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Personnel

Space Force focuses on building a digital workforce

The U.S. Space Force is focusing on building its cadre of super coders amid a workforce boon with more interested applicants than available positions, according to the branch's chief of space operations.

Connected Warrior

E-sports gaming platforms take off in Air Force

With more than 80% of Airmen ages 18 to 35 identifying as gamers, the Air Force developed a scalable framework and unified competition structure for players. 05/05/2021 Read More
COMMENTARY

Prepare for the next Sunburst by protecting controlled unclassified information

Protecting the supply chain and CUI will only become more challenging as the number of defense contractors and the amount of data they house continues to increase. 05/04/2021 Read More
Leadership

Biden picks former Army acquisition exec for DOD's top tech job

The White House announced it would nominate Heidi Shyu, former assistant secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, to be DOD's undersecretary for research and engineering. 04/28/2021 Read More
Cyber

Pentagon readies new policy to boost cyber workforce

The Defense Department is developing a new policy series aimed at improving the cyber workforce, but it has substantial work to do to recruit the talent needed in the future. 04/27/2021 Read More
Cyber

Space Command moves for tighter cyber integration

U.S. Space Command is standing up a dedicated joint cyber center to improve integration with U.S. Cyber Command. 04/27/2021 Read More
Congress

HASC chair calls for new incentives to reduce defense costs

Divesting of legacy systems to make way for new technologies is expensive and at the heart of the Defense Department's budget debate. But could new incentives for contractors make a difference? 04/27/2021 Read More
Acquisition

Consortium OTAs suffer from lack of guidance, data, IG finds

The Defense Department's internal watchdog found a lack of data on other transaction awards made through consortiums. 04/27/2021 Read More
IT Infrastructure

Sunsetting CVR but keeping the collaboration

Commercial Virtual Remote, spun up last year to support pandemic telework, goes away this summer. DISA's Global Directory is the key to ensuring the cloud collaboration continues. 04/27/2021 Read More
IT Infrastructure

A single platform for the Fourth Estate

2021 is a big year for DISA as it begins moving all DOD components to a single services network. 04/27/2021 Read More
Cloud

How CBII secures DOD networks, improves performance

The Cloud-Based Internet Isolation gives mission partners a way to offload internet browsing from Defense Department networks so they can conserve bandwidth for essential functions. 04/27/2021 Read More
Connected Warrior

DARPA-funded fabric protects against chemical, biologic threats

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing new fabrics and protective equipment that can reduce the risk of chemical and biological threats to service members and responders. 04/27/2021 Read More
Cyber

CISA issues warning on exploited VPN flaw

A Chinese hacking campaign is using known flaws in a virtual private network application to breach entity networks and implant the SUPERNOVA malware. 04/27/2021 Read More