of Defense.
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SGI Partners with Darpa, Intel and Other Industry Leaders to Deliver Exascale ...
Explore Article Centre Daily Times (Aug 13 2010)
... collaborative research environment that will result in major advances that redefine our industry.” Department of Defense (DoD) sensors, platforms and missions depend heavily on high performance computing and, as they stand, c...
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Federal Data Center Consolidation a Virtually Impossible Task
Explore Article eweek.com (Jul 6 2010)
...people is under orders to satisfy its own clearance standards, meaning a security clearance for the Department of Defense isn’t directly usable by say, the Department of Homeland Security. Likewise, the security standards...
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California CIO to Head IT for Defense Dept.
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 31 2010)
...y Pres. Barack Obama to serve as Assistant Secretary (Networks and Information Integration) for the Department of Defense. Last month Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order directing California state ag...
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Who Are the Contenders for the Federal Cloud?
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Mar 1 2010)
...: The huge hardware and software giant designed and built a secure cloud computing platform for the Department of Defense. The cloud initiative, known as RACE (Rapid Access Computing Environment) is designed to reduce cos......g Environment) is designed to reduce costs, consolidate applications and shorten delivery times for DoD computing projects. * Who Are the Contenders for the Federal Cloud? The Cloud Computing Channel is...
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DoD: Cloud Will Save Us ‘Hundreds of Millions’
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Dec 4 2009)
...g model hasn’t been easy. But the payoff is clear, according to Henry Sienkiewicz, who oversees the Department of Defense’s cloud computing platform, known as the Rapid Access Computing Environment (RACE). “This ......ts from a service catalog accessed via a secure web portal. 24-Hour Turnaround “RACE is a first for DoD – our users can now customize, purchase, and receive their test and development computing platform ...
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Power Grid Hacking Back in the News
Explore Article Data Center Knowledge (Nov 9 2009)
...Center for Strategic and International Studies, a source for the CBS report.”Classified networks at DOD and CENTCOM were hacked by unknown foreign intruders” in November 2008, according to the CSIS chron...
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Uncle Sam wants green data centers - by Doug Mohney
Explore Article Views and Opinions on Green IT (Oct 28 2009)
...it is unlikely we'll see the Department of Health and Human Services sharing a data center with the Department of Defense or Treasury. In some cases, agencies may move to outsource some times of operations to green data...
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Getting to a National Renewable Energy Standard
Explore Article Renewable Energy World (Sep 14 2009)
...S. from price volatility and supply disruptions linked to imported hydrocarbons. Beyond this, the Department of Defense sees global warming as increasing expenditures for humanitarian interventions in regions that will ...
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The NSA Plans 1M Sq. Ft. Data Center in Utah
Explore Article Web Host Industry Review (Jul 2 2009)
...etion date, according to documents. The NSA is a cryptologic intelligence agency under the nation's Department of Defense. The agency collects and analyzes foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well ...
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