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CHIPS April – June 2012 | Vol. XXX Issue II
Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer
Mr. Terry A. Halvorsen
Department of the Navy
Deputy Chief Information Officer (Navy)
Vice Adm. Kendall L. Card
Department of the Navy
Deputy Chief Information Officer (Marine Corps)
Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Nally
Space & Naval Warfare Systems Command
Commander Rear Adm. Patrick H. Brady
Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic
Commanding Officer Capt. Mark V. Glover
Space & Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific
Commanding Officer Capt. Joseph J. Beel
Senior Editor/Layout and Design
Sharon Anderson
Webmaster
Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer
Columnists
Sharon Anderson, Dan DelGrosso, Terry Halvorsen,
Mike Hernon, Thomas Kidd, Steve Muck
Contributors
Lynda Pierce, DON Enterprise IT Communications
Michele Buisch, DON Enterprise IT Communications
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Cover
The Department of the Navy is making
transformative changes in business information
technology, including data center consolidation,
data standardization and reducing duplicative
and underused applications. DON CIO Terry
Halvorsen said, “Beyond cutting costs, IT business
transformation presents a unique opportunity to
identify and implement more efficient, agile and
effective ways to purchase, operate and maintain
business IT.”
IntervIews
6 Corporate Director for Information Dominance (OPNAV N2/
N6) Ms. Katherine E. Flattery discusses cutting-edge training
and educational opportunities available to the Navy’
s 45,000
members of the Information Dominance Corps.
12 Program Manager for CANES (PEO C4I PMW 160) Capt.
D.J. LeGoff talks about the innovative design and acquistion
strategy for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise
Services program that will replace legacy networks with
a single network to be installed on more than 180 ships,
submarines and maritime operations centers by 2020.
18 Program Manager for the Sea Warrior Program Office
(PEO-EIS PMW 240) Ms. Laura Knight talks about the portfolio
of 33 IT systems, which PMW 240 maintains and modernizes, to
recruit, train, pay, promote, move, retire and support U.S. Navy
personnel afloat and ashore.
24 Program Manager for the Navy Communications Satellite
Program Office (PEO Space PMW 146) Capt. Paul Ghyzel leads
a discussion about the Mobile User Objective System Satellite
constellation which uses smart-phone like technology to
provide voice, video and data communications to warfighters
on the move. The 3G mobile technology can penetrate dense
jungle foliage and performs well in urban canyons.
in EvEry issuE
4 Editor’s Notebook
5 A Message from the DON CIO
43 Hold Your Breaches!
46 Full Spectrum
48 Going Mobile
62 Enterprise Software Agreements
HigHligHts
9 SPAWAR: At the Tip of the Spear
for the Navy’s Data Center
Consolidation Effort
By Tina C. Stillions
16 Air Force Warfighting Integration
Decision Support – Smart investing to
get the most bang for the acquisition
buck
By Air Force Lt. Col. Jordon Cochran
29 milSuite Promotes Efficiency Across
the Enterprise – A wide range of social
media tools available in a secure domain
By Emily Gee
31 NCAMS Tames Bold Alligator 2012 –
Navy and Marine Corps fighters from the
sea train with real and synthetic assets
By Sharon Anderson
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From tHE Don Cio
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21 IT Vendor Business Case Analyses
By Floyd Groce, Brian Fischbeck
and Behrad Mahdi
34 Tools to Achieve the Best Value in
Commercial Software Acquisitions
By Floyd Groce and John Zettler
44 SSN Reduction Plan Phase 3
By Steve Muck
Navigation
From ArounD tHE FlEEt AnD ProgrAm oFFiCEs
38 Data-Centric Solutions are
Changing Navy Recruiting
By the PEO-EIS Sea Warrior Program
(PMW 240) Public Affairs Office
41 The Software Communication
Architecture – Advancing the
Field of Software Defined Radio
By JPEO JTRS Corporate
Communications and Public
Affairs Directorate
56 From Wounded Warrior to Civilian
Employee
From the Department of the Navy
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50 Tips for Creating 508 Compliant
IT Solicitations
By Sherrian Finneran
52 Department of the Navy Congratulates
Award Winners
By the DON Enterprise IT Communications Team
57 SPAWAR says 7% of all new hires
will be Wounded Warriors
By Tina C. Stillions
59 NCTAMS LANT Supports Joint Training
and Operations – Communications
professionals ensure smooth
sailing in Bold Alligator 2012
By Lt. Peter J. Beardsley
61 The War of 1812
From Our Flag Was Still There.org
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