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At the Core, It’s Communications
Occasionally lost in the roar of network-centric warfare is its most important aspect: battlefield information systems. Moving information among strategic and tactical commanders is vital to an operation’s success, of course, but the commanders’ expertise must reach and empower the individual warfighter, or else it is for naught.
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Navy Reorganizes for Space
by Robert K. Ackerman

The U.S. Navy has created a new office, Program Executive Officer (PEO) Space Systems, that increases its emphasis on integrated space systems acquisition. PEO Space Systems will act as a single, central acquisition authority.
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JWID: The Next Generation
Revamped event focuses on homeland defense and interagency communications.
by Maryann Lawlor

Lt. Gen. Harry D. Raduege Jr., USAF, director, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), confers with a Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) 2003 participant at the Naval Warfare Systems Command. DISA is the lead agency for the event. The Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration is transforming from its traditional role as a venue for viewing technologies into a proving ground for solutions that can be fielded within 12 months of completion of the event.
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E-Service, No Waiting
Citizens go online instead of standing in line to get information, services.
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by Maryann Lawlor

While the U.S. military is diligently building network centricity into the battlespace, the federal government is constructing virtual bridges between agencies and citizens on the home front. Cyberspace is now a two-way street where information is driven to the public, and citizens steer through the bureaucratic maze.
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National Terrorism Information Network Links Decision Makers
Intelligence centers provide resources, tools and equipment.
by Henry S. Kenyon

The Pentagon after the terrorist attacks on September 11. 2001. A new World Wide Web-based service allows emergency first responders to access government databases, conduct live online collaborative meetings and send encrypted e-mail in the event of a terrorist attack.
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CONTENTS
At the Core, It’s Communications
E-Service, No Waiting
How to Submit Material for SIGNAL Connections
JWID: The Next Generation
Meet the Staff
National Terrorism Information Network Links Decision Makers
Navy Reorganizes for Space
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