Internet Resources
Acquistion
Acquisition
and Business Management (ABM) - Navy Acquistion Executive
Responsibilities.
Army
Acquisition Reform: Tools & Techniques Guidebook - This
booklet gives Project Managers and their functional integrated
product teams (IPTs) a ready reference to acquisition reform
policies, tools and techniques.
The DoD Acquisition Workforce
Home Page - The purpose of this site is to provide a central
location for information of interest to the acquisition community.
Navy Acquisition Reform
Home Page
Air Force Acquisition
Reform Web Site - Policies, documents, and links related
to acquisition reform.
Acquisition
Policy and Guidance - Links from the Acquisition Reform Office.
The Office of the Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Reform - Hot topics
in AR; reference library; AR Today and AR Now; DUSD (AR) organizational
breakout, "Ask a Professor" assistance.
Defense Acquisition
University (DAU) - DAU is an organization established by
Congress in 1990 to consolidate and integrate education and training
for more than 110,000 people in the Defense Acquisition Workforce.
The Acquisition Reform Network
is an enterprise created to foster and propagate measurable breakthrough
improvements in the way that government obtains goods and services.
Federal Acquisition
and Procurement Opportunities - List of acquisition Web sites.
The Acquisition
Reform Net Electronic Forum on the Internet
The Federal
Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) - FEDSIM
provides support in a wide range of areas related to the acquisition,
management, integration, and use of information systems and information
technology.
The Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) Web Site
The Office of Information
Technology Integration (ITI) was established to assist Federal
agencies in the acquisition, management, and use of IT resources.
The Software Program Managers Network
(SPMN) - The Mission of the SPMN is to enable managers of
large-scale, software-intensive development or maintenance projects
to more effectively manage and succeed by identifying and conveying
to them management Best Practices, lessons-learned, and direct
support.
The Program
Executive Office Standard Army Management Information Systems
(PEO STAMIS) - To plan, design, develop, acquire, install
and maintain highly complex management information systems as
directed by the Army Acquisition Executive.
Project Executive Officer
Acquisition Related Business Systems (PEO ARBS) - The Paperless
Acquisition Office of the Navy. PEO ARBS's goal is to simplify
and modernize the Navy acquisition process in the area of contract
writing, administration, finance and auditing.
Acquisition
Guidebook: Section 3.0 - Federal Information Processing
Secretary
of Defense Management Policies for Acquisition Personnel
Open Systems Joint
Task Force (OS-JTF) Web Site - OS-JTF's mission is to champion
the establishment of an open systems approach (OSA) as the preferred
technical approach and business strategy for the acquisition
of all weapons systems electronics.
Acquisition Systems
Management - (Defense Acquisition Board [DAB] Executive Secretary)
Documentation, including Department of Defense Directive 5000.1
and 5000.2, Major Defense Acquisition Programs List, and more.
Air Force Materiel Command
(APMC) Contracting Laboratory's Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) - FAR search tool; Commerce Business Daily Announcements
(CBDNet); Federal Register; Electronic Forms Library.
Army Acquisition Corps
(AAC) - News; policy; publications; contacts; training opportunities.
Army Acquisition Reform
- Documents library; training and business opportunities; past
performance; paperless contracting; labor rates.
ARNET (Joint Effort of the National
Performance Review and Office of Federal Procurement Policy
- Virtual library; federal acquisition and procurement opportunities;
best practices; electronic forums; business opportunities.
DoD Acquisition Workforce
Personnel Demonstration Project - Federal Register and Waivers
Package; documents and briefings; reference material; Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ); links to related sites.
Defense Systems Management
College (DSMC) - DSMC educational products and services;
course schedules; PM Magazine and Acquisition Review Quarterly;
job opportunities.
Defense Acquisition
University (DAU) and Acquisition Reform Communications Center
(ARCC)
Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) - News releases; current solicitations; "Doing
Business with DARPA."
Federal Acquisition Institute
(FAI) - Virtual campus for learning opportunities as well
as information access and performance support.
Federal
Acquisition Jump Station - Procurement and acquisition servers
by contracting activity. CBDNet; Reference Library.
Federal Aviation Administration
- Online policy and guidance for all aspects of the acquisition
process.
Fort Monmouth - CECOM
Commanding General; CECOM business opportunities; Army Acquisition
Corps Army Acquisition Workforce; Team C4IEWS Acquisition Reform
Handbook; Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV); Specifications
and Standards Acquisition Reform (SSAR); C4IEWS Value Concept
Office.
Headquarters
Air Combat Command (HQ ACC)-Contracting Division - Business
opportunities; acquisition regulations; policy guidance and technical
assistance in such areas as: performance measurement, International
Merchange Purchase Authorization Card (IMPAC); commercial practices;
outsourcing and more. Access to this site is limited to those
possessing a "dot mil" extension.
