By Lauren C. Williams
Jun 09, 2021
The Defense Department has an official strategy for implementing Joint All Domain Command and Control, but it still needs an enterprise cloud capability to make it real. We are clearly in need of cloud to include a deployable, tactical cloud to do this type of processing and data storage on the edge, Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, the Joint Staff s J6, director of command and control, communications, and computers, told reporters June 4 after announcing the signing of a DOD-wide JADC2 strategy. We have some key dependencies to make these things happen: cloud, network improvements, identity management would be another one, Crall said.
By Lauren C. Williams
Jun 09, 2021
Eliminating and updating legacy business systems and processes may have trimmed more than $133 million from the Navy’s $211.7 billion budget request for fiscal 2022.
According to budget documents, most of those savings, about $126.5 million, come from cancelling the technical refresh for fleet IT maintenance processes and tools for the Navy Maritime Maintenance Enterprise Solution.
Another $5.5 million was reportedly saved from shutting down legacy business systems as the Navy works to “streamline financial management systems and consolidate general ledger systems.”
Policy reforms, such as reducing Marine Corps aviation and ground support through cuts from modernizing training, systems and equipment, made up most of the reported reductions at $1.63 billion, alongside divestments at $1.26 billion. The latter included about $9.4 million in savings by divesting of a training system that “no longer meets training objectives” the Counter
The Army announced it would require all military, civilian, and contractors to rid their telework environments of internet of things devices, such as smart TVs and speakers.
The Biden administration released its $6 trillion fiscal year 2022 budget proposal on Friday, including $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending across federal agencies.
The professional training needed to carry out assessments for the Defense Department s unified cybersecurity standard for contractors won t kick off until later this summer.