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At a time when almost all of government is being squeezed by efforts to lower spending, a new report from a congressional watchdog agency strongly suggests that the Defense Department needs to do a better job of managing its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems. "Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance: Actions Are Needed to Increase Integration and Efficiencies of DOD's ISR Enterprise," (GAO 11-465) warns that the department must improve its control over disparate ISR efforts if it is to provide effective ISR support to the force.

Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett, USMC, has been assigned sergeant major of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia.

The Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) multiple-award omnibus contracts were extended as a modification to each of the three existing contracts: TASC-M, Andover, Massachusetts, TASC-N, An

Philips Healthcare Informatics Incorporated, Foster City, California, was awarded a contract with a maximum value of $40 million for digital imaging network-picture archive and communication systems,

Sundt Construction Incorporated, Tempe, Arizona, is being awarded a potential $19 million task order for construction of a simulator facility at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. The simulator build

San Juan Construction, Montrose, Colorado, is being awarded a nearly $14 million task order for construction of a logistics support center and a two-story addition to the Consolidated Data Center at N

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L-3 Communications Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded an approximate $10 million contract modification for 21 Tactical Common Data Link systems in support of the Naval Air Warfare Cen