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important warfighting transformation initiatives” while working closely with the G-6.
“A lot of who we are today has been influenced by some of the decisions that have been shaped with the CIO/G- 6 transformation,” Klein said. “We’re working to kind of build that end-to-
The Army has replaced its cyber directorate with an expanded organization that covers electronic warfare, enterprise IT networks and tactical communications.
The Department of the Army’s Management Office-Strategic Operations — under the G-3/5/7 Operations, Plans and Training directorate — has been around
for several months and is foundational to the Army’s more expansive technical priorities: cyber, artificial intelligence, data, enterprise IT, electronic warfare, electromagnetic spectrum and space.
networks, specifically at the enterprise level,” he added, “and we’re looking at operationalizing that at the tactical level to actually conduct operations” by teaming with Army Cyber Command and U.S Cyber Command.
The strategic operations directorate serves as an integrator for joint
“We’re finding new ways of being able to connect data, to integrate systems through these very important processes.” Brig. Gen. Martin Klein
end process so that our units can provide that mission command that’s going to be necessary at the tactical edge.”
The directorate also aims to unify data practices and architectures. Data and, by extension, cloud infrastructure and provider-
Brig. Gen. Martin Klein,
leads the new directorate, called it a precursor to the transformation of the Army’s CIO/G-6. “As we approach the change that’s occurring within the CIO and the G-6, we are, in a manner of speaking, the precursor to that change specifically as we look at cyberspace operations,” Klein told reporters in July.
“The G-6 is focused on the networks and the capabilities within the
who
efforts and is the lead entity for Joint All-Domain Command and Control. Klein said it also focuses on enabling spectrum, information dominance and cyber operations at the policy level by providing capabilities and synchronizing doctrine.
He added that the CIO/G-6 typically focuses on enterprise network and cybersecurity operations while the new directorate seeks to “coordinate across the Army staff these very
agnostic software are essential to connecting the Army’s systems.
“We have found that...putting our data into the cloud really allows us to expose our data to different entities to do the experimentation,” which makes it more useful for warfighters, Klein said. “We’re finding new ways of being able to connect data, to integrate systems through these very important processes.”
— Lauren C. Williams
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8/26FedRAMP
DHS CIO Karen Evans,
FedRAMP Director Ashley Mahan and CISA CTO Brian Gattoni are among the speakers at FCW’s 2020 FedRAMP Summit.
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8/28WTTop 100 Washington
Technology’s 2020 list of the top 100 government IT contractors will be announced, and several of the firms’ executives will discuss the changes the list reflects. Online WashingtonTechnology.com/Top100
9/10AI/Automation The first of four
Federal 100 Winner Showcase events will focus on 2020 winners’ work on artificial intelligence
and robotic process automation initiatives.
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