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Pentagon, Department of Defense, DOD, federal IT, cybersecurity, Washington, D.C. — The Air Force Memorial and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. (REUTERS / Joshua Roberts)

Pentagon looks to expand voluntary cyber information-sharing with contractors

Roughly 12,000 contractors are eligible to participate today. With the new rule, that number would expand to 80,000.

May 16, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

DOD’s Dr. Tom Rondeau speaks on a panel about 5G at DefenseTalks 2023. (DefenseScoop)

Pentagon to transfer 5G efforts to CIO, establish O-RAN pilots

On Oct. 1, the CIO’s organization will take the lead on those efforts and expand the scope of current 5G testing and experimentation, DOD CIO John Sherman…

May 11, 2023 By Mikayla Easley

Person’s hand holding an iPhone using the Google Bard generative AI language model (chatbot) with prompt entry field, Lafayette, California, March 22, 2023. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Pentagon CIO and CDAO: Don’t pause generative AI development — accelerate tools to detect threats

“Some have argued for a six-month pause — which I personally don’t advocate towards, because if we stop, guess who’s not going to stop: potential adversaries overseas.…

May 3, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

John Sherman, Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, participates in a virtual panel April 2021. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)

Austin orders Pentagon CIO to ‘immediately’ issue new guidance for protecting classified information

Secretary of Defense Austin has also ordered a “comprehensive” review of DOD security programs, policies and procedures for protecting sensitive info.

Apr 18, 2023 By Jon Harper

John Sherman participates in a virtual panel with Billington Cybersecurity at the Pentagon, April 15, 2021. (DoD photo / Chad J. McNeeley)

Pentagon CIO issues IT standards revamp

The 38-page policy includes multiple revisions, removals and additions, in a side-by-side comparison to the previous iteration.

Apr 14, 2023 By Brandi Vincent

(Photo by Jon Dasbach, U.S. Cyber Command)

New DOD cyber workforce strategy aims to ease revolving door between government and industry

In a changing environment, officials want to adapt the personnel system to make it easier for people to enter government, leave for industry to gain additional experience…

Mar 9, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Montana, 8th Communications Squadron infrastructure, gives a briefing on the Wolf Packs network infrastructure status to Lauren Barrett Knausenberger, Department of the Air Force chief information officer, at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 27, 2022. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Shannon Braaten)

Lauren Knausenberger to step down as Air Force CIO

Knausenberger is the third U.S. military CIO to announce their departure from the role in recent months.

Breaking Feb 22, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

Aaron Weis delivers a keynote in 2022 at a FedScoop event in Washington, D.C. (FedScoop)

Outgoing Navy CIO Aaron Weis: ‘We’ve elevated the role’

As Aaron Weis gets ready to depart in March, he reflected on his time as Navy CIO.

Feb 22, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau

Aaron Weis delivers a keynote at the 2022 Cloudera Government Forum. (FedScoop)

Navy CIO Aaron Weis to depart in March

In a letter sent out to Navy staff and obtained by DefenseScoop, Weis said he plans to depart on March 17.

Feb 21, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

Dr. Raj Iyer, Army Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of the Army (right), speaks to cybersecurity professionals, foreign military leaders and industry partners from the European theater, during the 2021 cybersecurity summit in Wiesbaden, Germany, Aug. 10, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Thomas Mort)

Army CIO Raj Iyer leaving government

CIO Raj Iyer announced on LinkedIn that he will be departing the Army in "the next several weeks."

Jan 5, 2023 By Mark Pomerleau