DoD Departments Team Up to Actualize RPA Oct 31, 2019 | 3:21 pm The Department of Defense (DoD) is steadily integrating robotic process automation (RPA) agency-wide through interdepartmental collaborations. […]
JEDI Cloud Deal Takes Center Stage at Deasy Confirmation Hearing Oct 29, 2019 | 4:10 pm The Pentagon’s award late last week of its ten-year Joint Enterprise Defense Initiative (JEDI) contract for general purpose cloud computing to Microsoft took center stage on Capitol Hill today at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Dana Deasy as the Defense Department’s (DoD) CIO. […]
DoD Looking to Realize the Promise of Cloud Oct 29, 2019 | 3:25 pm The Department of Defense (DoD) is looking to move from cloud adoption to optimizing and enabling the full promise of cloud computing within the Pentagon, said Peter Ranks, deputy CIO for information enterprise at DoD. […]
DoD Official: RPA Efforts Proving to be Employee Morale Booster Oct 22, 2019 | 12:40 pm Erica Thomas, a robotic process automation (RPA) Program Manager at the Department of Defense (DoD), said Oct. 21 that efforts to deploy RPA technologies in financial accounting systems are providing a boost in the morale of agency employees who are being freed from performing repetitive tasks. […]
DoD Pays Out $33K To Proxy Bug Bounty Winners Oct 14, 2019 | 1:23 pm White-hat hackers have scooped up $33,750 through Hack the Proxy, the eighth hacker-focused cyber challenge created through a partnership between the Defense Department (DoD) and HackerOne. […]
Second ‘Hack the Army’ Bug Bounty Challenge Underway Oct 10, 2019 | 3:38 pm The Department of Defense (DoD) is partnering with Defense Digital Service (DDS) and HackerOne to launch the second Hack the Army bug bounty challenge. The challenge, which will run from Oct. 9 to Nov. 8, encourages hackers to attack more than 60 publicly accessible web assets to improve the DoD’s cyber defenses. […]
Federal Cyber Officials Tackling Workforce Challenges Sep 19, 2019 | 2:44 pm Federal cybersecurity officials spoke about the strategies they’re pursuing to address workforce issues within their agencies during a Sept. 18 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Cybersecurity Summit panel. […]
Bingen: Security Clearances Reduced by Half Aug 19, 2019 | 11:17 am Principle Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for intelligence Kari Bingen, has sad that the security clearance backlog has been cut in half after a high point of 725,000 in April 2018. […]
TechNet Sounds the Alarm on FY2020 NDAA Aug 14, 2019 | 10:49 am TechNet President and CEO Linda Moore wrote the House and Senate Armed Services Committees on Aug. 12 to raise concerns with the current draft of the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). […]
DoD Digital Strategy Focuses on Well-Discussed Themes Jul 16, 2019 | 9:16 am The Defense Department on July 12 released its Digital Modernization Strategy, but for followers of DoD IT policy developments, the high points of the strategy cover already-familiar territory including cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and workforce development. […]
JAIC to Use Streamlined Pilot Procurement Process Jul 10, 2019 | 9:14 am The Defense Department’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is seeking to procure innovative commercial software and services solutions to provide comprehensive data management, end-to-end platform integration, and model/capabilities development for technologies to assist in disaster relief through a new pilot program. […]
DoD’s JAIC to Call for Private Sector Cyber Tech Pitches Jul 8, 2019 | 12:40 pm The Defense Department’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center is preparing to call for private sector technology pitches at “Solutions Meetings” that are planned for late summer and early fall in the northern Virginia area. […]
Digital Transformation Improving Critical Infrastructure Jun 28, 2019 | 1:41 pm U.S. critical infrastructure is in solid shape, according to defense officials, and a digital transformation has helped define a proactive approach to protecting data and implementing cyber operations. […]
DoD may be too Large for Broad AI Implementation Jun 27, 2019 | 11:33 am In establishing a foundation across an organization as large as the Department of Defense, it takes an organizational shift that’s supported by allies across industry and academia – and the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) is building towards that. […]
JEDI Contract Announcement Seen in August, Deasy Says Jun 25, 2019 | 3:11 pm The Defense Department (DOD) aims to award its 10-year, $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract by the end of August, Inside Defense reported, citing comments from DoD CIO Dana Deasy to reporters today at a Defense Writers Group breakfast […]
