Terry Halvorsen
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The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee questioned the administration on its new federal security clearance reform plan. Members of the committee wanted further details about the Office of Personnel Management's role in the new process, as well as the timeline, funding, and the authorities that DoD would have under the National Background Investigations Bureau.
February 25, 2016 -
The Marine Corps is planning to transition to Windows 10 by the 2017 deadline, but it is still figuring out how.
January 22, 2016 -
One of DoD's top cloud officials said companies should expect proposal requests from the Pentagon soon to host cloud centers on department property.
December 11, 2015 -
The Defense Department released the first cybersecurity guidebook to implement a governmentwide risk management framework.
November 05, 2015 -
Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford earlier this month signed the Defense Department cybersecurity implementation plan that focuses on tools, culture and training.
October 29, 2015 -
A new report highlights the Defense Department's challenges in adopting cloud services, and what it's doing to overcome them.
October 19, 2015 -
The Joint IT Single Service Provider-Pentagon is moving toward full operational capability and the lessons from the effort will influence similar efforts in the future.
September 21, 2015 -
The DoD CIO wants to focus on the \"basics\" to shore up Pentagon\'s cybersecurity posture, including increased accountability for users of military networks.
June 18, 2015 -
Terry Halvorsen, DoD's chief information officer, told reporters last week that he plans to conduct a limited bring-your-own-device pilot this summer.
March 23, 2015 -
Pentagon's updated approach to data center consolidation will focus on new factors, including the capability of IT services, not just numerical inventory.
March 19, 2015 -
Defense technology officials told House lawmakers that progress toward a Joint Information Environment would be delayed by two-to-three years if budget caps remain in place.
February 27, 2015 -
Pentagon CIO sees renewed vigor in DoD's cloud migration path as an opportunity to raise the bar for the nation's overall cybersecurity, telling vendors he wants a much closer partnership with commercial cloud providers.
January 30, 2015 -
A new memo from acting CIO Terry Halvorsen removes the requirement for DISA to be the main path to buy cloud computing services.
December 18, 2014 -
Two early pilot programs have shown the Pentagon that it can reduce overhead spending by carefully studying its excess costs rather than cutting each office's budget by an arbitrary figure. Once expanded across DoD's support agencies, the savings could run into the billions.
November 21, 2014 -
The Navy is testing Microsoft's Office 365 as one potential option for migrating its email users to a cloud-based service. But the cost of securing the system is yet to be determined.
November 06, 2014