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Afghan National Army Detainee Operations Command Commanding General Maj. Gen. Ghulam Farouq talks with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense William Lietzau during lunch, May 5, 2013. Lietzau met with Afghan National Detention Facility-Parwan personnel to observe changes and progress made within the facility since its transfer to Afghan control, March 25, 2013. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Army Sgt. Katie D. Summerhill)

DOD names permanent head of new background check agency

Culture

Essye Miller, Director at Defense Information Management, speaks during the Breaking the Gender Barrier panel at the Air Space, Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 19, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Chad Trujillo)

DOD networks, under ‘unprecedented’ strain, are more vulnerable to attacks, official says

Tech

The Defense Innovation Board is held at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Oct. 31, 2019. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

DIB wants Pentagon to hire a ‘digital people officer’ for tech recruitment

Culture

190906-N-PL946-1098 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (Sept. 6, 2019) Graduating recruits stand in formation inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall during a pass in review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command. More than 35,000 recruits train annually at the Navy’s only boot camp. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Spencer Fling/Released)

Navy releases education strategy with focus on tech

Training

AI needs humans ‘on the loop’ not ‘in the loop’ for nuke detection, general says

Tech

Army appointing new ‘data representatives’ across divisions

Culture

David Hedger, Anne Harris, and Dave Guttendorf, members of CMU’s NREC, set up equipment during the data collection event at Fort Hunter Liggett, Jan 13. The partnership between CMU and the AITF focuses on modernizing the Army and its processes, through AI, by giving Soldiers the proper tools needed to succeed on the future battlefield (U.S. Army Photo courtesy of Artificial Intelligence Task Force).

The Army is working on a battlefield AI ‘teammate’ for soldiers

Tech

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan formally, swears-in Mr. Dana Deasy as the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer, June 15, 2018 at the Pentagon, Wash. D.C. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Angelita M. Lawrence)

DOD ‘considering qualified candidates’ for CDO as it transitions role

Culture

Hacker using laptop. Lots of digits on the computer screen.

‘Rigid’ pay system blamed for Federal Cyber Reskilling Academy struggles

Policy