DOD

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity

Pentagon Chief Digital and AI Office's Margaret Palmieri said AI is part of nearly everything DOD does to enhance mission and warfighting.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cloud
• Workforce
• Zero Trust

Leslie Beavers said the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability vehicle has surpassed $1 billion in task orders.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Data
• People

Col. Bryan Sparkman previously served in the application division at the Joint Staff and will work on the service's 2025 goal to be AI ready.

• People

Okano previously served as program executive officer for Navy's Integrated Warfare Systems and will oversee programs like Project Overmatch.

• Cloud
• Customer Experience
• Cybersecurity
• Digital Services

Released in June, the Defense Department's IT strategy coalesces upper- and lower-level tech needs at the agency.

• Cybersecurity
• People

William Dunlap will lead development and implementation of strategy and defense-wide policy for modernization. Peiter Zatko returns to DARPA.

• Cybersecurity
• Workforce

Underrepresentation can present challenges in cybersecurity and technology across the intelligence community.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Customer Experience
• Digital Services
• Health care

Federal agencies discuss customer experience initiatives impacting tech developments around taxes, health care and immigration.

• Cybersecurity
• Zero Trust

Randy Resnick, Chief Zero Trust Officer for Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, DOD

• 5G
• Cybersecurity

Juan Ramirez, 5G Cross Functional Team Director, DOD

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cloud
• Data

Leaders from DOD, FAA, and Energy say cloud infrastructure is enabling advanced data analytics and software development.

• Customer Experience
• Cybersecurity
• Data
• Digital Services
• Workforce

Following mandates to improve the customer experience, officials are embracing new workforce development approaches.