An Air Force officer’s semi-viral screed implored the military to fix basic computer functions before doing anything else. He told Breaking Defense the CIOs’ response was “genuine progress.”
By Lee FerranIt is unclear how quickly the two men can go through the nomination process, given current politics on Capitol Hill.
By Aaron MehtaARLINGTON: The digital dam has burst. It took the Army three grueling years to set up a new, more secure network at its first site in San Antonio, which went live in fall 2014. Now a dozen more installations have gotten the upgrade, exulted the Army CIO this morning, and another 20 will go live…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.WASHINGTON: A year after the Navy’s last Chief Information Officer left to become CIO of the entire Defense Department, the Navy Department is bringing in new blood to fill its CIO position: Rob Foster. A retired Navy officer with extensive acquisition and IT experience, Foster has served as deputy CIO of both HHS and ICE (Immigration &…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.WASHINGTON: While Army forces in Afghanistan have more bandwidth and gadgetry than ever, bases back home still make do with archaic copper-wire telephone switches. As the war winds down and units increasingly operate out of the US, the challenge for the Army’s CIO is to move the whole service to a single set of compatible,…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.