Joint Advanced Distributed
Simulation (JADS) Joint Test Force - JADS is a one-stop shop
for complete information on distributed simulation and its applicability
to test and evaluation and acquisition.
Naval Post Graduate School
Course for Software Acquisition Web Sites (C-SAWS)
Navy Acquisition Center for
Excellence
Navy Acquisition Reform
- Information on Industrial Base Integration, World-Class Practices,
the Acquisition Center of Excellence, and training opportunities.
Navy Acquisition, Research
and Development Information Center - News; announcements;
acronyms; publications and regulations; technical reports; "How
to Do Business with the Navy."
Office of the Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition - Earned Value Management: Integrated
Cost,
Schedule and Technical Performance for Project Management
Picatinny Arsenal
- U.S. Army TACOM Armament Research, Development Engineering
Center (TACOM-ARDOC); Program Executive Office for Ground and
Combat Support Systems (PEO-GCSS); technical expertise and facilities;
engineer employment opportunities; Picatinny's acquisition center;
international program.
Software Technology Support
Center - STSC software process improvement help desk; ESIP
Program Office; Crosstalk magazine; Joint Aerospace Weapon System
Support Working Group (JAWS); guidelines for successful acquisition
and management.
Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition and Technology) (USD [A&T]) - ACQWeb offers
the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement online,
a library of USD documents, and jump points to many other valuable
sites.
Air Force
Official Web Site of the United
States Air Force
Air Force Acquisition Reform
Web Site - Policies, documents, and links related to acquisition
reform. Reducing Total Ownership Cost (TOC); career development
and training opportunities; library; links.
US Air Force Chief Information
Officer (CIO) - The CIO is responsible for all aspects of
Air Force information management and application of information
technology to support mission goals.
BMDOLINK
- The source for the Department of Defense's ballistic missile
defense news and information.
The Software Technology Support
Center (STSC) - The STSC provides hands-on assistance in
adopting effective technologies for software-intensive systems.
The STSC helps organizations identify, evaluate and adopt technologies
that improve software product quality, production efficiency
and predictability. STSC software process improvement help desk;
ESIP Program Office; Crosstalk magazine; Joint Aerospace Weapon
System Support Working Group (JAWS); guidelines for successful
acquisition and management.
Air Force Materiel Command
(APMC) Contracting Laboratory's Federal Acquisition Regulation
(FAR) - FAR search tool; Commerce Business Daily Announcements
(CBDNet); Federal Register; Electronic Forms Library.
Air Force Operational Test
and Evaluation Center - Information about the Air Force's
independent test agency responsible for testing new systems being
developed for Air Force and multi-service use under operationally
realistic conditions.
Headquarters
Air Combat Command (HQ ACC)-Contracting Division - Business
opportunities; acquisition regulations; policy guidance and technical
assistance in such areas as: performance measurement, International
Merchange Purchase Authorization Card (IMPAC); commercial practices;
outsourcing and more. Access to this site is limited to those
possessing a "dot mil" extension.
Army
United States Army Homepage
HDQA WEB - Headquarters,
Department of the Army is the executive part of the Department
of the Army at the seat of Government. It is the highest level
headquarters in the Department and exercises directive and supervisory
control over it.
United States Army Garrison
Fort Belvoir
Army
Acquisition Reform: Tools & Techniques Guidebook - This
booklet gives Project Managers and their functional integrated
product teams (IPTs) a ready reference to acquisition reform
policies, tools and techniques.
Army Acquisition Corps
(AAC) - News; policy; publications; contacts; training opportunities.
Army Acquisition Reform
- Documents library; training and business opportunities; past
performance; paperless contracting; labor rates.
The Program
Executive Office Standard Army Management Information Systems
(PEO STAMIS) - To plan, design, develop, acquire, install
and maintain highly complex management information systems as
directed by the Army Acquisition Executive.
Army Research Laboratory Major
Shared Resource Center (ARL MSRC) - The ARL MSRC is one of
four large high performance computing centers that service the
computational requirements of the Defense research and development
community and the developmental test and evaluation community.
U.S. Army Simulation,
Training and Instrumentation Command Survey on the Role of Electronic
Commerce In Acquisition Management (STRICOM) - STRICOM is
working to develop strategies for making better use of EC technologies
for acquisition professionals.
Warfighters'
Simulation (WARSIM) 2000 is the next-generation in U.S. Army
command and staff training. It will use advanced Modeling and
Simulation (M&S) techniques to train U.S. Army battle staffs
at all echelons, from Battalion to Echelons Above Corps (EAC).
