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Army to create cloud program office
The Army is gaining momentum in its overhaul of legacy systems, starting with new cloud and enterprise-as-a-service pilots and a new data strategy.
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DOD's accelerated cyber hiring hits snags
Lack of hiring personnel and the complex security clearance process is slowing down implementation as the Cyber Excepted Service expands.
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Army turns to category management in new IT approach
Deputy CIO declares 'no new money' for IT in new approach and is turning to category management can help.
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Army selects NIH contract vehicle for new enterprise capability
NITAAC gets the nod for procuring support services.
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Conflict-of-interest charge threatens to derail JEDI
The Defense Department is reconsidering whether conflict-of-interest charges had an impact on the integrity of the contract.
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GAO questions Pentagon's software spending data
The Department of Defense's estimated $828 million spend weapons systems software sustainment in fiscal year 2018 may be a little off.
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DARPA trying to make autonomous systems more trustworthy
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants autonomous systems that can evaluate how well they're doing a specific task and explain that to their human partners.
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DOD acknowledges possible conflict of interest on JEDI procurement
The issue involves an individual who worked for both AWS and that Defense Digital Service.
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DISA works to make JRSS faster, more reliable
After a scathing internal evaluation, the Defense Information Systems Agency said it is working to resolve latency and reliability issues in the Joint Regional Security Stacks program.
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Is it the end of the line for CIOs in DOD?
The Section 809 report offers an opportunity to reflect on the future of federal agency tech leaders, but reports on the impending demise of CIOs at DOD may be exaggerated.
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JEDI protest paused over conflict-of-interest questions
The allegations stem from the participation of two individuals in the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure procurement with strong ties to Amazon Web Services.
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Nakasone: Cyber Command needs to grow
U.S. Cyber Commander Gen. Paul Nakasone said that with the current state of threats, he expects the cyber mission force to expand beyond 133 teams.
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DOD must embrace cross-domain security and continuous monitoring
Cross-domain and risk-adaptive security can mitigate threats, fortify networks and clouds and keep missions on track.
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DOD wants to 'change the way we do software development'
Assistant Secretary for Defense Acquisition Kevin Fahey said his office is planning to scrap DOD 5000 acquisition requirements and starting from scratch with an eye to being more digital ready.
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DOD sketches strategy for AI
On the heels of the White House executive order on artificial intelligence, the Defense Department released its plan for securing AI capabilities to support the warfighter.
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DISA sticks with GDIT for network infrastructure support
General Dynamics IT takes a $491 million blanket purchase agreement to continue its support of the Defense Department’s network infrastructures.
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DISA, GSA clarify classified requirement for DEOS bidders
Aspiring vendors for the Pentagon's $8 billion back-office cloud contract won't have to be certified to host classified data on the date of the award.
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Defense Digital Service reimagining tech recruitment
In the race for tech talent, the Defense Digital Service is seeking a contractor to help lure workers from industry, state, local and federal agencies.
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DARPA exploring new levels of mobile security
DOD's research arm is getting ready to test mobile devices that permit information-sharing across multiple security levels from a single platform.
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