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  • Dan Doney Chief Innovation Officer Defense Intelligence Agency Dan Doney was assigned as Chief Innovation Officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in February 2013. He is pursuing an aggressive strategy to reform agency operation…

    December 12, 2013
  • Shawn Kingsberry Chief Information Officer Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board Shawn Kingsberry is the Assistant Director of Technology and the Chief Information Officer for the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. In this role, he advises…

    December 12, 2013
  • Bernie Mazer, the Interior Department's chief information officer, said among his top priorities are data center consolidation, cloud hosting, cybersecurity and strategic sourcing. He said the goal is to let the bureau level IT executives focus on mission and not worry about commodity IT. December 12, 2013

    December 12, 2013
  • The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) for the first time used a vehicle mounted high energy laser to successfully engage more than 90 mortar rounds and several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in flight. This occurred during multiple test events of the Army High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL MD) conducted between November 18 and December 10 at the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility, White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

    December 12, 2013
  • The annual policy legislation also doesn't merge the DoD CIO and deputy chief management officer.

    December 11, 2013
  • Bernard Mazer CIO Department of Interior On June 7, 2010, Bernard J. Mazer was selected as the Department of Interior Chief Information Officer (CIO), assuming oversight responsibility for the Department’s estimated $1 billion information technology…

    December 11, 2013
  • Sean Torpey Director for Infrastructure and Operations Services FAA Sean Torpey became the Director for Infrastructure and Operations Service (AIF) in October 2013. Before joining AIF, Sean was the Deputy Manager of the Aviation Safety…

    December 11, 2013
  • Government agencies are challenged to reduce the cost of government while maintaining constituent level of service. With security, privacy and performance requirements at an all-time high, complying with OMB mandates to consolidate 800 datacenters by 2017 is requiring agencies to balance risks of reduced cost and the reliability of delivering a secure and predictable solution. Traditional legacy systems supporting mission-critical applications deliver the security, predictability and reliability today and agencies are challenged to maintain the same attributes in a new consolidated model.

    December 11, 2013
  • Paul Christman, vice president Public Sector at Dell Software, discusses how his company can help you solve identity management issues at your agency. December 10, 2013

    December 10, 2013
  • More than a dozen industry technology and business groups are asking the House to adopt language in the Senate's Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill that would focus on risk when buying technology products and services from companies that have connections to China.

    December 10, 2013
  • The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is warning Congress that failure to act on a defense policy bill before year's end would create more uncertainty for the military. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey wrote to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and other leaders urging prompt action and detailing special pay, bonuses and other authorities that would expire if the bill slips to January.

    December 10, 2013
  • Federal News Radio Executive Editor Jason Miller joins host Mark Amtower to talk about a number of Federal IT issues. December 9, 2013

    December 09, 2013