By Debra Fryar, on September 7th, 2010
The Department of Defense gives itself a B in overall use of Small Business in FY2009. As a Small Business Prime Contractor for the DOD, Partnet is proud of our contributions to the DOD and feel that we give the America Taxpayer a good buy for their money. Small businesses frequently operate with lower overhead than [...]
By Debra Fryar, on August 17th, 2010
The Performance Based Logistics 2010 Conference was held last week in Arlington, VA. It made me think about how much defense logistics has changed over the last ten years.
Performance Based Logistics (PBL) goes beyond traditional acquisition of contractor good and services. PBL guarantees contractor performance and system capability based on declared performance-based agreements between the Department [...]
By Debra Fryar, on July 20th, 2010
I was asked the question earlier: ”How is the DOD EMALL important other than as a sales tool?”
Apparently, the question took some people by surprise, but not me. The DOD EMALL provides several acquisition services that extend beyond traditional eCommerce (though that is certainly a big part of it).
Here are my top eight reasons why DOD [...]
By Debra Fryar, on July 12th, 2010
Last week, Matt Langan of Appian had an excellent post on the emerging use of Business Process Management (BPM) software in the government acquisition process. He stated that, “we are seeing government embrace Business Process Management (BPM) acquisition solutions (versus COTS) in order to gain process transparency, react quickly to change and improve process efficiency; thereby [...]
By Debra Fryar, on June 28th, 2010
Last fall, Ronald Inman of Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Public Affairs reports that the NAVFAC Far East command generated a total of 3,367 orders and approximately $13.8 million in sales on DOD EMALL in fiscal year 2009 — more than any other NAVFAC command.
The DOD EMALL is a web-based Government eCommerce site enabling authorized military [...]
By Terryl Benson, on June 15th, 2010
This final part of our series on PKI security in large scale web applications looks at how eValidate was able to accommodate the unique, high performance demands of the DOD EMALL.
Powered by Partnet eValidate, DOD EMALL is now fully CAC-enabled, and public key access is configured for all Federal Bridge customers. This was accomplished with zero [...]
By Terryl Benson, on June 9th, 2010
This part of our series on PKI security in large scale web applications examines the challenge the DOD EMALL faced in implementing PKI.
DOD EMALL is the largest eCommerce site operating within the US Government. It is a highly-available system that employs best-in-class practices and utilizes a variety of sophisticated networking and systems hardware, alongside software based [...]
By Terryl Benson, on June 7th, 2010
This part of our series on PKI security in large scale web applications examines how the new Partnet eValidate solution effectively satisfies the unique PKI demands of large scale web applications.
Partnet eValidate™ is an ideal solution for large-scale web applications with a large number of users and transactions. eValidate protects government enterprises from potential security breaches [...]
By Terryl Benson, on June 1st, 2010
This part of our series on PKI security in large scale web applications examines the limits of traditional Off-the-Shelf PKI-validation solutions.
Per Joint Task Force Global Network Operations (JTF-GNO), the #1 method of attack on the DoD information network is compromised user IDs and passwords. Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD 1) — implemented in the wake of September 11, [...]
By Terryl Benson, on May 27th, 2010
This week, Partnet begins a five part series on PKI security in Large Scale Web Applications. We will cover the importance of PKI validation within the Federal Government, the limits of Off-the-Shelf PKI validation packages, a DOD case study for use of Partnet’s new eValidate software and a description of the solution and outcome.
Part 1: The [...]