Defense Information Systems Agency
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The Pentagon will conduct task order-level competitions as part of its new JWCC contract, but vendors won't have much room to argue.
December 10, 2021 -
DISA staff are using program management tools and principles to monitor and track plans internally, while the Air Force is conducting weekly IT pulse surveys.
December 03, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense authorization bill has been stalled amid infrastructure and reconciliation talks, but the must-pass legislation could see some movement soon.
November 16, 2021 -
Christopher Barnhurst, executive deputy director for DISA, said the agency is actively experimenting with other forms of multifactor authentication, which will eventually tie into the DoD’s zero trust construct, Thunderdome.
November 15, 2021 -
The Defense Information Systems Agency annual forecast to industry day highlighted several upcoming contract opportunities, but more importantly laid out the path the agency is heading for the next year.
November 02, 2021 -
The CDO office is less than a year old, but DISA officials want to put data at the center of everything the agency does going forward.
November 02, 2021 -
DISA has a new set of strategic priorities, but may need to move some money around with flat defense budgets looming on the horizon.
October 29, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, we get a look at just how many COVID-19 vaccine exemptions the military is allowing.
October 29, 2021 -
Rick Simon, the program manager for the Secure Cloud Management project and a contractor in the Defense Innovation Unit, said the office issued success memos to the three vendors who took part in the pilot program.
October 15, 2021 -
The Defense Department is outlining the tools and capabilities it will need to stand up its zero-trust program office later this fall, and improve its overall cybersecurity posture.
October 07, 2021 -
In today's Federal Newscast, Dr. Francis Collins says he'll leave his post as director of the National Institutes of Health by the end of the year.
October 06, 2021 -
Drew Malloy, technical director for DISA’s Cyber Development Directorate, said his team must segregate data between real-time systems and the historical stores.
August 17, 2021 -
When DISA sought a new satellite services acquisition, it mistakenly included a spreadsheet with prices from the current contract. For how things turned out, procurement attorney Joe Petrillo
July 08, 2021 -
For an enterprise service provider like the Defense Information Systems Agency, mass telework means serving the needs of not only internal employees but external offices.
July 06, 2021 -
Earlier this month, the Pentagon pulled the plug on the Commercial Virtual Remote platform it set up to support telework during the pandemic. But CVR paved the road for enterprise IT across the department.
June 21, 2021