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DHS CIO Richard Staropoli Steps Down
by Jane Edwards
Published on August 4, 2017
DHS CIO Richard Staropoli Steps Down


DHS CIO Richard Staropoli Steps DownRichard Staropoli, chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has resigned from his post, Federal News Radio reported Thursday.

His resignation came three months after he was appointed by President Donald Trump to replace Luke McCormack in the CIO role.

Stephen Rice, principal deputy CIO at DHS, told information technology executives at the agency’s CIO Council meeting that Staropoli cited the commute from New Jersey as the reason for his decision, sources say.

Prior to DHS, Staropoli previously served as managing director and chief information security officer for counter-party risk at international hedge fund Fortress Investment Group.

He spent more than two decades as a U.S. Secret Service special agent with the presidential protective division, intelligence community and the hostage rescue unit.

Government Technology/News
GAO: DoD, Congress Identify Potential Measures to Address NSA-Cybercom Leadership Separation Risks
by Mary-Louise Hoffman
Published on August 4, 2017
GAO: DoD, Congress Identify Potential Measures to Address NSA-Cybercom Leadership Separation Risks


GAO: DoD, Congress Identify Potential Measures to Address NSA-Cybercom Leadership Separation RisksThe Government Accountability Office has reported that the Defense Department and congressional panels have identified possible strategies to mitigate potential risks that may arise if DoD separates the current dual-hat leadership structure of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command.

Suggested measures include formalization of NSA-Cybercom collaboration agreements and development of a persistent environment that will support on-demand cyber training programs, GAO said Tuesday.

Adm. Michael Rogers, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, concurrently serves as NSA director and Cybercom commander.

GAO also interviewed DoD officials to determine their insights about the dual-hat leadership arrangement as well as the department’s cybersecurity guidance, strategies and data.

Officials told the federal watchdog agency the dual-hat system helps to increase coordination, decision-making and efficiency of resources between Cybercom and NSA.

However, they found such leadership structure has caused tension between staff of both organizations who oversee military and/or intelligence missions that GAO said “are not always mutually achievable.”

DoD has not made a decision on whether to split oversight of NSA and Cybercom as of April, GAO noted.

The watchdog agency also found that the department has implemented cybersecurity measures under the DOD Cloud Computing Strategy and has worked toward implementing the DOD Cyber Strategy and DOD Cybersecurity Campaign.

Government Technology/News
Report: White House Asks Tech Firms’ Aid in Federal IT Modernization Via ‘Tours of Duty’
by Jane Edwards
Published on August 4, 2017
Report: White House Asks Tech Firms’ Aid in Federal IT Modernization Via ‘Tours of Duty’


Report: White House Asks Tech Firms’ Aid in Federal IT Modernization Via ‘Tours of Duty’The White House has called on technology companies to perform short “tours of duty” to help the federal government carry out information technology modernization initiatives, Recode reported Thursday.

Jared Kushner, head of the Office of American Innovation, and other presidential advisers held a private call with representatives from Apple, Google, Amazon, Qualcomm, Oracle, Intel, IBM, Microsoft, SAP, Mastercard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to discuss plans on the creation of small teams or “centers of excellence,” sources familiar with the matter said.

Such teams will work to reduce regulations and help agencies adopt cloud computing and leverage data for use in the private sector, the sources noted.

Reed Cordish, one of the Trump administration’s top tech aides, also briefed the firms about the White House’s efforts to advance computer science education, the report added.

President Donald Trump also met with executives from 18 tech companies in June to discuss strategies on how to modernize federal IT systems.

Civilian/News
George Nesterczuk Opts Out of OPM Director Nomination
by Ramona Adams
Published on August 3, 2017
George Nesterczuk Opts Out of OPM Director Nomination


George Nesterczuk Opts Out of OPM Director Nomination
George Nesterczuk

George Nesterczuk, owner of management consulting company Nesterczuk and Associates, has withdrawn his nomination as director of the Office of Personnel Management, the White House said in a press release published Wednesday.

