What DOD’s Change In Cloud Leadership Means For Multibillion-Dollar Programs

NextGov: The Defense Department is shifting leadership of its enterprisewide cloud efforts from the newly established chief management officer to the department’s newly minted chief information officer.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan announced the move in a press release Monday stating CIO Dana Deasy—who officially joined the department in May—will be the point person for the department’s cloud initiatives starting June 22. Those duties—which include leading the Cloud Executive Steering Group—were previously under the auspices of Jay Gibson, the department’s first CMO, a position officially established in February.

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