The Defense Department’s intelligence agencies are overhauling efforts to combat foreign influence and disinformation campaigns in response to a request from combatant commanders for help in fighting information attacks from Russia and China, a Pentagon official told House lawmakers Friday.
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RESTON, Va., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Plus3 IT Systems, LLC (Plus3 IT) is pleased to announce it has been awarded a spot on the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) III contract as a Small Business (SB) Prime contractor. With this award, Plus3 IT will be able to compete on a broad range of Information Technology (IT) task orders, providing strategic, technical, and program management support services. This award is a critical milestone in Plus3 IT s continued support for the DIA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). Having supported IT modernization at DIA since our company s inception and recently winning a Prime contract at NGA, Plus3 IT is excited to build upon our strong foundation of IT support for these agencies, said Emma Webster, Plus3 IT Director of Corporate Growth and
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Theresa Hitchens on March 16, 2021 at 2:02 PM
WASHINGTON: A “recently signed” Defense Intelligence Strategy prioritizes countering Russian and Chinese disinformation, including providing more timely information to Combatant Commanders to support their efforts, says Neill Tipton, director for Defense Intelligence, Collection and Special Programs.
Further, he told the House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence and special operations, DoD and the IC plan to complete an effort to declassify information about adversary information-warfare activities by September in order to bolster the military’s ability to respond.
“Adversary use of disinformation, misinformation and propaganda poses one of today’s greatest challenges to the United States, not just to the Department of Defense,” said Chris Maier, acting assistant defense secretary for special operations and low intensity conflict, at the hearing. “Russia and China, as well as non-state actors, understand
A reshuffling of House subcommittees to boost oversight of military tech February 3 The House Armed Services Committee announced the creation of a new Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems Subcommittee. (Al Drago/Getty Images) WASHINGTON The House Armed Services Committee is creating a new subcommittee for the next session of Congress as a way to focus energy on the oversight of the military’s use of digital technologies, lawmakers announced Wednesday. The new Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems Subcommittee, which will be led by Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., will cover cybersecurity, cyber operations, cyber forces, information technology and systems, science and technology programs and policy, research and development, artificial intelligence, electromagnetic spectrum policy, electronic warfare policy and software acquisition policy.