DoD CIO Nominated to be … DoD CIO Jun 25, 2019 | 2:35 pm The White House nominated Dana Deasy, current CIO of the Department of Defense, to be CIO of the Department of Defense today. […]
PMA Update Shows Decrease in Background Check Backlog, but not Security Clearances Jun 21, 2019 | 1:35 pm The President’s Management Agenda’s (PMA) CAP Goal Action Plan on Security Clearance, Sustainability/Fitness, and Credentialing Reform released June updates that included a reduction in a background investigation backlog. […]
House VA Subcommittee Questions EHR Progress and Accountability Jun 12, 2019 | 3:35 pm The House Committee on Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization met today to discuss the implementation of Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DoD). […]
Pentagon Delays IT Employee Transfers Jun 10, 2019 | 3:49 pm The Department of Defense (DoD) has delayed the transfer of 1,200 IT employees that was set to take place in September of 2019 as labor unions raised their concerns about the move. […]
DoD JRSS Has Not Met JIE Regional Security Requirements, IG Says Jun 7, 2019 | 12:12 pm The Defense Department’s (DoD’s) Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS) have not met the regional security implementation expectations of DoD’s Joint Information Environment (JIE), according to a June 4 public Office of Inspector General (OIG) report. […]
Union Files Complaint Against DoD IT Transfers May 29, 2019 | 3:17 pm The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the Department of Defense (DoD) on behalf of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), alleging that the Pentagon neglected its duty to consult with the union on 1,200 IT personnel transfers to the Defense Information Services Agency (DISA). […]
Senators Intro Bill to Bolster Digital Engineering Careers in Military May 17, 2019 | 3:57 pm The co-founders of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, introduced the Armed Forces Digital Advantage Act on May 16. […]
DOD Seeks Autonomous Construction Capabilities Apr 26, 2019 | 4:14 pm The Department of Defense (DoD) is soliciting submissions for construction manufacturing that can be done autonomously. The proposed technology should be able to construct barracks, houses, and other buildings, along with mobility and counter-mobility tools like bridges, culverts, and anti-vehicle obstacles. […]
To Get to AI, DoD Needs Cloud Apr 25, 2019 | 12:22 pm With the Department of Defense focused on artificial intelligence (AI) to support the warfighter, cloud computing will be a big part in getting tools out to the tactical edge, said Dana Deasy, CIO of the department, at GDIT Emerge on April 23. […]
DoD CIO Deasy Provides Update on JAIC Progress Apr 23, 2019 | 12:37 pm Dana Deasy, CIO of the Department of Defense, provided an update on the progress at the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) at GDIT Emerge today, including the initial project with a production version out to the service branches. […]
Pompeo Says U.S. Would Defend Japan Against Cyberattacks Apr 22, 2019 | 3:19 pm Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that a cyberattack could, “in certain circumstances, constitute an armed attack under Article 5 of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty,” and that the United States would defend Japan in that circumstance. […]
DoD Officials Update EHR Progress at Senate Hearing Apr 3, 2019 | 12:14 pm Defense Department (DoD) officials today underscored the importance of the agency’s ongoing electronic health records (EHR) modernization efforts at a Senate Appropriations Committee Defense Subcommittee hearing on the Defense Health Program FY2020 budget request. […]
Defense Health Agency Moves to the Cloud Mar 21, 2019 | 10:53 am The Defense Health Agency (DHA), which enables the military to provide medical services to combatant commands during both peacetime and wartime, has migrated to the cloud. […]
GAO Prods DoD on CMO Implementation Mar 18, 2019 | 1:39 pm The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week issued recommendations on how the Department of Defense (DoD) can better go about implementing the position of Chief Management Officer (CMO) – a position that took ten years to fill with a confirmed appointment after it was approved by Congress in 2008. […]
Federal IT Policy, Agency Clamor Pushing Wind Into AI’s Sails Mar 13, 2019 | 4:13 pm Artificial intelligence (AI), following on the heels of its older sibling RPA (robotic process automation), is no longer waiting to be born, but remains more of a toddler on the Federal IT scene–still learning to walk before trying to run, but bulking up from an appetite for serious Federal government tech interest and investment. […]