Army Communications-Electronics
Command (CECOM) Systems Management Center
Army Operational Test and
Evaluation Command - This site is restricted to users coming
from a .gov or .mil address.
Army Software Metrics
Office
Fort Monmouth - CECOM
Commanding General; CECOM business opportunities; Army Acquisition
Corps Army Acquisition Workforce; Team C4IEWS Acquisition Reform
Handbook; Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV); Specifications
and Standards Acquisition Reform (SSAR); C4IEWS Value Concept
Office.
Picatinny Arsenal - U.S.
Army TACOM Armament Research, Development Engineering Center
(TACOM-ARDOC); Program Executive Office for Ground and Combat
Support Systems (PEO-GCSS); technical expertise and facilities;
engineer employment opportunities; Picatinny's acquisition center;
international program.
Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard - News
and current events; services; points of contact.
Defense/Department
of Defense
The Data &
Analysis Center for Software (DACS) - The DACS is a Department
of Defense Information Analysis Center. The DACS is the DoD Software
Information Clearinghouse serving as an authoritative source
for state of the art software information and provides technical
support to the software community.
The DoD Acquisition Workforce
Home Page - The purpose of this site is to provide a central
location for information of interest to the acquisition community.
The Office of the Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Reform - Hot topics
in AR; reference library; AR Today and AR Now; DUSD (AR) organizational
breakout, "Ask a Professor" assistance. ACQWeb offers
the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement online,
a library of USD documents, and jump points to many other valuable
sites.
Defense Acquisition
University (DAU) - DAU is an organization established by
Congress in 1990 to consolidate and integrate education and training
for more than 110,000 people in the Defense Acquisition Workforce.
National
Performance Review - Department of Defense Accompanying Report
of the National Performance Review.
Defense Technical
Information Web Locator - DoD Agency Sources on the Internet.
United State
General Accounting Office - Federally Funded R&D Centers:
Information on the Size and Scope of DOD-Sponsored Centers.
Informal
Technical Report for Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable
Systems (STARS) - This document describes a set of scenarios
for analyzing architecture description languages (ADLs).
ACQWeb - Office of the
Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology).
DoD Electronic
Commerce Partners - The site provides a list of links to
connect you to the DoD Agencies that have their own web pages
dedicated to Electronic Commerce issues.
The
DoD SBIR Awards Search - Awards from the Department of Defense
(DoD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business
Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs may be easily accessed from
this search page.
DefenseLINK - The Official
Web Site of the Department of Defense.
Early Bird Current News
- Current News publications are daily compilations of published
current news articles and commentary concerning significant defense
and defense-related national security issues. They are internal
management tools intended to serve the informational needs of
senior DoD officials in the continuing assessment of defense
policies, programs and actions.
Defense Technical Information
Center (DTIC) Homepage - DTIC is the central Department of
Defense facility for providing access to and facilitating the
exchange of scientific and technical information. The DTIC Homepage
describes the wide variety of products and services available
from DTIC which are designed to assist our users in obtaining
the information they need easily and quickly.
Secretary
of Defense Management Policies for Acquisition Personnel
Command, Control, Communications
and Information
CIO TOP 5 ISSUES
The Defense Standardization
Program (DSP) - The DSP supports DoD policy by promoting
standardization of materiel, facilities, and engineering practices
to improve military operational readiness, reduce total ownership
costs, and reduce acquisition cycle time.
General/Flag
Officer Worldwide Roster - July 1999
Open Systems Joint Task
Force (OS-JTF) Web Site - OS-JTF's mission is to champion
the establishment of an open systems approach (OSA) as the preferred
technical approach and business strategy for the acquisition
of all weapons systems electronics. Open Systems education and
training opportunities; studies and assessments; projects, initiatives
and plans; reference library.
Washington Headquarters
Services Directives and Records Branch
Acquisition Systems
Management - (Defense Acquisition Board [DAB] Executive Secretary)
Documentation, including Department of Defense Directive 5000.1
and 5000.2, Major Defense Acquisition Programs List, and more.
DoD Acquisition Workforce
Personnel Demonstration Project - Federal Register and Waivers
Package; documents and briefings; reference material; Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ); links to related sites.
Defense Systems Management
College (DSMC) - DSMC educational products and services;
course schedules; PM Magazine and Acquisition Review Quarterly;
job opportunities.
Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency (DARPA) - News releases; current solicitations; "Doing
Business with DARPA."
Defense Imagery and Mapping Agency
(NIMA) [Formerly Defense Mapping Agency (DMA)] - Geospatial
and imagery information; publications; business opportunities.
Defense Information Systems Agency
(DISA) - Structure and mission of DISA; Defense Information
System Network; Defense Message System; much more!
