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Sept. 10, 2020

Delivering AI to Warfighters Is Strategic Imperative

Accelerating AI and delivering tangible solutions for the warfighter are imperative to preserve the nation's strategic military advantage, the DOD chief information officer said.

Aug. 17, 2020

DOD Leaders Provide Digital Modernization Updates

Data will be the fuel and the engine for everything the Defense Department has to do to bring intelligence and operations together, DOD's chief information officer said.

Aug. 10, 2020

AMBIT Gambit Pays Off, Advances U.S. 5G Efforts

The Defense Department has opted to share bandwidth with the private sector to further development of U.S. 5G capabilities.

Aug. 6, 2020

CIO Says Top-Level Leadership Helped DOD Navigate COVID Crisis

Clear leadership from the top early on helped the Defense Department navigate COVID-19 challenges, DOD's chief information officer said.

July 30, 2020

Tenets of National Defense Strategy at Heart of Defense Department CIO Efforts

The Defense Department's information technology efforts all firmly support the National Defense Strategy, DOD's chief information officer said.

July 27, 2020

DOD Seeing Enormous Jump in Telework, Remote Collaboration

WASHINGTON -- The Defense Department has three priorities for dealing with COVID-19: protecting the entire force and their families, maintaining mission readiness and supporting the whole-of-government effort to mitigate and end the pandemic, said the DOD chief information officer.In keeping with those efforts, "the department has moved to a

July 27, 2020

DOD Schedules Second Annual CIO Global Virtual Town Hall Meeting

The Defense Department will give personnel a second opportunity to learn more about the department's work on the Digital Modernization Strategy and the DOD COVID-19 Telework Readiness Task Force.

June 19, 2020

DOD's Chief Data Officer Aims to Deliver Data Reform

Information technology is the backbone of today's modern battlefield and is even more important in a constantly evolving security climate.

May 8, 2020

DOD, Private Sector Leaders See Danger to GPS Due to FCC Licensing Ruling

The Federal Communications Commission's granting of a license to a private company threatens to undermine the Defense Department's Global Positioning System capabilities, as well as that of the civilian sector, which also relies on GPS, DOD officials told Congress.

April 13, 2020

Growth in DOD Telework Capability May Outlive Coronavirus Pandemic

To keep business on track during the fight against coronavirus, the Defense Department has greatly expanded its telework capability with a variety of tools. Once the coronavirus threat has receded, some of those enhancements for telework may continue on in some capacity, DOD's chief information officer said.