Modernization
Esper steps aside on JEDI, pushes decision to deputy
After months of review, the defense secretary has recused himself from decisions regarding the controversial $10 billion JEDI cloud buy.
Modernization
Army AI task force looks for cyber project as industry day nears
The Army Artificial Intelligence Task Force is looking to start a cyber project this year just in time for its third annual industry day.
Modernization
Army seeks new paths to network interoperability
The Army doesn't want to keep relying on the Defense Department's secret networks to collaborate with international mission partners, but the change faces some policy hurdles.
Modernization
Army sets up 'provisional' cloud management office
Army CIO Lt. Gen. Bruce Crawford said the service has begun to set up an enterprise cloud management office and hired a leader.
Digital Government
What DOD's data scientists are discovering
Recruiting top analytical talent into government is tough, the Pentagon's top management officer says, but the payoffs can be big.
Modernization
Army wants to spend nearly $1B on cloud, data by 2025
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said lack of funding or a potential delay in the JEDI cloud bid "strikes to the heart of our concern."
Digital Government
Army CIO teases data strategy
Army CIO Bruce Crawford said the service is ready to release its data strategy, which will resemble more of a set of standards to manage the service's data lakes.
Cybersecurity
NSA chief explains new cyber directorate
The National Security Agency's new cyber directorate wants to bridge gaps between government agencies and the defense industrial base, according to the agency's chief Gen. Paul Nakasone.
Cybersecurity
NSA official: 'Dumb' software supply chain attacks still prevalent
Vulnerabilities in the software supply chain may represent a larger cybersecurity threat over the long haul than threats to physical hardware.
Modernization
DEOS cloud set for a do-over
After a protest, the General Services Administration and the Defense Information Systems Agency are planning to take another look at their $7.6 billion cloud award.
Cybersecurity
Jim Langevin's view from the Hill
As chairman of of the Intelligence and Emerging Threats and Capabilities subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committe and a member of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rhode Island Democrat Jim Langevin is one of the most influential voices on cybersecurity in Congress.
People
USMC commandant nixes prospect of zero-based budget review
Gen. David Berger, commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, said it's unlikely the service will adopt a programmatic review like the Army’s "night court" process.
Cybersecurity
Background checks move to DOD
The government’s background investigations agency with some 3,000 employees has moved from the Office of Personnel Management to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.
Digital Government
Can a joint DOD-VA oversight body catch up with health record deployment?
Lawmakers want to put teeth in a governance body to corral DOD and VA health record deployment, but facts on the ground may be getting ahead of planned governance.
People
Thornberry won't seek re-election
Mac Thornberry, the House Armed Services Committee's top Republican and a leading voice for consolidations and closures in the Defense Department's "fourth estate" announced he won't seek reelection in 2020.
Cybersecurity
Trump signs stopgap funding bill to avoid Oct. 1 shutdown
Congress has about eight weeks to finalize a spending plan for fiscal year 2020 but disagreements over a border wall still loom large.
Modernization
Pentagon teams with GSA on AI Center of Excellence
The Pentagon's Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has partnered with the General Services Administration to accelerate government's AI adoption.
Acquisition
Big IT acquisition reforms on hold as NDAA heads to conference
Some of the more significant acquisition reforms suggested by the congressionally mandated Section 809 Panel won't be up for a vote in the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
Cybersecurity
Air Force unveils 10-year cyber warfare plan
In tandem with creating a new information warfare command, the Air Force released a new strategy to address digital warfare over the next decade.
Cybersecurity
Air Force announces new information warfare entity
After some delay, the Air Combat Command will combine its 24th (cyber) and 25th (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) Numbered Air Forces into one.
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