Defense Modeling and Simulation
Office (DMSO) - DoD Modeling and Simulation Master plan;
services; resources; activities.
Defense Reform
Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Navy (Command, Control, Communications, Computers
and Intelligence; Electronic Warfare; Space)(DASN[C4I/EW/Space])
Earned Value Management
- Implementation of Earned Value Management; latest policy changes;
standards; international developments; active noteboard.
Joint Electronic Commerce
Program Office (JECPO) - Policy; newsletters; Central Contractor
Registration; Value Added Networks; assistance centers; Electronic
Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange (EC/EDI) Handbook; EC training.
Joint Technical Architecture
Office of the Secretary of
Defense for Acquisition - Earned Value
Management: Integrated Cost, Schedule and Technical Performance
for Project Management
Risk
Management - Risk policies and procedures; risk tools and
products; events and ongoing efforts; related paper, speeches,
publications, and Web sites.
Federal (non-Defense)
The Acquisition Reform Network
is an enterprise created to foster and propagate measurable breakthrough
improvements in the way that government obtains goods and services.
Federal Acquisition
and Procurement Opportunities - List of acquisition Web sites.
The Acquisition
Reform Net Electronic Forum on the Internet
The Federal Acquisition
Regulation (FAR) Web Site
Types of
FAR contracts
U.S. General Services Administration
(GSA) - GSA is one of the three central management agencies
in the Federal Government. GSA provides expertly managed space,
supplies, services, and solutions, at the best value, to enable
Federal employees to accomplish their missions.
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA) - NTIA, an agency of
the
U.S. Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch's principal
voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information
technology issues.
The
Office of Spectrum Management (OSM) - OSM is responsible
for managing the Federal Government's use of the radio frequency
spectrum.
Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) - OMB evaluates the effectiveness of agency
programs, policies, and procedures, assesses competing funding
demands among agencies, and sets funding priorities.
Information Technology Resources Board
(ITRB) - The primary focus of the ITRB is to provide a peer
review of major system initiatives at the request of OMB and
an agency and to publicize lessons learned and promising practices.
The Federal Systems
Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) - FEDSIM provides
support in a wide range of areas related to the acquisition,
management, integration, and use of information systems and information
technology.
The Office of Information
Technology Integration (ITI) was established to assist Federal
agencies in the acquisition, management, and use of IT resources.
Chief
Information Officers (CIO) Council Committee on Year 2000
- This web site is a clearinghouse for information on the Year
2000 computer problem. It is sponsored by the CIO Council Committee
on Year 2000 and is maintained by the General Services Administration's
(GSA) Office of Governmentwide Policy.
National
Performance Review - Department of Defense Accompanying Report
of the National Performance Review.
United State
General Accounting Office - Federally Funded R&D Centers:
Information on the Size and Scope of DOD-Sponsored Centers.
Government Industry
Data Exchange Program (GIDEP) - GIDEP is an interactive network
for the timely collection, storage, retrieval, and electronic
exchange of product/component technical data among US and Canadian
government and industry participants.
Thomas - Congessional guide
to legislative materials.
Information Infrastructure
Task Force (IITF) - The White House formed the IITF to articulate
and implement the Administration's vision for the National Information
Infrastructure (NII). Working together with the private sector,
the participating agencies will develop comprehensive technology,
telecommunications, and information policies and promote applications
that best meet the needs of both the agencies and the country.
ARNET (Joint Effort of the National
Performance Review and Office of Federal Procurement Policy
- Virtual library; federal acquisition and procurement opportunities;
best practices; electronic forums; business opportunities.
Computer Assisted Technology
Transfer (CATT) Program - Collaboratives effort between government,
industry, and academia. Learn about CATT and how to participate.
Federal Acquisition Institute
(FAI) - Virtual campus for learning opportunities as well
as information access and performance support.
Federal
Acquisition Jump Station - Procurement and acquisition servers
by contracting activity. CBDNet; Reference Library.
Federal Aviation Administration
- Online policy and guidance for all aspects of the acquisition
process.
Fedworld Information -
Comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering,
and acquiring government and business information.
General Accounting Office -
Access to GAO reports, policy, and guidance; and FAQs.
GSA Advantage - Go to "GSA
Advantage" for assistance in using the government-wide IMPAC
Card.
Library of Congress - Public
laws; legislation; vetoed bills; Congressional Internet services.
National Performance Review
- NPR inititatives; "how to" tools; customer service;
newsroom;
online resources; accomplishments and awards
National Technical
Information Service (NTIS) - Online service for purchasing
technical reports, computer products, videotapes, audiocassettes,
and more!
Project Management for Mission Critical
Systems: A Handbook for Government Executives
Small Business Administration
- Communications network for small businesses.
