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Events For You

May Breakfast: Making Acquisition More Agile to Meet Customer Needs - 05/24/2012
Bethesda North Marriott & Conference Center, Bethesda, MD [Read More]

May Education Luncheon - 05/30/2012
Ft. Belvoir Officers' Club, Ft. Belvoir, VA [Read More]

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News Briefs

U.S. Navy Sets Sights on Shipboard Lasers

The U.S. Navy is moving beyond demonstrations and into the development of a working prototype of a solid-state laser weapon for warships. [Read more...]

Military Enhances Civilian Telework Options

Leaders at each Defense Department component now are required to promote telework within their organizations and to take all possible steps to overcome artificial barriers to program implementation. [Read more...]

SIGNAL Online Features

The Evolving, Ever-present Cybersecurity Threat

The cyberthreat to the natural gas infrastructure is just a brushstroke in a bigger picture of an ongoing and evolving cybersecurity threat to the government and the nation. [Read more...]

Joint Information Enterprise Rocks

The U.S. Defense Department's Joint Information Enterprise (JIE) will be built on "five big rocks," according to the assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. [Read more...]

SIGNAL Online features are stories published directly to the Web. They are not available in the print magazine. Read all SIGNAL Online features here.

Right Now on the SIGNAL Scape Blog

Cool App-Titude: DCO Connect

The free DCO Connect app allows U.S. Defense Department personnel and contractors to host and attend meetings from Android devices and tablets. [Read more...]

Homefront Help: America Wants You

All right veterans, spruce up those résumés and get ready to search for jobs. America Wants You is a portion of CareerBuilder.com dedicated exclusively to helping veterans find employment. [Read more...]

Homefront Help features numerous places service members and their families can find assistance and ways to support U.S. warfighters. You can also follow it on Facebook.

SIGNAL Today Survey Question

Why is there no consensus on the possibility or nature of catastrophic cyber attacks?


Answer on Facebook or LinkedIn (group members only) or use #signaltoday on Twitter to answer. Selected answers appear each month in SIGNAL Magazine; look for SIGNAL Today on page 8.


AFCEA News

National Intelligence Writing Contest Underway

AFCEA International and the Naval Intelligence Professionals (NIP) are sponsoring a national intelligence writing contest that offers a top prize of $3,000 and a three-year membership in both organizations. [Read more...]

Know Your AFCEA Benefits: Discounts on Hardware and Software

AFCEANs receive deep discounts from Microsoft, Dell and HP as well as are eligible to join the Pentagon Federal Credit Union. [Read more...]

AFCEA Personality Profile: Master Sgt. Paul Kammerman, USAF

From 19 years of marriage to 22 years in the U.S. Air Force to traveling on foot more than 37 miles in eight hours in Sarzana, Italy, Master Sgt. Kammerman demonstrates a stick-to-itiveness that truly is commendable. [Read more...]


The Bottom Line

RFIs: Why Companies Should Respond

One expert believes that responding to requests for information (RFIs) is actually one of the best ways companies can influence government acquisition. [Read more...]

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