The Defense Innovation Unit has appointed David Henry, a senior cyber leader, as deputy chief information officer. Henry announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Wednesday. David Henry’s Career Background
The Defense Department reduced its number of security clearance holders by 900,000 from fiscal year 2013 through the first quarter of fiscal year 2016 in an effort to address potential insider threats, the Federation of
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A U.S. Army Cyber Command official has said the command has launched expeditionary cyber exercises designed to help combatant commanders and troops build up capabilities in cyber electromagnetic activities and assess potential
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Melissa Drisko, director for rank-in-person implementation at the Defense Intelligence Agency, has been appointed to the role of deputy director at DIA. U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, DIA director, said Wednesday that Drisko will
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Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said one of his proposed changes to the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 is to clarify the role of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, DoD News
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Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph Lengyel, vice chief of the National Guard Bureau, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to lead the bureau in Washington. Obama also endorsed the 35-year Air Force veteran for promotion to
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Paige Hinkle-Bowles, deputy assistant secretary for civilian personnel policy at the Defense Department, has said DoD has begun to implement an enterprisewide appraisal program for civilian staff performance through its New Beginnings initiative, DoD
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Denise Turner Roth, head of the General Services Administration, has said the agency exceeded its goal to award 5 percent of its federal contracts to women-owned small businesses Roth said Monday the agency awarded nearly 10
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The White House has started to update its information technology systems following the appointment of former Facebook Engineering Director David Recordon as director of White House IT in 2015, the New York Times reported
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The Government Accountability Office has called on the Defense Department to revise its guidance in order to define the responsibilities of DoD components and other entities in providing support to civil agencies during cyber attacks.
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Will Roper, director of the Defense Department’s strategic capabilities office, has said SCO works to identify existing military systems that can be redeveloped to perform new functions through the use of three
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