Industry
Chambers & Associates,
Ltd. - C&A provides contract software quality management,
project management, architectural design, code development, testing
and technical writing services . We also perform software development
process effectiveness reviews and compliance audits.
Michael Fagan Associates
- Course information on productivity improvement through defect-free
development.
CRADA Corporation
Proposal Development and Production Services - The CRADA
Corporation offers a complete suite of services (or modules)
to organizations and individuals including conceptual design,
identification of sponsors, through grants and contract development
to preparation and production of a complete proposal, submission,
best and final offers (BAFOs) and negotation.
Reid Software
Development offers no-risk project proposals, subject to
availability of complete
information on your project.
Atlantic Systems Guild
Peter Chen - Includes
several of Dr. Chen's seminal papers.
Commerce Business Daily
- Access to current and back issues with search capabilities;
business opportunities; interactive yellow pages.
Computer Assisted Technology
Transfer (CATT) Program - Collaboratives effort between government,
industry, and academia. Learn about CATT and how to participate.
Cutter IT Journal (formerly
American Programmer)
Electronic Industries Alliances
(EIA) - Government Relations Department includes links to
issue councils.
Electronics Manufacturing Productivity
Facility - Includes research publications and resources for
electronics manufacturing and packaging technology.
Experimental
Software Engineering Lab, University of Maryland
IEEE Standards
Integrated Computer Engineering,
Inc. (ICE)
International Council on Software
Engineering (INCOSE)
International Society of Logistics
- Online desk references that link to logistics problem-solving
advice.
McCabe and Associates
National Contract Management
Association - "What's New in Contracting?"; educational
products catalog.
National Defense Industrial Association
(NDIA) - Association news; events; government policy; National
Defense Magazine
Practical Software Measurement
Support Center
Practical Software
Quality Techniques (PSQT'99 South) Conference, San Antonio Convention
Center, June 7-10, 1999
Quantitative Software Management
Rational
R.S. Pressman and Associates
Software Productivity Research
3Com
Information Technology
Chief
Information Officers (CIO) Council Committee on Year 2000
- This web site is a clearinghouse for information on the Year
2000 computer problem. It is sponsored by the CIO Council Committee
on Year 2000 and is maintained by the General Services Administration's
(GSA) Office of Governmentwide Policy.
CIO TOP 5 ISSUES
The Office of the Department
of Navy Chief Information Officer (DoN CIO) - was orginally
established 10 June 1997 to address the mandates of the Clinger-Cohen
Act of 1996 and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
US Air Force Chief Information
Officer (CIO) - The CIO is responsible for all aspects of
Air Force information management and application of information
technology to support mission goals.
USMC Chief Information
Officer (CIO) - The CIO's first mission is to develop the
Marine Corps' strategic vision for the future of information
and knowledge capabilities.
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA) - NTIA, an agency of
the
U.S. Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch's principal
voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information
technology issues.
Information Technology Resources Board
(ITRB) - The primary focus of the ITRB is to provide a peer
review of major system initiatives at the request of OMB and
an agency and to publicize lessons learned and promising practices.
The Federal Systems
Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM) - FEDSIM provides
support in a wide range of areas related to the acquisition,
management, integration, and use of information systems and information
technology.
The Office of Information
Technology Integration (ITI) was established to assist Federal
agencies in the acquisition, management, and use of IT resources.
The
Department of the Navy Information Technology (DON IT) Umbrella
Program Central
Order Management Office (COMO)
The DON IT Umbrella
Program Web Site - contains links to Government POCs.
Informal
Technical Report for Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable
Systems (STARS) - This document describes a set of scenarios
for analyzing architecture description languages (ADLs).
U.S. Army Simulation,
Training and Instrumentation Command Survey on the Role of Electronic
Commerce In Acquisition Management (STRICOM) - STRICOM is
working to develop strategies for making better use of EC technologies
for acquisition professionals.
Information Infrastructure
Task Force (IITF) - The White House formed the IITF to articulate
and implement the Administration's vision for the National Information
Infrastructure (NII). Working together with the private sector,
the participating agencies will develop comprehensive technology,
telecommunications, and information policies and promote applications
that best meet the needs of both the agencies and the country.
Information
Technology Services Center (InTeC) - InTeC provides a full
range of information technology services and products. InTeC
specializes in software engineering, systems integration, training,
INFOSEC, internet, networking, desktop computer repair and upgrade,
procurement and much more.
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Station (NCTS) Washington - Information Technology Services
Center (InTeC) Washington, a Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF)
fee-for-service organization, and Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Station (NCTS) Washington, its mission funded component, are
the source for expert information technology and telecommunications
services for the entire community of Federal agencies.
