Kirsten Davies testified Thursday at her confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee, viewed by DefenseScoop, includes more than 100 signatories.

Rathbun has overseen major IT modernization initiatives for the Navy and Marine Corps.

The Innovation Foundry event, slated for Oct. 28-30 in Chantilly, Virginia, will be hosted by SOFWERX and ICWERX.

The Navy’s CIO Jane Rathbun unveiled the IT modernization initiative in an unclassified memo viewed by DefenseScoop this week.

Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton told lawmakers that DISA is using the workforce reductions to realign how the agency addresses its mission.

The nomination was submitted to Congress on Tuesday and referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee for consideration.

The IT contracts axed by the SECNAV include those for the Naval Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (NMRO) program.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memo Thursday to promote the "rationalization” of the Defense Department’s IT enterprise.

During her tenure, Goodwine led several initiatives focused on developing and experimenting with emerging AI capabilities.