The directive prohibiting service members from using government computers to access such Web offerings as MySpace and YouTube may not be the end all for military association with these types of sites. For one thing, as we reported earlier, the Air Force believes MySpace is a great way to reach potential recruits, given its 98 million registered users, nearly half of them between the ages of 18 and 24. Now, Bob Brewin of Government Executive reports that the Defense Information Systems Agency may enlist the two companies—viewed as innovators in the information-sharing realm—in its effort to develop its next generation Net Enabled Command Capability.
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall doesn’t see great value in trying to break the Sentinel ICBM program off as a separate budget item the way the Navy has with its ballistic-missile submarine program, saying such a move wouldn’t create any new money for the Air Force to spend on other…