NCTS Related
Links
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Area Master Station, LANT (NCTAMS LANT) - NCTAMS' mission
is to to provide regional, operational direction to Commander,
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command (COMNAVCOMTELCOM)
sites, to execute Fleet Commander in Chief communications requirements;
provide regional information technology support and services
to Navy activities; direct remote facilities as required; operate
and maintain elements of the Defense Communications Systems (DCS)
as assigned; and perform such functions as directed by higher
authority.
Naval
Computer and Telecommunications Station, San Diego, California
- Their mission is to support fleet and shore commands by providing
secure, rapid, and high quality communications and information
technology products and services.
Open Systems
Joint Task Force - Information concerning open systems.
AltaVista
Search Results on "Open Systems"
The
Open Group - Information concerning open systems.
Open Systems Joint Task
Force (OS-JTF) Web Site - OS-JTF's mission is to champion
the establishment of an open systems approach (OSA) as the preferred
technical approach and business strategy for the acquisition
of all weapons systems electronics.
Cutter IT Journal (formerly
American Programmer)
Project Management for Mission
Critical Systems: A Handbook for Government Executives
Marine Corps
USMC
Combat Development Command (MCCDC) - MCCDC develops formal
requirements based on the deficiencies identified by Marine Corps'
program sponsors, other organizations, the FMF, Marine Corps
Bases and Stations, and the other services.
USMC Chief Information
Officer (CIO) - The CIO's first mission is to develop the
Marine Corps' strategic vision for the future of information
and knowledge capabilities.
Marine Base Quantico
Chief Information Officer
(aka. Marine Corps Computer and Telecommunications Home Page)
Marine
Base Quantico Information Systems Office
Marine Corps Tactical Systems
Support Activity
Navy
The Official Web Site of the
United States Navy
Department of the Navy Headquarters
Navy Acquisition Reform
Home Page - Information on Industrial Base Integration, World-Class
Practices, the Acquisition Center of Excellence, and training
opportunities.
Naval District Washington
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Area Master Station, LANT (NCTAMS LANT)
On-line Computer
Resources Information Base (CRIB) - CRIB is an Expert System
with a database of commercially available Computer Hardware and
Software products. The database contains information on commercial,
ruggedized, militarized and government off the shelf products.
The Office of the Department
of Navy Chief Information Officer (DoN CIO) - was orginally
established 10 June 1997 to address the mandates of the Clinger-Cohen
Act of 1996 and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The Office of the
General Counsel's Website - Here you will find information
about the Navy's Office of the General Counsel (OGC).
The DON IT Umbrella
Program Web Site - contains links to Government POCs.
Acquisition
and Business Management (ABM) - Navy Acquistion Executive
Responsibilities.
Acquisition
Policy and Guidance - Links from the Acquisition Reform Office.
The Naval Center for Cost
Analysis Home Page - NCCA is the focal point for cost analysis
in the Navy.
Navy Electronic Directives
System
The Software Program Managers
Network (SPMN) - The Mission of the SPMN is to enable managers
of large-scale, software-intensive development or maintenance
projects to more effectively manage and succeed by identifying
and conveying to them management Best Practices, lessons-learned,
and direct support.
SPMN Links
The
Department of the Navy Information Technology (DON IT) Umbrella
Program Central Order Management Office (COMO)
World-Wide
Web for the Warrior - Web basics.
Information
Technology Services Center (InTeC) - InTeC provides a full
range of information technology services and products. InTeC
specializes in software engineering, systems integration, training,
INFOSEC, internet, networking, desktop computer repair and upgrade,
procurement and much more.
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Station (NCTS) Washington - Information Technology Services
Center (InTeC) Washington, a Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF)
fee-for-service organization, and Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Station (NCTS) Washington, its mission funded component, are
the source for expert information technology and telecommunications
services for the entire community of Federal agencies.
NCTS Related
Links
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Area Master Station, LANT (NCTAMS LANT) - NCTAMS' mission
is to to provide regional, operational direction to Commander,
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command (COMNAVCOMTELCOM)
sites, to execute Fleet Commander in Chief communications requirements;
provide regional information technology support and services
to Navy activities; direct remote facilities as required; operate
and maintain elements of the Defense Communications Systems (DCS)
as assigned; and perform such functions as directed by higher
authority.
Naval
Computer and Telecommunications Station, San Diego, California
- Their mission is to support fleet and shore commands by providing
secure, rapid, and high quality communications and information
technology products and services.
NAVAIR Web - The Naval
Aviation Systems Team (TEAM), in partnership with industry, serves
the Nation and the Navy by developing, acquiring, and supporting
naval aeronautical and related technology systems with which
the operating forces, in support of the Unified Commanders and
our allies, can train, fight, and win.
