Federal News Network reached out to specific DoD IT leaders - for this Defense Department Strategic IT Survey - with precise questions about how they are transforming their systems and applications into cloudenabled assets.
Joe Klimavicz, the Justice Department CIO and chief data officer, said by holding both roles he can take advantage of the different authorities to make significant progress much faster in aggregate across the department.
Officials from both agencies see AI tools as a force multiplier for their limited cyber workforces that need to stay at least one step ahead of potential hackers.
The Pentagon is paying academia to find ways to reduce network latency — 24 institutions are sharing $162 million.
October marks Cybersecurity Awareness Month — two organizations have lead this annual event.
Agencies need to understand the best approach for deciding which applications should be moved to the cloud, which should be retired or which should be updated and kept on-premise.
The Senate has confirmed Eugene Scalia, son for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, to serve as the next Secretary of Labor.
State CIOs complain about departmental roadblocks to reform, while the lower officers worry that state officers don't understand their business challenges. Washington state CIO Jim Weaver embeded his senior staff in the departments to confront these challenges head-on.