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Navy’s Eighth OA Report Highlights New Guidebooks, Continued Progress

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Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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By Geoff Fein The Navy's eighth quarterly report to Congress on open architecture (OA) outlines a number of efforts the service plans for 2010 including publishing a guidebook for requirements officers and providing rules to incorporate OA into the enterprise architecture. This report also marks the end of the first year of the Navy providing the Senate Armed Services Committee with updates on progress in implementing OA across the service. The 39-page report outlines efforts the Chief of Naval Operations…

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