DON CIO Memo - May 17, 2016
In a May 17, 2016 memo, the DON CIO issued updated guidance for acquiring commercial cloud services in the DON. The updated memo amends May 15, 2015 guidance titled, "Acquisition and Use of Commercial Cloud Computing Services." This memo delegates final approval authority for Navy and Marine Corps commercial cloud services business case analyses (BCAs) to the DON Deputy CIO (Navy) and DON Deputy CIO (Marine Corps). DON ...
DON CIO Memo - May 15, 2015
This memo provides updated guidance for leveraging commercial cloud services in
the Department of the Navy, implements the December 15, 2014 cloud computing guidance from DoD CIO, cancels the DON CIO June 4, 2013 memo, "Update to Department of the Navy Approach to Cloud Computing," and supersedes all direction concerning cloud pilots and cloud services in the DON CIO July 31, 2013 memo, "Enterprise Mobility and Cloud ...
DoD CIO Memo - December 15, 2014
This memo clarifies and updates DoD guidance when acquiring commercial cloud services. In the context of this memo, commercial cloud services also refer to cloud services provided by non-DoD federal government organizations.
DoD CIO Memo - October 23, 2014
This memo establishes the Enterprise Information Technology Business Case Analysis Template to provide a standardized approach and criteria for analyzing IT investments. The template is based on business cases used in the DoD and industry.
DON CIO is currently drafting policy on implementing the below DoD CIO memo.
DON CIO Memo - July 31, 2013
This memo originally stated that any organization planning to initiate a new Enterprise Mobility or Cloud Service pilot must submit an enterprise information technology standard business case analysis (BCA), or an abbreviated BCA, justifying the initiative to the appropriate approving authority. However, the May 15, 2015 DON CIO memo "Acquisition and Use of Commercial Cloud Computing Services" updates and supersedes all ...
May 17, 2016
In a May 17, 2016 memo, the DON CIO issued updated guidance for acquiring commercial cloud services in the DON. The updated memo amends May 15, 2015 guidance titled, "Acquisition and Use of Commercial Cloud Computing Services." This memo delegates final approval authority for Navy and Marine Corps commercial cloud services business case analyses (BCAs) to the DON Deputy CIO (Navy) and DON Deputy CIO (Marine Corps). DON ...
April 19, 2016
Presentations given during the DON IT conference sessions held in Washington, DC, April 20-21 are now available by request. Please submit your request by using the "Contact Us" link located in the DON CIO Information section.
June 15, 2015
The DON IT Conference, East Coast 2015 schedule is now available. The conference will be held June 17-18, 2015, at the Baltimore Convention Center in Baltimore, Md.
UPDATE (6/15/15): The DON CIO Town Hall, scheduled to take place June 18, has been rescheduled to begin at 8:45 AM, and end at 10:00 AM. The DUSN (M) town hall has been cancelled and several other sessions on the same day have been slightly adjusted as ...
May 4, 2015
The DON IT Conference, East Coast 2015 has been rescheduled for June 17-18 at the Baltimore Convention Center, in Baltimore, MD. The schedule is being reworked and is forthcoming.
January 5, 2015
A Department of Defense Chief Information Officer memo published Dec. 15, 2014, significantly changed DoD CIO guidance on the acquisition and use of commercial cloud computing services. Per the memo, Components may now acquire cloud services directly, without going through DISA, if a business case analysis demonstrates that doing so results in better value. The Components remain responsible for determining what data and ...
by Barbara Hoffman - June 9, 2014
It has been a privilege to serve in leadership positions for the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer, including as Director of both the E-business and Investment Management teams, Principal Deputy for two very talented DON CIOs, and now as the DON CIO (Acting). Our business IT environment has evolved dramatically over this timeframe, in technology advances as well as in operational and fiscal challenges.
September 9, 2013
The first Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) portal hosted in a commercial cloud environment is now operational. This portal is the result of a pilot program between the Department of the Navy Assistant for Administration (DON/AA), the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Systems Center Atlantic team and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
August 1, 2013
On July 31, 2013, the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer released the memo, "Enterprise Mobility and Cloud Service Pilot Project Governance," which states that any organization planning to initiate a new Enterprise Mobility (EM) or Cloud Service pilot must submit an enterprise information technology standard business case analysis (BCA), or an abbreviated BCA, justifying the initiative to the appropriate ...
