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Obama Establishes Director Of White House Information Technology, Appoints Former Facebook Engineering Director

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015

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Obama Establishes Director Of White House Information Technology, Appoints Former Facebook Engineering Director

President Obama established the Director of White House Information Technology (IT) and appointed David Recordon, former Engineering Director at Facebook [FB], to the position, the White House announced in a presidential memo and release on March 19.The director is to be the senior officer responsible for the IT resources and systems provided to the president, vice president, and executive office of the president (EOP) by the Presidential Information Technology Community.The director’s primary authority is “to establish and coordinate the necessary…

Congress

With $1.5 Trillon Request, Army, Air Force, Navy’s Unfunded Lists Focus Solely On MILCON Projects

With the Trump administration’s push to massively increase defense spending to $1.5 trillion in fiscal year 2027, the Army, Air Force and Navy have eschewed submitting large unfunded priorities lists […]

Unmanned Systems

Bipartisan House Bill Would Give National Guard To Counter-Drone Authorities

Seeking to close gaps that may arise between state and local law enforcers in different jurisdictions, a bipartisan contingent of House members this week introduced a bill that would allow […]

Congress

Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

Congress

Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]