Nesterczuk wrote in a letter to President Donald Trump that he opted to withdraw “because the prospect of my favorable confirmation has grown remote,” FCW reported.

Trump nominated Nesterczuk in May to lead OPM, where the latter served in various positions during the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush.

Nesterczuk also worked as staff director for the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee’s civil service subcommittee and as technology adviser to the Transportation Department secretary.

Civilian/News
Michael Gelber: GSA to Unveil New Plan for FBI HQ Consolidation Project by Year’s End
by Jane Edwards
Published on August 3, 2017
Michael Gelber: GSA to Unveil New Plan for FBI HQ Consolidation Project by Year’s End


Michael Gelber: GSA to Unveil New Plan for FBI HQ Consolidation Project by Year’s EndThe General Services Administration plans to submit to Congress by the end of the year a “workable” plan for the FBI headquarters consolidation project, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday.

Michael Gelber, acting commissioner for GSA’s public buildings service, said he would submit within 120 days a plan for the bureau’s new headquarters in response to Sen. John Barrasso’s question (R-Wyoming) during the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing Tuesday.

Gelber also noted that the HQ consolidation project is now estimated to cost “$1.6 billion and up” and that the proposal to exchange the J. Edgar Hoover building in downtown Washington to help cover the costs for the new facility was driven by budget constraints.

“The elaborate plan to swap the Hoover building for a new headquarters facility was, in hindsight, not the best option,” Barrasso said.

“We need a new, cost effective and achievable plan to get the FBI into a new headquarters facility.”

The Senate hearing came nearly a month after GSA said it would end its bureau HQ search efforts.

DoD/News
DISA Connects Senior DoD Leaders to Classified Networks via Tablets
by Ramona Adams
Published on August 3, 2017
DISA Connects Senior DoD Leaders to Classified Networks via Tablets


DISA Connects Senior DoD Leaders to Classified Networks via TabletsThe Defense Information Systems Agency has issued tablet computers to designated senior Defense Department leaders to support the use of such platforms for classified data.

DISA said the tablets are the latest offerings under the DoD Mobility Classified Capability-Secret Program, which is designed to provide classified access to the Secret Internet Protocol Router Network through mobile devices.

“We’re bringing the mobile device from something you use mostly to consume information from to being able to actually do work on the device,” said Jake Marcellus, DOD Mobility Portfolio manager.

Leticia Parra, DMCC-S tablet pilot program manager, noted that the tablet pilot is intended to address senior leaders’ need for larger screens to view real-time missions.

The tablets include support for the Unified Video Dissemination System that shows live video feeds collected for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance purposes, DISA said.

Civilian/News
George Mason University-Led Consortium to Manage DHS-Funded Criminal Network Analysis CoE
by Scott Nicholas
Published on August 3, 2017
George Mason University-Led Consortium to Manage DHS-Funded Criminal Network Analysis CoE


George Mason University-Led Consortium to Manage DHS-Funded Criminal Network Analysis CoEThe Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate has selected George Mason University to lead a consortium of academic, government, laboratory and industry partners that will operate a new Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Center of Excellence.

DHS said Wednesday the center will work alongside federal, state and local law enforcement agencies as well as other department components to develop new systems that field agents and officers can use to address, predict and prosecute crimes.

The CINA CoE will also conduct research on criminal network analysis, criminal activity patterns, criminal investigative processes and forensics.

DHS will award the consortium a $3.9 million grant to cover the first operating year of the center’s 10-year grant period.

“We need to ensure that the nation’s law enforcement entities have the most sophisticated tools to counter transnational criminal networks, cross-border criminal activities, and criminal exploitation of the cyber domain,” said William Bryan, acting undersecretary for science and technology.

“This new center’s objective is to provide law enforcement agents, officers and investigators with those tools in the form of novel technologies and strategies,” Bryan added.

DoD/News
Army Sets 18-Month Timeframe for Night Vision, Targeting System Deployment
by Scott Nicholas
Published on August 3, 2017
Army Sets 18-Month Timeframe for Night Vision, Targeting System Deployment


Army Sets 18-Month Timeframe for Night Vision, Targeting System DeploymentThe U.S. Army aims to field a pair of new weapon attachments in the next 18 months in an effort to help dismounted soldiers detect and engage targets through darkness, fog and smoke.

