JWCC is a multi-vendor, multi-cloud follow up to the infamous single-source Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, which was worth up to $10 billion and canceled in 2021.
By Jaspreet GillPentagon CIO John Sherman says program is going well, but “we’ve recognized that our schedule was maybe a little too ahead of what we thought.”
By Jaspreet GillData has been, arguably, the US military’s most valuable-but-untapped resource since the founding of the US Army in 1787 and the US Navy a decade later.
By Breaking DefenseThe military focused its efforts on networked warfare and the US government responded to cyberattacks.
By Andrew EversdenGoogle’s addition is somewhat surprising since, in recent years, the company has pulled away from DoD work due to internal pressure on executives from its workforce. The apparent omission of IBM is also notable.
By Brad D. Williams“Joint always seems fun until we get into decisions about who governs this,” joked Army CIO Raj Iyer.
By Brad D. WilliamsActing DoD CIO John Sherman said Microsoft and AWS will likely be invited to bid on JWCC, and DoD will also look at the capabilities of other US-based cloud service providers, such as Google, IBM, and Oracle.
By Brad D. WilliamsRep. Langevin criticized the 2022 budget overview for its brevity, opacity, and appearance as “nearly a carbon copy” of the 2021 document. “If DoD were a high school student, I would have called [the 2022 budget overview] plagiarism.”
By Brad D. Williams“The more we wait, the more vulnerable we are,” a leader told the survey takers.
By Brad D. WilliamsOSCAL’s goal is to enable compliance and security assessments to keep pace in complex, fast-moving, ever-changing DevSecOps environments.
By Brad D. Williams“Regardless of the JEDI Cloud litigation outcome, the Department continues to have an urgent, unmet requirement,” reads the Pentagon briefing to members of Congress.
By Kelsey AthertonDES “is an incredibly important endeavor,” said Danielle Metz, acting deputy CIO for information enterprise at the Defense Information Systems Agency. “It is one of the crown jewels.”
By Kelsey AthertonThe Defense Department has spent over $5.3 million so far administering the stalled JEDI procurement – but that’s not counting the time of DoD lawyers engaged in over a year of legal battles.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.An exclusive Breaking Defense interview with Don Means, DISA’s Defense Enclave Services Executive, on the DES network modernization effort for independent DoD agencies and commands.
By Barry Rosenberg