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Nancy Norton formally retired as head of the
Defense Information Systems Agency and command of Joint Forces Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network. Air Force Lt. Gen.
Robert Skinner, took over as her successor at a ceremony held Feb. 26. One thing Skinner is inheriting as new DISA director is the Defense Department s Cloud Computing Program Office, recently added to the DISA portfolio. A revision to a broad agency announcement from the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will allow firms that are majority owned by private equity firm to participate in Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer opportunities, Washington Technology reports.
By Lauren C. Williams
Jan 13, 2021
The Defense Information Systems Agency will be absorbing the Defense Department’s Cloud Computing Program Office (CCPO) by the end of January, the agency s director said.
DISA will become “the implementation arm for the DOD CIO’s cloud strategy,” said Vice Adm. Nancy Norton, DISA director and commander of the Joint Force Headquarters Department of Defense Information Network. Whether that s a general-purpose cloud or a fit-for-purpose cloud, all of those offerings are available through DISA, Norton said during a virtual keynote presentation with AFCEA NOVA on Jan. 7.
Control of the CCPO, which is responsible for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure program and other cloud efforts, has been under split with DISA having administrative control and the DOD CIO having operational control.
The Defense Information Systems Agency will be absorbing the Defense Department’s Cloud Computing Program Office by the end of January, the agency s director said.