Pentagon CIO announces new appointments
The new members of Kirsten Davies’ team at the Pentagon are expected to help advance digital modernization.
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Department of War Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies appears at a Senate Committee on Armed Services subcommittee hearing on cybersecurity on Capitol Hill on March 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) IT -
Kirsten Davies testifies during a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee September 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Davies was nominated to be the Chief Information Officer for the Department of Defense. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) IT Pentagon wants greater visibility into cloud spending with JWCC Next overhaul
DOD CIO Kirsten Davies told lawmakers that JWCC Next will function as a one-stop hub for accessing cloud tools while improving financial oversight across the contract.
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Awards Announcing the 2025 DefenseScoop 50 award winners
Scoop News Group is thrilled to announce the winners of the DefenseScoop 50 awards for 2025, recognizing the defense visionaries who are spearheading the integration of technology as a critical component in deterring and safeguarding against emerging threats. Now in their third year, the DefenseScoop 50 Awards honor the trailblazers and leaders in and outside […]
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A signage of Microsoft is seen on March 13, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images) Cyber Pentagon terminates use of China-based engineers to support cloud systems
The move comes after a ProPublica investigation that found a Microsoft program leveraging “digital escorts” to foreign-based tech experts could have exposed the Pentagon’s networks to cybersecurity risks.
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DISA Hosting and Compute Center Director Sharon Woods at a press briefing on the Department of Defense’s award of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 8, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza) IT Longtime DOD IT executive and legal counselor Sharon Woods announces her departure
Woods led the Defense Information Systems Agency’s J6 command, control, communications, and computer enterprise directorate.
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(iStock/Getty Images) IT Pentagon officials gearing up for JWCC Next enterprise cloud program solicitation
A senior DISA official provided an update Thursday on plans for the next iteration of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability program, known as JWCC Next.
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Warfighters operate IT equipment at the lab located at Defense Information Systems Agency Headquarters at Fort Meade Md. (DISA Photo by: David Abizaid) IT DISA pursues new engineering and IT partners to enable the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability
A new cloud-enabling information request was posted by DISA’s Hosting and Compute Directorate, which manages the $9B JWCC contract vehicle.
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The U.S. Capitol building at dusk as vehicles travel on Pennsylvania Avenue on November 05, 2023 in Washington DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) AI Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to promote competition in DOD cloud and AI procurement
Democrats and Republicans in both the House and Senate are backing the Protecting AI and Cloud Competition in Defense Act of 2025.
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U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Whalen, assigned to the Marine Innovation Unit (MIU), Marine Forces Reserve, works on developing a “Flight Mode” software feature at the Marine Corps Software Factory (MCSWF) in Austin, Texas, 17 – 29 March, 2025. (U.S.Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Orion Stpierre) Emerging Tech Pentagon sets out two-year plan to scale enterprise cloud offerings, software factories
The Pentagon CIO’s updated software modernization implementation plan highlights three goals to help improve the department’s delivery and deployment of software capabilities.
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A soldier wears an IVAS 1.2 headset. (Photo by Photo by Frederick Shear) Emerging Tech Microsoft plans to hand over reins of Army’s IVAS program to Anduril
The companies announced new plans on Tuesday.