By
Bob Brewin
A variety of speech transcripts and slides released by the Pentagon on Monday called for <a href=http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100810_6184.php?oref=topstory>combining the Defense Department chief information officer ship with the Defense Information Systems Agency</a>, but various crystal ball folks I've talked to are still trying to figure out the end game.
A variety of speech transcripts and slides released by the Pentagon on Monday called for combining the Defense Department chief information officer ship with the Defense Information Systems Agency, but various crystal ball folks I've talked to are still trying to figure out the end game.
Does this mean that Army Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett, the director at DISA, will end up dual-hatted as the Defense CIO? (And for those who argue this is a job for a civilian, others counter that Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson serves as the Army CIO.)
Or does it mean that Pentagon management will select a civilian CIO and install him or her in DISA, with Pollett serving as the deputy CIO, but still retaining his director title?
Finally, will Teresa "Teri" Takai, the CIO of California whom President Obama nominated for the Defense CIO job will wait until the Pentagon finishes re-arranging its deck chairs -- or will she jump ship?
More needs to be revealed.
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