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Army CIO: New Digital Transformation Strategy Is ‘Co-Owned’ With Industry

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, October 21st, 2021

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Army CIO: New Digital Transformation Strategy Is ‘Co-Owned’ With Industry

Army CIO Raj Iyer speaks at the 2021 AUSA conference

The Army will look to increase its engagement with industry as it implements the new digital transformation strategy, a lead official said Tuesday, as the service aims to embrace a more commercial-minded approach for its information technology services. Raj Iyer, the Army’s chief information officer, went as far to say he views the strategy as being “co-owned” between the Army and industry, as the service focuses on utilizing commercial best practices in its push to overhaul digital technology capability and…

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