Cybersecurity
New Army IT chief mulls risk management reform
Retooling legacy cyber processes, such as the risk management framework, is a top priority for Lt. Gen. John Morrison, the Army's new Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6.
Modernization
Spectrum on the battlefield
Managing electromagnetic spectrum will become increasingly important as the Army pushes for large-scale operations across domains.
Digital Government
Solving the Army's data talent problem
The Army needs to develop specific skill sets and retool or retrain existing workforce, said Mark Gorak, the director of people analytics for the Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
Digital Government
How the Army's new pay system upgrade could improve talent management
The Army is planning to field an app-friendly human resources system that could hold the data needed to improve its workforce.
People
Army tests out augmented reality with training
As social distancing becomes the norm, the Army increasingly looks to virtual training.
Acquisition
Army needs to analyze OTA use, watchdog report finds
A GAO report found that the Army needs to do a thorough analysis of its use of rapid acquisition agreements to make contracting practices more uniform.
Digital Government
Army experiment highlights need for coders at the edge
After a big experiment using more than 30 different developing technologies at Yuma Proving Ground, the Army is certain it will need two things: more software workers and smaller tactical operating units.
Modernization
Army tests the limits of its integrated tactical network
The Army's Project Convergence exercise has put the Integrated Tactical Network to the test. But holes in its availability prove there's work to be done.
Modernization
Prioritizing talent, diversity to boost modernization at PEO EIS
Ross Guckert, the new program executive officer for enterprise information services, took on a new role at a tumultuous time. FCW talked with him to understand why people are at the center of his priorities.
Modernization
What's new in Army cloud
The Army's enterprise cloud office is coming up on its first anniversary. FCW talked with its director, Paul Puckett, about what the office has been up to and how COVID has affected priorities.
Modernization
Army re-orgs tech directorate
The Army has a new strategic operations directorate under the department's management office, an organization said to be a "precursor" to the upcoming CIO reorganization.
People
Outgoing Army tech chief: CIO split was 'right decision at the right time'
Army CIO/G6 Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford said the move will allow the new CIO to focus more on big data, cloud migrations.
People
Army stands up its first software factory
Army Futures Command announced it has launched its first software factory at its headquarters in Austin, Texas. The entity is expected to hit initial operating capacity in early 2021.
Acquisition
Lawmakers skeptical of seaborne drone fleet
The House defense committee is looking to add some oversight for rapid procurement of unmanned vehicles and vessels, and wants more detailed plans on how the Army will use its newly developed augmented reality headset.
People
Army splits CIO role
The Army announced June 11 that it will divvy up the CIO role to focus on policy and with a separate deputy chief of staff to lead military network communication challenges.
Modernization
Army to probe the economics of modernization
Bruce Jette, the Army's acquisition chief, said at an AUSA virtual event June 8 the Army is working on a "holistic economic model" that extends beyond the current two-year budget planning cycle, which can impede modernization efforts.
Cybersecurity
Essye Miller: The exit interview
Essye Miller, DOD's outgoing principal deputy CIO, talks about COVID, the state of the tech workforce and the hard conversations DOD has to have to prepare personnel for the future.
Digital Government
Army eyes Kessel Run model to boost software capabilities
The Army's chief technology officer, William Robinson, said the service is planning to emulate the Air Force's model to improve computing at the edge.
Cybersecurity
Essye Miller to retire as DOD principal deputy CIO
The intelligence community’s CIO, John Sherman, will step in to the post of Defense Department’s principal deputy CIO in June.
Acquisition
Procurement challenges step up to the COVID-19 plate
Steve Kelman spotlights another example of how non-traditional acquisition models can encourage innovation.
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