Modernization
IG: DISA needs a 3-year ATO for collaboration tool
The Pentagon's inspector general said DISA has complied with software management procedures for the lifecycle management of Defense Collaboration Services, but needs to mitigate risk levels to obtain a full 3-year authority-to-operate.
Acquisition
DISA searches for new acquisition life with SETI
The new $7.5 billion SETI acquisition program aims to rapidly contract innovative technologies and solutions across the Defense Department.
People
DISA CTO to retire
David Mihelcic spent the final 19 years of his government career with the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Modernization
Pentagon IT service consolidation nears the finish line
The Pentagon's joint IT service is borrowing cultural elements often associated with social media companies to advance its IT modernization push, but not without resistance.
Digital Government
DISA continues internal consolidation
A DISA official said the agency is already gaining efficiencies from the recent consolidation of its Implementation and Sustainment Center with its Center for Operations.
Modernization
DISA opens competition for massive IT services contract
The Defense Information Systems Agency has released its request for proposals for the Communications Capacity Services Contract -- a single-award, $902 million acquisition vehicle.
Modernization
DOD poised to release milCloud 2.0 RFP
MilCloud 2.0 is a further bid by the Defense Department to embrace commercial cloud services to cut costs.
Cybersecurity
DISA unveils new cybersecurity review
The agency is adopting an agile, "outside-in" approach to assessing the security of the Department of Defense Information Network.
Digital Government
DISA claims progress in classified mobile
A year-old program to deploy mobile devices that can access classified information has gained steam, said Jack Wilmer, a Defense Information Systems Agency official.
People
DOD's single IT service provider seeks to get synchronized
One challenge the Joint Service Provider has faced is simply getting IT personnel from across the National Capitol Region in the same place.
Modernization
DOD updates cloud requirements guide
This is the second iteration of the SRG, which provides security requirements for DOD missions up to the secret level as they adopt commercial cloud services.
Acquisition
DISA tweaks RFP for $17.5B contracting vehicle
Officials hope Encore III can vault the Pentagon into a new era of secure and interoperable IT use.
Digital Government
Single service provider for upcoming draft mobility RFP at DISA
DISA looks to single service provider for mobile device management.
Modernization
DISA grants IBM Level 5 cloud permission
In earning the certification at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in West Virginia, IBM touted itself as the first cloud provider to connect with Level 5 data on DOD's unclassified internal network.
Modernization
DISA releases cloud access point guidance
The Cloud Connection Process Guide incorporates feedback from recent DOD cloud pilots and describes the process of registering defense agencies' cloud usage.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon wraps up classified study of enterprise cyber defense
Pentagon officials have completed a classified assessment of the effectiveness of enterprise cybersecurity tools at defense agencies, and the assessors are sharing lessons with the military services.
Cybersecurity
DISA chief: We're in 'an economic cyber cold war'
The U.S. government is fighting at least a two-front cyber war involving the daily fending off of millions of attacks on defense networks and the slow-burn of economic espionage, according to a top Pentagon official.
Modernization
DISA to issue multiple Level 5 cloud authorizations
In the next 18 months, the Defense Information Systems Agency will issue four to five provisional authorizations for commercial cloud providers to handle sensitive Level 5 government data, according to a DISA official.
Cybersecurity
Pentagon purges HTML from .mil emails
The Pentagon is tightening the screws on its campaign to improve email security. Get ready for a return to plain text.
Cybersecurity
OPM gets cyber hiring nod, DISA moves on classified mobile and more
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