In his new job, Anthony Tata will serve as principal staff assistant and advisor to the secretary of defense for force readiness, health affairs, National Guard and Reserve component affairs, education and training, and military and civilian personnel requirements and management.
The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has awarded contracts to xAI, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google for the new effort.
It’s unclear how employees, responsibilities and investments were dispersed following the termination.
“Our Microsoft 365 contract [is a] very big contract here in the Department of Defense. Does every individual in the Department of Defense need an [E5] license? Absolutely not,” Katie Arrington told DefenseScoop.
The new IoT and OT guidance are expected sometime in September, DOD’s zero-trust sherpa Randy Resnick said.
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan said he’s looking forward to further efforts from the Department of Government Efficiency
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a new memo this week empowering the DOGE team at the Pentagon to provide more input on contracting.
The edict came in a memo sent Tuesday to Pentagon leadership, combatant commanders, and DOD agency and field activity directors.
Defense Department civilian employees are being tasked to submit another round of ideas for eliminating waste and inefficiencies, via an online survey.
Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton told lawmakers that DISA is using the workforce reductions to realign how the agency addresses its mission.
