DOD Efforts to Buy and Maintain IT Systems Are Billions Over Budget and Delayed
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The Department of Defense is spending billions modernizing the IT systems it uses for everything from health care and human capital needs to logistics and contracting. These efforts to modernize IT aim to improve how DOD does business, conducts day-to-day operations, and increase cybersecurity. But several of DOD’s efforts have seen large cost increases and are behind schedule by a year or more.Today’s WatchBlog post looks at our latest annual assessment of DOD’s IT systems.
  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    3 months ago

    I’ve always wondered if the world’s major governments all have their own secret, bespoke operating systems for highly sensitive situations. Like, not Windows, Linux, macOS, BSD, or anything even remotely known to the public. But then you see high-ranking admin officials using bootleg Signal on an off-the-shelf phone or whatever.

    I’d assume the actual intelligence agencies are more sophisticated. I doubt they’re running some “hardened” version of Windows or Android or whatever. But maybe I’m being naive and they all are just working with vendors.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    Don’t worry, we’re bringing in a bunch of C-levels from AI companies and giving them Lt. Colonel rank so they can approve a “Move Fast And Break Things” approach to Pentagon IT investment.

    I predict “billions over budget” will look absolutely quaint in another five years.

    Also, incidentally, check out the ADE 651

  • rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com
    5·
    3 months ago

    While I have a lot of issues with Department of Defense things, being over budget is a pretty common challenge in the private sector, too. Transportation is over budget a lot because we underfund it. Not that the current administration cares.