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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

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

Army moved 160K users to Google Workspace app in two weeks

In just two weeks' time, the Army moved 160,000 users to Google's Workspace platform, according to Army CIO Raj Iyer.

Nov 15, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

Raj Iyer speaks at the 2022 Public Sector Innovation Summit. (FedScoop)

Army to launch $1B cloud contract in fiscal 2023

Army CIO Raj Iyer also said the service is planning to divest from NIPRNet on its journey to the cloud.

Oct 11, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Army Capt. Kelly Spencer, a brigade nurse and the officer-in-charge of the 82-bed minimal care ward at the Seattle Event Center in downtown Seattle, Wash., checks her email at the nurse’s station, April 6, 2020. (Official U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent C. Powell)

Army’s Google Workspace goes live

The Army officially launched its new Google Workspace this week.

Oct 4, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

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

For resiliency, the Army may look to rely more on commercial systems than SIPRNet, NIPRNet

In order to be more resilient in the fact of adversary disruptions, the Army may rely more on commercial solutions as opposed to its current network configurations…

Jun 15, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Project to converge Army enterprise business systems will be ‘marquee effort’ for CIO

The Army plans to award contracts to industry for IT that could help the department converge its many enterprise business systems.

Jun 10, 2022 By Jon Harper

A U.S. Army Multi Domain Task Force operates from the Tactical Command Post as a part of their premier appearance at Valiant Shield 2018 Sept. 20, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Danica M. Sirmans)

Army prioritizing data as it revamps for large-scale ops at the division level

Army leaders are looking at how to reduce complexity and ensure the right data gets to the right personnel at the time of need.

May 18, 2022 By Mark Pomerleau

Maj. Gen. Matt Easley spoke to Association of the United States Army annual meeting attendees during the October 13, 2021 Army Advanced Technologies (Cloud and Data) Warriors Corner event at Washington, D.C.’s Walter E. Washington Convention Center. (DoD photo)

Army CISO Easley departs for role at the Pentagon

Maj. Gen. Matt Easley has taken a role as the deputy principal information operations advisor to the secretary of defense.

Feb 22, 2022 By Billy Mitchell