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Cyber

Contracting Remains A Roadblock For DoD’s Move To the Cloud, Air Force Official Says

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, January 16th, 2014

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Contracting Remains A Roadblock For DoD’s Move To the Cloud, Air Force Official Says

Contracting mechanisms are proving just as much of a roadblock to the Department of Defense’s planned implementation of cloud computing as security has been, according to Air Force’s chief technology and chief information officer. DoD has appointed the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) as its “cloud broker”--meaning that DISA will help pair the military and other Pentagon programs with cloud service providers and ensure security protocols are followed. Two years since taking on its brokerage role, DISA has yet to…

Congress

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Army

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