http://www.disa.mil/news/pressresources/ DISA Press Releases ARLINGTON – Remarkable energy and effort continue to characterize US military humanitarian and disaster relief in Haiti, and the Defense Information Systems Agency is taking advantage of capabilities it has already established, as well as new ones, to provide US Southern Command with the necessary communications and information network to relieve the intense suffering of Haitians caught in Tuesday’s devastating earthquake. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2010/haiti_11510.html Arlington, Va. - The Defense Department's newest collaborative software development tool just entered limited operating availability capacity for individual DoD projects or programs. ProjectForge is the newest offering in the Defense Information Systems Agency’s family of services enable continuous collaboration among DoD software developers, testers, certifiers, operators, and users. Its private project portals expand on SoftwareForge’s capabilities in hosting public projects for software reuse and collaboration development. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2010/projectforge_11310.html Arlington, VA – The Defense Information Systems Agency and Computerworld announced today that John J. Garing, DISA’s Director for Strategic Planning and Information, is a 2010 Premier 100 IT honoree. This year’s Premier 100 spotlights 100 leaders from both the technology and business sides of companies for their exceptional technology leadership, innovative ideas to business challenges and effectively managed IT strategies. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/garing_121109.html Arlington – The Defense Information Service Agency announced that the Government Open Source Conference recognized the DISA Manpower, Personnel and Security Directorate's Open Source Corporate Management Information Systems (OSCMIS) team with its "Excellence Awards for Open Source Business Use in Government" award in the category of “Special Business or Mission Requirements.” http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/goscon_110309.html Arlington – The Defense Information Service Agency DISA will hold its first "Higher Education Career Fair" in cooperation with Anne Arundel Community College from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, November 7, 2009, at AACC's "Arundel Mills Center" located at 7009 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover, Maryland, 21076. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/intern_career_fair_110209.html Arlington – The Defense Information Systems Agency today learned it had captured Silver in the 2009 Workforce Development Award competition sponsored by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT and L)). DISA is one of three Defense Department “Large Organization” winners to be recognized for outstanding accomplishments in developing innovative, comprehensive learning and development programs for their workforces in the Category. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/award_100809.html Arlington, Va. – The Defense Information Service Agency today announced the release of the next version of its Rapid Access Computing Environment (RACE). This release allows DoD users the ability to self-service provision operating environments within the highly secured Defense Enterprise Computing Center’s (DECC) production environment. With its rapidly accessible and scalable computing infrastructure, RACE uses virtualization and the nearly unlimited capability of cloud computing to offer Defense Department customers platform/infrastructure as a service in test and production environments, the first of its kind for DoD. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/race_100509.html WASHINGTON – The U.S. General Services Administration and the Defense Information Systems Agency are creating a common marketplace for commercial satellite communication services offering significant savings to defense and civilian agencies, as well as state, local and tribal governments. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/gsa_080609.html Arlington, Va.- The Defense Department's newest collaborative software development tool is now available for use in a classified development environment. The Defense Information Systems Agency granted Forge.mil Interim Authority To Operate on SIPRNet, the DoD’s classified version of the civilian Internet. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/forge_072009.html DISA took both first and second place in a nationwide competition recognizing outstanding local, state, and federal government Web sites. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/web_award042309.html Arlington, Va.- The Defense Department's newest collaborative software development tool just took another crucial step today in reaching full operational capability. The Defense Information Systems Agency declared its Forge.mil is now at initial operational capability for unclassified use within DoD. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/forge_042009.html ARLINGTON, Va – The Director of the Defense Information Systems Agency welcomed Maryland Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and his BRAC Subcabinet today to the new DISA construction site on Fort George G. Meade. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/ftmeade_032309.html ARLINGTON, Va – ARLINGTON, Va - The Defense Information Systems Agency announced the establishment of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) today. The agreement will pave the way for collaboration and partnerships between the federal government, non-profit organizations, academia, and industry to research and develop cutting-edge software for users in DoD, governments at all levels, and the public. http://www.disa.mil/news/pressreleases/2009/ossi_031709.html