The Naval Inspector General
(IG) Website - The Naval IG's mission is to provide sound,
impartial advice to the Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval
Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, and to provide
positive assistance to organizations and individuals in order
that the Navy and Marine Corps can maintain the highest levels
of readiness, effectiveness, discipline, efficiency, integrity,
and public confidence.
Naval Systems
Command
The Human Resources
Command for Naval Sea Systems Command - is an affordable
human resources support organization which anticipates and responds
to the needs of our customers through technical excellence, innovation,
and continuous improvement.
NavyOnLine (NOL)
- The technical gateway to the United States Department of the
Navy online resources.
Navy
Standard Integrated Personnel Systems (NSIPS) - NSIPS is
the Navy's migration system supporting military personnel functions.
Project Executive Officer
Acquisition Related Business Systems (PEO ARBS) - The Paperless
Acquisition Office of the Navy. PEO ARBS's goal is to simplify
and modernize the Navy acquisition process in the area of contract
writing, administration, finance and auditing.
Space
and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC San Diego)
- SSC San
Diego is responsible for development of the technology to collect,
transmit, process, display and, most critically, manage information
essential to naval operations.
SSC San Diego Software
Engineering Process Office (SEPO) Home Page - SEPO is the
software engineering focal point for the Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Center, San Diego (SSC SD), formerly known as NRaD. SEPO
provides software engineering processes and consulting services
to projects, conducts and facilitates software engineering training,
and acts as a software engineering clearinghouse for SPAWARSYSCEN
San Diego.
Space
and Naval Warware Systems Command (SPAWAR) - SPAWAR designs,
acquires and supports systems which collect, coordinate, process,
analyze and present complex information to the nation's leaders.
SPAWAR Business Opportunities
- This site explains how to do business with SPAWAR.
Acquisition
Guidebook: Section 3.0 - Federal Information Processing
Commander Operational Test
and Evaluation Force (COMOPTEVFOR) - Undersea warfare; aviation
warfare; C41 and space; surface warfare; Operational Test Director's
guide; modeling and simulation; Y2K information; test and evaluation
community; career opportunities.
Naval Post Graduate School
Course for Software Acquisition Web Sites (C-SAWS)
Navy Acquisition Center for
Excellence
Navy Acquisition, Research
and Development Information Center - News; announcements;
acronyms; publications and regulations; technical reports; "How
to Do Business with the Navy."
Navy
Sea Systems Command - Total Ownership Cost (TOC); Background
and Documentation; Reduction Plan; Implementation Timeline; Process;
TOC reporting templates.
Productivity
Michael Fagan Associates
- Course information on productivity improvement through defect-free
development.
The Software Program Managers Network
(SPMN) - The Mission of the SPMN is to enable managers of
large-scale, software-intensive development or maintenance projects
to more effectively manage and succeed by identifying and conveying
to them management Best Practices, lessons-learned, and direct
support.
Electronics Manufacturing Productivity
Facility - Includes research publications and resources for
electronics manufacturing and packaging technology.
Software Productivity Research
Project Management
Office of the Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition - Earned Value Management: Integrated
Cost, Schedule and Technical Performance for Project Management
Project Management for Mission
Critical Systems: A Handbook for Government Executives
Software Technology
Support Center - STSC software process improvement help desk;
ESIP Program Office; Crosstalk magazine; Joint Aerospace Weapon
System Support Working Group (JAWS); guidelines for successful
acquisition and management.
The Software Program Managers Network
(SPMN) - The Mission of the SPMN is to enable managers of
large-scale, software-intensive development or maintenance projects
to more effectively manage and succeed by identifying and conveying
to them management Best Practices, lessons-learned, and direct
support.
SPMN Links
Internet Project
Management Resources - Links to project management resources.
Chambers & Associates,
Ltd. - C&A provides contract software quality management,
project management, architectural design, code development, testing
and technical writing services . We also perform software development
process effectiveness reviews and compliance audits.
Proposals
CRADA Corporation
Proposal Development and Production Services - The CRADA
Corporation offers a complete suite of services (or modules)
to organizations and individuals including conceptual design,
identification of sponsors, through grants and contract development
to preparation and production of a complete proposal, submission,
best and final offers (BAFOs) and negotation.
Reid Software
Development offers no-risk project proposals, subject to
availability of complete
information on your project.
Risk Management
Risk
Management - Risk policies and procedures; risk tools and
products; events and ongoing efforts; related paper, speeches,
publications, and Web sites.
Software Engineering/Research
Software Engineering Institute
Home Page (SEI) - The SEI mission is to provide leadership
in advancing the state of the practice of software engineering
to improve the quality of systems that depend on software.
