The Government Accountability Office (GAO)has reviewed several Department of Defense (DoD) information technology programs and found that the agency’s IT development approaches and cybersecurity practices may be impacting cost and scheduling. […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) late last week released new guidance on cloud security to defend against cyber threats that manipulate authentication environments. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is awarding the Spectrum Forward Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) worth up to $2.5 billion to the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC) for the development, adoption, and deployment of next-generation technologies, including 5G and spectrum access technologies. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) will pilot the enforcement of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program on seven upcoming contracts that DoD expects to award in late 2021, setting the stage for the first CMMC audits, the department announced in a Dec. 15 news release. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is seeking a real-time open source intelligence tool for gathering software licenses and with access to a minimum of 50 million unique websites. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is thinking about how it can incorporate cloud computing into its high-performance compute capabilities and leverage the flexibility and scale of commercial cloud offerings, according to a request for information (RFI) released December 8 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. […]
The United States and Australia signed a first-of-its-kind agreement in November to develop a virtual cyber training range to practice real-world defensive missions across boundaries and networks. […]
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is looking to implement an enterprise “grey network” to enable Department of Defense (DoD) components to securely support classified remote programs, a DISA official explained. […]
In a press release from House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., and Ranking Member Mac Thornberry, R-Texas, a bicameral agreement has been reached on the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). […]
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), working in collaboration with the Defense Innovation Unit, is seeing promising early results for pre-symptomatic detection of COVID-19 among personnel. […]
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Director Vice Adm. Nancy Norton said today she expects to release reference architecture documents “very shortly” for DISA’s planned implementation of zero trust security concepts. […]
Marine Corp. Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, the recently installed director of the Defense Department’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), explained his vision for JAIC 2.0 in an address to reporters on Nov. 24, and what people should know about DoD’s AI aims going forward. […]
The Defense Department (DoD) is putting in place additional workplace restrictions for the Pentagon Reservation area over the Thanksgiving weekend – effective at 5:00 a.m. EST on Nov. 26 – due to the increased spike COVID-19 cases in the National Capital Region. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) U.S. Cyber Command is introducing the Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture (JCWA) – a concept to integrate cyber warfighting systems—but needs to define JCWA interoperability goals for the systems, the Federal government’s watchdog agency said. […]
As 5G wireless service innovation becomes more critical in various IT sectors, the opportunity to revolutionize Defense Department (DoD) operations, particularly developing Smart Bases, has become more apparent, military officials said today. […]
The Defense Department (DoD) is launching a new mobile app that will have the capability to connect service members, their families, and survivors to everyday resources to help with their well-being. […]
The Pentagon plans to continue use of its commercial virtual remote (CVR) capability – that has helped enable telework for the military during the coronavirus pandemic – until June of 2021, a senior Defense Department (DoD) tech official reaffirmed today. […]
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a Nov. 5 report that the Department of Defense (DoD) has made progress in establishing valid and reliable cost baselines for its enterprise business operations, but still needs to refine and formalize its reform efforts. […]
In the Information Age, newly named director of the Defense Department’s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) Lt. Gen. Michael Groen wants to make sure that the U.S. warfighter is prepared to take on challenges and be equipped with the technology to do so. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) has launched a new training course for military first responders that aims to ensure that domestic violence is effectively recognized as a crime in cases that involve abuse, harassment, and stalking perpetrated through the use of technology. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) new Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy released last week marks a shift in the Pentagon’s views of spectrum from separate considerations of warfare-directed and general management uses, to a “unified treatment of these activities as Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations (EMSO),” said Defense Secretary Mark Esper in the strategy document. […]
John Sherman, Principal Deputy CIO at the Department of Defense (DoD), said Oct. 28 that the Pentagon is making progress with IT modernization activities for the parts of the agency known as “the Fourth Estate” – offices that are not military services or intelligence community agencies. […]
The Defense Department’s (DoD) current interim rule for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) will take full effect on December 1, said Katie Arrington, CISO for DoD’s acquisition office, at an October 28 virtual event organized by C4ISRNET. […]
Defense Department (DoD) Deputy Chief Data Officer James Cully today emphasized the importance of keeping an open mind about how to work greater data capabilities into technology solutions as the Pentagon moves forward to execute on its data strategy released earlier this month. […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Oct. 24 officially launched its new electronic health record (EHR) system at VA facilities in the Pacific Northwest and Las Vegas. […]
Nand Mulchandani, chief technology officer of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) within the Department of Defense (DoD), emphasized the need for trust in AI as a major part of the department’s deployment strategy. […]
The Department of Defense (DoD) is looking to move its databases and entire operational system for biometric surveillance capabilities into an Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment. […]
The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) program office announced that the Departments of Defense (DoD), Veterans Affairs (VA), and Homeland Security’s U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) component have expanded their joint health information exchange (HIE) network after connecting with CommonWell Health Alliance. […]
The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization (FEHRM) program office last month released to Congress its interoperability strategy which aims to optimize the interoperability of information systems that the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) use to support health care of active duty military and veterans. […]
The Defense Department (DoD) is putting $600 million toward additional 5G wireless experiments and testing at five military sites, with more to follow. […]