Raj Iyer, formerly a managing director in the government and public services practice at Deloitte Consulting, has been named as the U.S. Army's first civilian chief information officer. Iyer assumes his new position after the separation of the Army's CIO/G-6 organization into two functions as part of efforts to address multidomain operational requirements across the information technology and cyber domains.
Read More »Lt. Gen. Michael Groen: JAIC’s Joint Common Foundation to Begin Offering Services in 2021
Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Department of Defense‘s (DoD) Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC), said he expects the Joint Common Foundation (JCF) platform to start providing simple services in 2021. Groen said the center is looking to transition from being a product development unit into a service hub for AI as part of the "JAIC 2.0” vision.
Read More »Deloitte Launches Smart Factory Fabric on Amazon Web Services to Accelerate Smart Factory Transformations
Deloitte announced on Monday that the company has launched Smart Factory Fabric, a pre-configured suite of cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) applications powered by Amazon Web Services, to accelerate smart factory transformations for companies with manufacturing operations.
Read More »Chezian Sivagnanam, Chief Enterprise Architect of National Science Foundation, Announced as Panelist for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th
Chezian Sivagnanam, the chief enterprise architect of the National Science Foundation, will be featured as a panelist during Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th.
Read More »Chezian Sivagnanam, Chief Enterprise Architect of National Science Foundation, Announced as Panelist for Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th
Chezian Sivagnanam, the chief enterprise architect of the National Science Foundation, will be featured as a panelist during Potomac Officers Club’s 2019 Artificial Intelligence Forum on June 13th.
Read More »ACT-IAC Names David M. Wennergren CEO
The American Council for Technology - Industry Advisory Council announced on Thursday that David M. Wennergren has been named chief executive officer, effective May 13th. Ellen Glover, former IAC Chair, led a search committee to recommend the best candidate for the position.
Read More »Deloitte’s Beth McGrath Calls for IT Acquisition Process Reform, Cultural Change at Pentagon
Beth McGrath, former deputy chief management officer at the Defense Department, has called for a cultural change and reform in the process of acquiring information technology platforms at DoD. McGrath, now a director at Deloitte Consulting LLP, wrote in a Breaking Defense opinion piece published Wednesday that agency leaders should align …
Read More »Nevada Health Chief Mike Willden Endorses Deloitte for Health Insurance Exchange Review
Deloitte Consulting has been selected to continue work for Nevada’s health insurance online marketplace upon a recommendation from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services Director Mike Willden, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Thursday. “My feeling was if you wanted action quickly you needed someone who isn’t at ground zero,” …
Read More »Tell Us How You Really Feel: Industry Offers Insight into OMB’s Federal IT Reform
When federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra laid out the government’s plans for federal IT management reform last week, industry leaders took note. And many have reacted with optimism about the plans, which aim to give federal IT a boost and close the gaps between it and the private sector. …
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