Capability
Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI) - The CMMI project
is a collaborative effort sponsored by the Office of the Secretary
of Defense/Acquisition and Technology (OSD/A&T) Systems Engineering
with participation by government, industry, and the Software
Engineering Institute (SEI). The project's objective is to develop
a capability maturity model-integrated product suite that provides
industry and government with a set of integrated products to
support process and product improvement.
Experimental
Software Engineering Lab, University of Maryland
IEEE Standards
Integrated Computer Engineering,
Inc. (ICE)
International Council on Software
Engineering (INCOSE)
Navy Acquisition, Research
and Development Information Center - News; announcements;
acronyms; publications and regulations; technical reports; "How
to Do Business with the Navy."
Picatinny Arsenal - U.S.
Army TACOM Armament Research, Development Engineering Center
(TACOM-ARDOC); Program Executive Office for Ground and Combat
Support Systems (PEO-GCSS); technical expertise and facilities;
engineer employment opportunities; Picatinny's acquisition center;
international program.
The Software Program Managers Network
(SPMN) - The Mission of the SPMN is to enable managers of
large-scale, software-intensive development or maintenance projects
to more effectively manage and succeed by identifying and conveying
to them management Best Practices, lessons-learned, and direct
support.
Army Research Laboratory Major
Shared Resource Center (ARL MSRC) - The ARL MSRC is one of
four large high performance computing centers that service the
computational requirements of the Defense research and development
community and the developmental test and evaluation community.
United State
General Accounting Office - Federally Funded R&D Centers:
Information on the Size and Scope of DOD-Sponsored Centers.
Informal
Technical Report for Software Technology for Adaptable, Reliable
Systems (STARS) - This document describes a set of scenarios
for analyzing architecture description languages (ADLs).
The
DoD SBIR Awards Search - Awards from the Department of Defense
(DoD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business
Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs may be easily accessed from
this search page.
Space
and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC San Diego)
- SSC San
Diego is responsible for development of the technology to collect,
transmit, process, display and, most critically, manage information
essential to naval operations.
SSC San Diego Software
Engineering Process Office (SEPO) Home Page - SEPO is the
software engineering focal point for the Space and Naval Warfare
Systems Center, San Diego (SSC SD), formerly known as NRaD. SEPO
provides software engineering processes and consulting services
to projects, conducts and facilitates software engineering training,
and acts as a software engineering clearinghouse for SPAWARSYSCEN
San Diego.
Space
and Naval Warware Systems Command (SPAWAR) - SPAWAR designs,
acquires and supports systems which collect, coordinate, process,
analyze and present complex information to the nation's leaders.
SPAWAR Business Opportunities
- This site explains how to do business with SPAWAR.
The Defense Standardization
Program (DSP) - The DSP supports DoD policy by promoting
standardization of materiel, facilities, and engineering practices
to improve military operational readiness, reduce total ownership
costs, and reduce acquisition cycle time.
Telecommunications
National Telecommunications
and Information Administration (NTIA) - NTIA, an agency of
the
U.S. Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch's principal
voice on domestic and international telecommunications and information
technology issues.
Telecommunications
Home Page
The Office
of Spectrum Management (OSM) - OSM is responsible for managing
the Federal Government's use of the radio frequency spectrum.
Information Infrastructure
Task Force (IITF) - The White House formed the IITF to articulate
and implement the Administration's vision for the National Information
Infrastructure (NII). Working together with the private sector,
the participating agencies will develop comprehensive technology,
telecommunications, and information policies and promote applications
that best meet the needs of both the agencies and the country.
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Area Master Station, LANT (NCTAMS LANT)
Information
Technology Services Center (InTeC) - InTeC provides a full
range of information technology services and products. InTeC
specializes in software engineering, systems integration, training,
INFOSEC, internet, networking, desktop computer repair and upgrade,
procurement and much more.
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Station (NCTS) Washington - Information Technology Services
Center (InTeC) Washington, a Navy Working Capital Fund (NWCF)
fee-for-service organization, and Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Station (NCTS) Washington, its mission funded component, are
the source for expert information technology and telecommunications
services for the entire community of Federal agencies.
NCTS Related
Links
Naval Computer and Telecommunications
Area Master Station, LANT (NCTAMS LANT) - NCTAMS' mission
is to to provide regional, operational direction to Commander,
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command (COMNAVCOMTELCOM)
sites, to execute Fleet Commander in Chief communications requirements;
provide regional information technology support and services
to Navy activities; direct remote facilities as required; operate
and maintain elements of the Defense Communications Systems (DCS)
as assigned; and perform such functions as directed by higher
authority.
Naval
Computer and Telecommunications Station, San Diego, California
- Their mission is to support fleet and shore commands by providing
secure, rapid, and high quality communications and information
technology products and services.
