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A Good Fit: New .Org Domain Created for MITRE 25 Years Ago

July 2010

Top-level Internet domains were brand new 25 years ago. But MITRE didn't fit the tags .mil or .gov. To best represent the independent role MITRE plays required the creation of a new tag, .org—which we now share with countless other distinguished organizations.

"Smart Power" Helping Guide U.S. Engagement Around the Globe

July 2010

The American government is using Smart Power to change attitudes of other countries toward U.S. policies. MITRE's initial contribution for realizing the Smart Power vision is an innovative internal research program called Measuring and Guiding Engagement.

Thinking about Pandemic Influenza: Understanding Health Cognitions Helps Evaluate Response Options

May 2010

How we think about health emergencies like influenza affects our behavior—and ultimately, public safety. MITRE's health cognitions research looks at how understanding beliefs about public health crises can help the government form better response plans.

MITRE Launches Nationwide Effort to Better Manage Human Fatigue in Aviation

July 2010

Earlier this year, MITRE organized a summit of aviation leaders, operational managers, policy makers, researchers, and safety experts to discuss the safety risks of human fatigue in aviation and develop a collaborative roadmap to combating it.

A Fast-Track Task Force Moves NextGen Forward

April 2010

The FAA is moving ahead with its NextGen plan to modernize the National Air Space thanks to the consensus of a task force little-known outside the aviation industry. At the FAA's request, MITRE played a significant role with the task force including developing the NextGen Dashboard tool, which aided the task force in analyzing data on critical issues.

Green Air Space Design: Reducing Fuel Burn

October 2009

Can re-designing airspace save fuel for airlines? MITRE is looking at the benefits of reducing level-offs in terminal airspace, which could have the additional environmental benefit of reduced carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur oxides.

MITRE's Mission Planning Warehouse: Collaborative Development, Collaborative View

June 2010

Planning military operations in theater is more complex than ever, in part because of the mass amounts of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance data. MITRE's Mission Planning Warehouse, developed with input from the Air Force's "combat coders," helps provide improved battle space management capabilities.

New Smartphone App Provides Data for Counter-Insurgency Intelligence Collection

June 2010

A MITRE-developed iPhone app dubbed COIN Collector—for counter-insurgency intelligence collecting—is helping soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan fight insurgents by collecting data about them in a battlespace environment.

Mission Not Impossible: A Mission Assurance Approach to IT Defense

May 2010

To defend IT systems against adversaries, experts rely on a strategy known as mission assurance. MITRE takes a multi-faceted approach to mission assurance that helps the government fight through attacks and bounce back quickly.

Post-9/11 GI Bill Helps Department of Veterans Affairs Expand Education Benefits

July 2010

The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides veterans with full funds to attend a public undergraduate program for four years, and MITRE provided the Department of Veterans Affairs with assistance in getting this new benefits program off the ground.

Smooth Moves: Helping Military Families Transition to New Homes

September 2009

Moving military families from one location to the next is a daily—but complex—occurrence and virtually no two moves are alike. A team from MITRE helped the U.S. Transportation Command streamline the process, which ultimately ensures easier moves for service personnel and their families.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Take Health IT Lead

August 2009

One of the key drivers in the move toward national healthcare reform is the growing need for standardized electronic health records. One of the key players is the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which is working with MITRE to transform its IT systems in advance of the coming wave of change.

Digest Flashback: Targeting the 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors

February 2010

A programmer's mistake at the keyboard can introduce a coding error that allows hackers to slip through a computer's defenses. Now, a new list of the Top 25 most dangerous programming errors from MITRE's Common Weakness Enumeration program aims to help government and industry avoid costly and harmful security breaches.

MITRE's Cyber Security Operations Center Helps Sponsors Keep Networks Secure

January 2010

To counter advanced cyber threats from malicious code, viruses, and hackers, MITRE created a Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC). Our sponsors, who have larger networks, can use the CSOC to extrapolate best practices for their own network environments.

Technology Collaboration Improves Security for Boston's July 4th Celebration

October 2009

During Boston's Fourth of July celebration, crowd safety is monitored by the Unified Command Center (UCC) under the control of the Massachusetts State Police. To improve access control security to the UCC, advanced technology was developed by a team that included MITRE, the U.S. Air Force's Electronic Systems Center, Middlesex Community College, VideoIQ, Fenwick Technologies, and RFID Global Technologies.

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