Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has reappointed Jeff Johnson, former fire chief and CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs Association; Teri Takai, senior adviser at the Center for Digital Government and Novatel Wireless CEO Sue Swenson to serve on the First Responder Network Authority board. The Commerce Department said Thursday Johnson, Takai and …
Read More »Teri Takai: Women Should be Open to Public Service
Teri Takai, former chief information officer of the Defense Department and adviser to the information technology secretary, encourages women to take a career in public service, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Takai told the station that women should consider working in government for a certain period in their life. “I …
Read More »Report: Pentagon CIO Teri Takai to Leave Gov’t
According to a report by Federal News Radio, Defense Department Chief Information Officer Teri Takai will leave the Pentagon on Friday after three-and-a-half years as CIO. Jared Serbu reports that Takai told the Chief Information Officers’ Council of her plans Monday. Takai worked as the military’s lead information technology official as …
Read More »Report: Pentagon CIO Teri Takai to Update Industry on Commercial Satellite Report
Pentagon Chief Information Officer Teri Takai will give an update this week on a report detailing how the military intends to work with the commercial satellite industry to address the armed forces’ bandwidth requirements, Defense News reported Monday. Aaron Mehta writes a Pentagon spokesman has said the report will contain …
Read More »Teri Takai, Robert Wheeler: Pentagon Looks To Open Up Spectrum for Wireless Services
The Pentagon is looking for ways to give commercial wireless providers access to airwaves that are currently reserved for military use, Reuters reported Thursday. David Alexander and Phil Stewart write Teri Takai, Defense Department chief information officer, said that federal agencies are working to meet the Obama administration’s goal of …
Read More »Teri Takai: DoD a Potential IT Career Stop for Students
Teri Takai, Defense Department chief information officer, encouraged students to seek jobs at the Pentagon during an information technology event held there Thursday, American Forces Press Service reports. Jim Garamone writes nearly 40 students from the Edison Academy, Chantilly High School and Robert E. Lee High School attended the 2014 …
Read More »Former Pentagon Officials Push for CIO-DCMO Merger Plan
Former Pentagon technology officials are asking Congress to revisit plans announced in June to merge the Pentagon’s chief information officer office with the office of deputy chief management officer, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller says that in a letter to Congress in July, officials said the proposal would …
Read More »DoD to Formulate Cloud Email System Migration Plans
The Defense Department is asking its component agencies and services to lay the groundwork for migrating to an enterprise email platform meant to help DoD centralize its service, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Jared Serbu writes a memo from Teri Takai, DoD chief information officer, allocated 120 days for all agency components …
Read More »DISA, Air Force, Army Agree on Shared Network Infrastructure; Teri Takai Comments
The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency, Air Force and Army will share an upgraded router system in a move aimed to save the Pentagon organizations more than $1 billion, Fedscoop reported Thursday. Cory Bennett writes the Defense Department aims for this network modernization and sharing effort to help increase bandwidth …
Read More »Teri Takai Speaks on DoD’s Wireless Spectrum Dependence
Teri Takai, Defense Department chief information officer, said Tuesday the department’s dependence on wireless spectrum touches all aspects of its operations, the American Forces Press Service reported Tuesday. Claudette Roulo writes that Takai told a Washington Post forum that military platforms have moved beyond wireless voice and data transmission and into …
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