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The Army's night court fuels the cloud
The Army's zero-based budgeting approach is said to turn up extra money for tech modernization.
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If you could build an Air Force base from scratch…
AFWERX's Base of the Future showcase will take advantage of the nearly wholesale rebuilding of Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.
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Army's cloud office slated to be fully operational in March
The Army's enterprise cloud office is fashioned to be a resource for any component in the organization looking to migrate data and tools to a cloud environment.
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DOD wants a fast patching inventory management system
The Defense Department's innovation arm is looking for companies with existing solutions that will help revamp its inventory management system.
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Army chief says to expect fewer program cuts in 2021 budget
After two rounds of zero-based budgeting, the Army's 2021 budget request is likely to contain fewer steep cuts to underperforming or legacy programs, according to Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy.
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DISA's Fourth Estate network modernization pushes on
The DOD's central IT organization is leading a migration to a new single service network and will bring on the first agency later this year.
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Amazon Web Services aims to stop JEDI roll-out
Amazon Web Services has asked for a temporary pause in Defense Department's work with Microsoft on the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Enterprise cloud contract.
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VA benefits platform makes a splash without busting the budget
The cloud-based Benefits Integration Platform lets the Department of Veterans Affairs quickly spin up, tear down and rebuild new development environments.
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Auditor training underway for DOD's upcoming cyber standard
Training of the third-party accreditors for the DOD's upcoming unified cybersecurity standard, to be released this month, will take place from now until June.
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Preparing for CMMC? Why companies should start now
Defense contractors should be getting ready for the Defense Department's impending cybersecurity standard expected to be released this month.
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How Huawei could affect U.S.-ally relationships
A State Department official suggested the U.S. could seek to limit intelligence sharing with allies who use Huawei products for 5G, but stopped short of endorsing a legislative ban.
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Chair named for DOD's cyber certification program
Ty Schieber will head the accrediting body for DOD's upcoming cybersecurity certification program.
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Management of DOD records is made easier with the right framework
By focusing on full lifecycle information management, the Defense Department can protect secure information and improve access, compliance and organizational efficiency.
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5G powers Air Force 'smart base of the future'
The Air Force is working with AT&T to rebuild and modernize communications infrastructure at Tyndall Air Force Base with 5G-powered capabilities.
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Cyber Solarium to back CISA as the lead response agency
Leveling up CISA and CyberCom and streamlining Congressional jurisdiction will be among the recommendations issued in an upcoming report from the Cyberspace Solarium Commission.
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DOD tries to shut down Oracle's JEDI appeal
Government attorneys argued that Oracle's allegations are moot, now that Microsoft won the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure procurement.
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Why the Air Force put Kubernetes in an F-16
The Air Force is increasingly deploying solutions like Kubernetes, the open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services, to quickly deliver advanced capabilities to warfighters.
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Pentagon updates mid-tier, urgent acquisition policies
The Defense Department released long-awaited updates to acquisition policy at the close of 2019.
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2020 NDAA brings cyber, acquisition, and IT changes
The Defense Department is on the brink of major acquisition changes to help encourage faster tech adoption.
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