April 8, 2013
You’ve heard the term and seen the ads on TV, but what does "cloud computing" mean, and why is the Department of the Navy talking about it?
by Dan DelGrosso and Mike Hernon - April 20, 2012
Increasing the ability to conduct business on the go, away from a traditional office or desktop environment, can be a key enabler of the Department of the Navy's business transformation process. Arming DON personnel with access to the department's knowledge base regardless of their location will improve effectiveness in any new or improved business process.
by Gretchen Kwashnik - January 17, 2012
The federal government's "cloud first" policy, as part of the Federal Chief Information Officer's "25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology Management," requires federal agencies to consider cloud computing before making new IT investments and to move at least three applications to the cloud by May 2012.
by Jessica Pelenberg - November 18, 2011
As the quest for cost saving efficiencies rages on, three government officials spoke about the challenges their organizations are facing and their plans to tackle them at the Fifth Annual C5ISR Government and Industry Partnership Conference held Nov. 16, in Charleston, S.C.
by Terry Halvorsen - July 27, 2011
The Department of the Navy must change the way it manages its business information technology (IT) systems. It is the reality of these fiscally constrained times; and frankly, it is the right thing to do as good stewards of taxpayer money.
by Christopher Perry - May 18, 2010
Achieving and maintaining information dominance will require continuous and timely advances in both technology and operational processes. Cloud computing is one such rapidly emerging area of technology and operations that the Department of the Navy is already planning for and beginning to pilot. To achieve information dominance, it is vital that all new technologies and processes, such as cloud computing, be thoroughly ...
by Brian Burns - November 29, 2009
Historically, each generation expands the use of the communication inventions from the previous generation. Communication has evolved from cave drawings and carvings, to smoke signals and music (such as drumbeats, chants and yodeling); to written inscriptions; to letters distributed by foot, horseback, ships and railroad. Morse code revolutionized communication through the telegraph and line-of-sight light flashes.
by DISA News - September 6, 2016
by DISA News - August 23, 2016
by Cheryl Pellerin, DoD Armed with Science Blog - August 18, 2016
by NIST News - August 18, 2016
Register now for the workshop on Trustworthiness in Cyber-Physical Systems and the IoT, to be held Aug. 30-31 at the NIST Gaithersburg, Maryland campus
by DISA News - August 17, 2016
by DISA News - August 17, 2016
by Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs - August 9, 2016
by NIST News - August 3, 2016
Sept. 29-30, 2016
by NIST News - August 3, 2016
Sept. 13-15, 2016
by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Taylor L. Jackson - July 29, 2016
by NIST News - July 28, 2016
by DoD News - July 27, 2016
by DoD News - July 26, 2016
by DARPA News - July 21, 2016
A novel approach to going small could miniaturize entire circuit boards of chips into single modular chips that combine the best of commercial and DoD circuit designs and technology
by Commander, U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet Public Affairs - July 18, 2016
by Sharon Anderson - July-September 2016
“This is a time to be bold”
by DISA News - July-September 2016
by Chris Kelsall, DON CIO Cyber Workforce - July-September 2016
by CHIPS Magazine - July-September 2016
by DoD ESI Navy Software Program Managers - July-September 2016
Discounted savings for DoD components, Intel Community
by CHIPS Magazine - July-September 2016
The seamless MCEN, MCEITS, JIE, Mobility … from the fighting hole back to the flagpole
by Sharon Anderson, CHIPS senior editor - July-September 2016
by Rita Boland, Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence Public Affairs - July-September 2016
by CHIPS Magazine - July-September 2016
Honor, Courage, Commitment and Cyber
by CHIPS Magazine - July-September 2016
Eighty percent of DON data breaches are caused by human error or the failure to follow policy
by DISA News - June 23, 2016
by Jim Garamone, DoD News, Defense Media Activity - June 13, 2016
by DON CIO News - May 20, 2016
by DISA News - May 19, 2016
by David Smalley, Office of Naval Research - May 10, 2016
by DISA News - May 5, 2016
by PEO-EIS Public Affairs - May 4, 2016
Features One-On-One Conversations for Industry and Small Business
by DISA News - April 21, 2016
by DISA News - April 21, 2016
by Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News, Defense Media Activity - April 18, 2016
by PEO-EIS Public Affairs Office - April-June 2016
by Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer - April-June 2016
by CHIPS Magazine - April-June 2016
Navy’s strategic steps to the JIE
by CHIPS Magazine - April-June 2016
Navy cloud and data center consolidation strategy update
by Sharon Anderson - April-June 2016
by DISA News - March 28, 2016
by Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News, Defense Media Activity - March 24, 2016
