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Congress looks to clamp down on DOD cloud plans
The House defense appropriations bill includes new reporting requirements on the JEDI project and the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions cloud efforts.
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JEDI report to Congress stresses need for speed, standardization
The report criticizes the proliferation of more than 500 cloud acquisition and migration efforts as being "reminiscent of DOD's current legacy information technology environment, which is not optimized for the 21st century."
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DOD's new health record system isn't suitable for use
MHS Genesis, the $3.4 billion commercial health record system being installed across the Department of Defense, was found to be operationally ineffective and unsuitable in a scathing internal oversight report.
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DOD wants drones to deliver blood on the battlefield
A recent solicitation from DIUx points to a plan to advance front-line medical care for combat troops.
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No protest expected on Coast Guard's heath records move
Acquisition-wise, it looks like smooth sailing for the Coast Guard's plan to join the Pentagon's nascent electronic health records system.
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Trump won't intervene in JEDI contract, WH says
Despite the president's repeated public venting of anger at Amazon, a spokesperson said Trump won't play a part in the Pentagon's massive cloud contract.
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Lynch sticking around at Defense Digital Service
The founding leader of the Pentagon's digital service team and a key leader of the Cloud Executive Steering Group is renewing for a third year.
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Army announces long-awaited DCGS contract
After years of protests and legal wrangling, Palantir is finally part of the Army's battlefield intel analytics system.
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DIUx searching for Raj Shah replacement
After almost two years at the helm of the Pentagon's innovation shop, Raj Shah is returning to the private sector.
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Global fitness tracker data exposes IoT policy gap
Thanks to data from fitness trackers, jogging routes of service members are providing a virtual atlas of sensitive military installations and forward operational bases around the world.
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DOD health record effort pivots to lessons learned
After a lengthy rollout, military health leaders will evaluate user feedback on MHS Genesis to prepare for full deployment.
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White House unhappy with NDAA's cyber strategy demand
President Trump indicates he's opposed to a congressional demand for a cybersecurity strategy in the 2018 defense bill.
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