From Nextgov.com: Committee pulls purse strings to nudge services toward unified command-and-control systems

House Armed Services report also targets Future Combat Systems delays and IT staff shortage.

In its version of the fiscal 2009 defense authorization bill, the House Armed Services Committee used its oversight capability to push the military services to transition from stovepiped command-and-control systems to a new joint system, such as the Net Enabled Command and Control System under development by the Defense Information Systems Agency.

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