Lauren Knausenberger Archives

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Air Force’s ICAM roadmap is rooted in a better experience for users, CIO Knausenberger says

In addition to a more secure enterprise, the Air Force's vision for ICAM is meant to create a better user experience for airmen, Lauren Knausenberger said.

Mar 16, 2023 By Billy Mitchell

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

Lauren Knausenberger, Air Force chief information officer, receives a mission brief from the 2nd Communications Squadron during an official visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 16, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jacob B. Wrightsman)

Air Force CIO: Zero trust enhances speed and simplifies environments to work with allies, joint partners

Air Force CIO Lauren Knausenberger believes zero trust can enable speed and simplicity as the military services look to work more closely with allies.

Nov 30, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Air Force kicks off Cloud One follow-on contract with new RFI

The development of Cloud One Next contract comes as the Pentagon prepares its own $9 billion JWCC contract.

Nov 8, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Burke Baker, a technical director from the 2nd Audiovisual Squadron, operates a switch board in support of the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) Onramp 2, Aug. 31, 2020 at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez)

Losing bidders protest Air Force’s $5.7B Enterprise IT as a Service award to CACI

Accenture, Peraton and Science Applications International Corp. each filed their protests Friday with the Government Accountability Office.

Sep 14, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

DOD wants JADC2; service members still want working computers

Nearly eight months after the "Fix Our Computers" letter went viral, DefenseScoop checks in on what's happened since.

Sep 9, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

707th Communications Squadron client system technicians update software for computers that will be used on Air Force networks at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

Air Force awards $5.7B contract for enterprise IT as a service

The program is intended to outsource basic IT services and free up airmen for more specialized network defense tasks and mission assurance.

Aug 31, 2022 By Jon Harper

Air Force CIO releases IT strategy to run through fiscal 2028

A final version of the strategy should be issued in the coming days, said CIO Lauren Knausenberger.

Aug 30, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Lauren Knausenberger, U.S. Air Force chief information officer, greets U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adam Williams, 52nd Communications Squadron commander, in front of Club Eifel on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, July 21, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ali Stewart)

Contract award imminent for EITaaS Wave 1, Air Force CIO says

Wave 1 of Enterprise IT as a Service will provide improved and consolidated service desks as well as a catalog for more than 700,000 users worldwide.

Jul 27, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Pentagon faces shortage of edge-computing capability for space systems

Top air and space IT officials want to bring processing power to the edge while on orbit.

Jul 11, 2022 By Jon Harper