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National Defense
May 2004
Sandra Erwin |
Weapon Evaluators Must Change, Or Risk Irrelevance, Warns Christie At a time when the military services are rushing to field new equipment to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many systems see combat before they go through operational testing.   |
National Defense
January 2015
J. Michael Gilmore |
History of U.S. Weapons Proves Value of Realistic Operational Testing Recently, there has been criticism that operational testing drives substantial cost increases and schedule slippage in programs and that its scope should be limited. The facts do not support these beliefs. |
National Defense
May 2005
Lawrence P. Farrell |
Successful Net-Centric Operations Require Joint Testing The wars U.S. forces are fighting today---and can be expected to fight in the foreseeable future---undoubtedly are shaping the military services' requirements for new and improved technology. |
D-Lib
Jul/Aug 2009
Khoo, Buchanan & Cunningham |
JCDL 2009 Workshop Report Lightweight user-friendly evaluation knowledge for digital librarians. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005
Diane Feeney |
Strengthening Grantees to Better Evaluate Them Foundations need to help strengthen their grantees so the grantees can provide them with the outcome data they need. |
National Defense
March 2007
James F. O'Bryon |
Defense Dept. Needs More Technical Expertise, Says Chief Weapons Tester Despite decades of acquisition reforms, major military procurement programs continue to experience cost growth and technology readiness problems. Often the wrong decisions are made because the government lacks enough technical expertise to oversee complex programs. |
National Defense
February 2007
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
Industrial Base Issues on the Agenda for 2007 Six issues that affect everyone involved in the business of providing goods and services to the nation's military, homeland security agencies and first responders. |
National Defense
November 2004
Sandra I. Erwin |
Although Combat Proven, Global Hawk Has Yet to Pass Key Tests In an upcoming evaluation of the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk reconnaissance unmanned aircraft, testers will determine whether a military system that already has seen extensive combat can pass the rigorous tests the Defense Department. |
National Defense
January 2016
Sid Ashworth |
Turning Point Coming for National Security The national security landscape has seen significant change over the past five years. The number of deployed forces declined by more than 60 percent from 2011 to the start of 2016, and the Budget Control Act of 2011 ushered in a period of uncertainty. |
National Defense
July 2011
Linda Hillmer |
Networking is Essential for Small Businesses The nation's largest defense contractors, many of whom are world-renowned for major weapons systems, are members of NDIA, but so are some of the country's most innovative small businesses. |
National Defense
February 2011
Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
To Improve Cyber-Security, U.S. Needs Cohesive Public-Private Partnership NDIA member companies recently put together a white paper on the necessity to better acquire and field cyber-capabilities. |
National Defense
April 2004
Tyrone Taylor & Ben Stone |
Small Business Division Reviews First Year The National Defense Industrial Association refocused its efforts to represent the interests of its small business members by creating the Small Business Division. Its mission is to focus specifically on issues affecting small business defense contractors. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2004 |
State-Level Studies The U.S. Education Department made grant awards to 10 State Education Agencies who met the criteria to increase the capacity of states to design, conduct and procure high-quality evaluations of educational technology. |
National Defense
November 2004
Lawrence P. Farrell, Jr. |
Industry Responds to New Security Environment The sweeping changes seen in the military and national security posture of the United States in recent years will have far-reaching implications, particularly for those in the business of defense. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2004
John Bailey |
Making the Case: Research Efforts on Educational Technology The U.S. Department of Education is investing more than $56 million to study the conditions and practices under which technology is used to document its impact on student performance. |
