Defense
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The Army's updated cloud plan adds urgency for commands to move their legacy systems to the cloud, with more cuts planned to government data centers. Hundreds of other systems deemed to have low business value will be sunset entirely.
October 12, 2022 -
Among other things, initiatives aim to incentivize large prime contractors to incorporate innovations from small businesses into their bid proposals and give contracting officers better tools to manage intellectual property rights.
October 11, 2022 -
The DoD’s CIO and its Office of Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment will remove weapons systems from the network if they are not cyber secure.
October 10, 2022 -
The biggest-yet phase of the bring-your-own-device pilot will help the Army figure out how to scale the technology across a diverse population of users in the active and reserve components — and part of the Air Force too.
October 07, 2022 -
With three new awards to OPM, HUD and the Army, the TMF Board now has "loaned" out $435M out of the $1B it received in the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act.
October 06, 2022 -
Kelly Fletcher is heading over to the State Department to be its CIO after spending the last six-plus years at the Defense Department. At the same time, NIH is looking for a new CIO after Andrea Norris announced her retirement as of December.
October 06, 2022 -
Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), the Defense Department’s initiative to synchronize the joint force across domains, is not a new idea.
October 05, 2022 -
Dr. David Markowitz, the Army’s chief data officer, said a streamlined and unified approach to the data platforms the service uses will enable senior leaders to make better, faster decisions.
October 03, 2022 -
In today's Federal Newscast: The Defense Department inspector general finds major flaws in the reporting of insider threats. More than 12% of federal employees surveyed wanted to quit their jobs last year. And efforts to improve the air filtration in government buildings continue to fall short.
October 03, 2022 -
Three new initiatives are coming in October to connect small innovators with Navy programs and test and fund the development of their technologies.
October 03, 2022 -
The name Fat Leonard has become synonymous with corruption. Leonard Glenn Francis operated the biggest bribery scheme the Navy has ever experienced. Under house arrest for years awaiting final sentencing, Leonard slipped away last month after cutting off his ankle bracelet. Now — caught in Venezuela — what will happen to him now? For analysis, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin spoke with attorney Anthony Kuhn, managing partner of Tully Rinckey.
September 30, 2022 -
There’s currently a significant debate about the appropriateness of using AI in combat. Over thirty nations are working through the U.N. to introduce a ban on autonomous AI weapons. There are similar discussions among some U.S. AI companies about whether their technology should be used in military applications, the highest profile of which was Google’s decision to not renew a contract with the Defense Department to perform image recognition.
September 29, 2022 -
Senators pointed to heightening sexual assault reports, military housing issues and COVID-19 vaccination requirements as common deterrents for potential military recruits.
September 28, 2022 -
The Department of Navy’s CIO’s office spent a year writing the Capstone Design Concept for Information Superiority to make architecture easier to understand and use.
September 27, 2022 -
A U.S. Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have entered new guilty pleas in a case in West Virginia involving the sale of secrets about nuclear submarines
September 27, 2022