The service branch said Tuesday it expects to deploy the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III system in the second quarter of 2018 and the Family of Weapons Sights-Individual  technology in the first quarter of 2019.

In 2015, the Army awarded a potential $434 million contract to BAE Systems and a potential $367 million contract to Leonardo DRS for the production of integrated night vision and thermal weapon systems.

ENVG III will feature night vision image intensification tubes from Harris and L3 Technologies.

FWS-I is designed to integrate with M4 and M16 rifles and transmit sight pictures to helmet-mounted ENVG III systems wirelessly.

The Army noted the weapon sights technology can also operate with the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, M141 Bunker Defeat Munition and the M136 AT4 Light Anti-Tank Weapon.

DoD/News
DoD Unveils AT&L Reorganization Plan as Senate Confirms Ellen Lord Acquisition Chief
by Jane Edwards
Published on August 3, 2017
DoD Unveils AT&L Reorganization Plan as Senate Confirms Ellen Lord Acquisition Chief

DoD Unveils AT&L Reorganization Plan as Senate Confirms Ellen Lord Acquisition ChiefThe Defense Department has released its plan to split the undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics role into two positions in which an undersecretary will focus on acquisition and sustainment – USDA&S – and another one will handle research and engineering functions – USDR&E – as part of a reorganization effort, Defense News reported Wednesday.

DoD also proposed the creation of a chief management officer position under the new acquisition structure it submitted to Congress on Tuesday in compliance with the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.

The DoD report said the new USDR&E role will oversee five offices and these include the:

  • Defense Science Board
  • Missile Defense Agency
  • Strategic Intelligence Analysis Cell
  • Assistant defense secretary research and technology
  • Assistant defense secretary for advanced capabilities

Three offices will operate under the ASD for research and tech organization and these include the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as well as the deputy assistant defense secretaries for laboratories and personnel and for research and technology investments.

The ASD for advanced capabilities organization will have four units and these include the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental; Strategic Capabilities Office; DASD for prototyping and experimentation; and DASD for mission engineering and integration.

The USDA&S position will oversee three offices: ASD for acquisition; ASD for sustainment; and ASD for nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.

The ASD for acquisition office will be responsible for four sub-offices that include the DASD for defense procurement and DASD for industrial base, while the ASD for sustainment will manage three units that include the DASD for material readiness as well as the Defense Logistics Agency.

On Tuesday, the Senate approved the nomination of former Textron Systems President and CEO Ellen Lord as the department’s acquisition chief.

Lord will oversee the current AT&L office and is expected to be reconfirmed to serve as undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment once DoD implements the new organizational structure in February.

DoD/News
Charles Hooper Assigned as DSCA Director, Promoted to Lieutenant General
by Mary-Louise Hoffman
Published on August 3, 2017
Charles Hooper Assigned as DSCA Director, Promoted to Lieutenant General


Charles Hooper Assigned as DSCA Director, Promoted to Lieutenant General
Charles Hooper

Army Maj. Gen. Charles Hooper, formerly chief of the military cooperation office at U.S. embassy in Cairo, has taken a new role as Defense Security Cooperation Agency director, Defense News reported Wednesday.

He has also been promoted to the rank of three-star lieutenant general and succeeded Navy Vice Adm. Joseph Rixey.

Rixey, who led DSCA from September 2013 to July 2017, retired after 39 years of military service.

Hooper joined the Army in 1979 as an infantryman and later served in various assignments that include senior country director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia at the Defense Department; chief of U.S. Army International Affairs; defense attache in U.S. embassy in Beijing; deputy director of strategy at U.S. Pacific Command; and director of strategy, plans and programs at U.S. Africa Command.

As DSCA director, he will lead DoD’s point office for foreign military sales and programs designed to help address U.S. allies’ capability requirements or gaps.

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