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Budget

DoD Wants To Continue, Expand Pilot IT Exchange Program

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

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The Defense Department wants to continue, and expand, a pilot information technology (IT) program that exchanges IT and cyber security knowledge and best practices between the private and public sectors, according to the Pentagon’s IT czar. DoD Chief Information Officer Teri Takai told the House Armed Services Committee during a March 13 hearing the program, formally known as the Information Technology Exchange Program (ITEP), has been a good opportunity for DoD to bring IT experts into the Pentagon and, likewise,…

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