by Emily Greene, MCSC Office of Public Affairs and Communication - March 11, 2016
by CHIPS Magazine - March 10, 2016
by Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News, Defense Media Activity - March 9, 2016
by Chris Willis, Navy JIE Action Officer - March 9, 2016
by DON CIO - February 17, 2016
Feb. 17-18, 2016
by DON CIO - February 1, 2016
by CHIPS Magazine - January 29, 2016
by PEO-EIS Public Affairs Office - January 6, 2016
by CHIPS Magazine - January-March 2016
Director – Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4), Headquarters Marine Corps / Chief Information Officer of the Marine Corps
by Patric Petrie, SSC Pacific Public Affairs - January-March 2016
by DON CIO - January-March 2016
by DON CIO - January-March 2016
by MCSC Office of Public Affairs & Communication - January-March 2016
by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Public Affairs and Corporate Communications - January-March 2016
by CHIPS Magazine - January-March 2016
Deputy Director of Current Operations, U.S. Cyber Command
by Rob Foster - January-March 2016
by Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer - November 4, 2015
by NIST News - November 4, 2015
by PEO-EIS Public Affairs - October 28, 2015
Future Navy and Marine Corps IT Procurement and Service Management Plans to be discussed
by CHIPS Magazine - October-December 2015
Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer
by DON CIO - October-December 2015
by Rob Foster - October-December 2015
Message From the DON CIO
by Naval Sea Systems Command Corporate Communications - September 25, 2015
by Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News, Defense Media Activity - September 15, 2015
by DISA News - September 2, 2015
by CHIPS Magazine - August 26, 2015
by NIST News - August 18, 2015
Oct. 1-2, 2015
by NIST News - August 7, 2015
Open for registration
by Navy Personnel Command Public Affairs - July 2, 2015
by DON CIO Communications Team - July-September 2015
by CHIPS Magazine - July-September 2015
by PEO EIS Public Affairs Office - July-September 2015
by Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems Public Affairs - July-September 2015
by NIST Tech Beat - June 22, 2015
by Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer - June 15, 2015
DON IT Conference June 17-18
by DON CIO - May 22, 2015
by Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer - May 15, 2015
by Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News, Defense Media Activity - April 24, 2015
by U.S. Navy - April-June 2015
by Dr. John Zangardi, Ph.D. - April-June 2015
Acting DON CIO Dr. John Zangardi describes ongoing IT modernization
by Lt. Cmdr. Hannah Bealon - April-June 2015
by Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News, Defense Media Activity - March 10, 2015
by Tina C. Stillions and Krishna M. Jackson, SPAWAR Public Affairs - February 23, 2015
by MC1 (SW/AW) Frank Andrews, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea Public Affairs - February 10, 2015
by By Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News, Defense Media Activity - February 2, 2015
by DON CIO Communications Team - February 2, 2015
DCO sessions offered
by DON CIO Communications Team - January 15, 2015
by DISA News - January 14, 2015
by DON CIO Communications Team - January 5, 2015
by Sharon Anderson - January-March 2015
by Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (OPNAV N2/N6) - January-March 2015
by Dr. John Zangardi, Ph.D. - January-March 2015
by DON CIO Communications Team - December 23, 2014
by U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet Public Affairs - December 18, 2014
by CHIPS Magazine - December 1, 2014
New guidance released
by Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News, Defense Media Activity - November 10, 2014
by Tom Hicks - October-December 2014
Posturing the Navy for the Future
by Sharon Anderson - October-December 2014
CANES provides advanced cybersecurity and more
by Sharon Anderson - October-December 2014
by Tina Stillions, Public Affairs Specialist SPAWAR Headquarters - October-December 2014
SPAWAR Cyber Readiness Team talks about ongoing efforts for the fleet
by Sharon Anderson - October-December 2014
by Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Dominance (OPNAV N2/N6) - October-December 2014
A new site dedicated to collaboration on Navy cybersecurity topics, issues and programs
July 7, 2016
This presentation, given at the DON IT Conference held April 20-21, 2016, provides information on cloud transition, lessons learned, and where the DON is headed with enterprise cloud computing. It also includes a discussion on topics including: the Intake/ITPR/Business Case Analysis (BCA) approval process; DCAO: “Navy Cloud Store Is This Much Open;” plus the additional topics of governance, What is MilCloud+, and a ...
May 21, 2015
The DON Cloud Security Information Impact Level Matrix is intended to assist Mission Owners/Program Managers in determining security information impact levels as they apply to appropriate hosting environments.
February 11, 2013
The Fast Fact series provides pithy facts and news briefs about Department of the Navy IT initiatives, business transformation efforts and success stories.