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From the AAE: The Zen of Data
FROM THE ARMY ACQUISITION EXECUTIVE Dr. Bruce D. Jette THE ZEN OF DATA Managing data holistically from the foxhole to the Pentagon enables better decision-making. The old saying is that “an army runs...
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Big Data=Better Decisions
Cassandra K. Simmons-Brown COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Business Analytics and Audit Management, Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense POSITION AND...
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Ask the right questions
For the Army to successfully develop artificial intelligence, it needs to collect the right data before investing. By Lt. Col. Jenny Stacy Ongoing advances in artificial intelligence (AI) “will change...
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Synchronization is key
Training and fielding network modernization requires a fully unified effort to ensure force readiness with the least possible disruption. by Brent Smith, Lawrence Holgate and Amy Walker To retain...
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Modernizing the network
A departing network PM discusses challenges and must-haves as the Army moves toward its one network vision. by Amy Walker Col. Greg Coile has been serving as the project manager (PM) for Tactical...
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Out-of-the-blue solution makes sustainment easier
Capt. Zachary Schofield COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Product Manager for Wideband Enterprise Satellite Systems, Project Manager for Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems, Program Executive...
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A Chance to Think
Naval Postgraduate School lecturer takes case studies on the road to offer the acquisition workforce a rare immersive opportunity. By Michael Bold Defense acquisition is a complex, painstaking and...
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Tightening the supply chain
USASAC working group develops initiatives to make sure foreign military sales don’t affect U.S. Army readiness. by Debra Valine When Gen. Gustave F. Perna, commanding general of U.S. Army Materiel...
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Architecture for Army modernization
To reach its goal of an acquisition “renaissance,” the Army must create an architecture for modernization that provides a blueprint for how all of the pieces fit and work together. by Nickee Abbott and...
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By Michael Bold FORT BELVOIR, Va. (June 25, 2019)—A modern army marches not on its stomach but on its data, Dr. Bruce D. Jette, the Army acquisition executive, writes in the new issue of Army AL&T...
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Rapid Gets Rapid-er
Michelle Hodges COMMAND/ORGANIZATION: Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office TITLE: Senior contracting official YEARS OF SERVICE IN WORKFORCE: 18 DAWIA CERTIFICATIONS: Level III in...
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Army Leader Dashboard, creating insight-driven decisions
The Army Leader Dashboard is tackling the Army’s data problem, bridging the gap between assumptions and insights for strategic resource decisions. by Ellen Summey The Army has a data problem. To make...
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So much data, so little time
Don’t be fooled by powerful computers and fancy algorithms. You still must know what matters and how to measure it correctly. by Daniel E. Stimpson, Ph.D. Have you ever wondered why Nigerian scammers...
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IPPS-A facto
How the Army fielded its next-generation human resources system to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. by Col. Greg Johnson “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” This piece of battlefield wisdom...
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Sustaining data delivery on the future Army network
To build a network that will last, the Army is planning how to maintain and repair its many components while they’re still being developed. by Maj. Gen. Randy S. Taylor In September 2017, the U.S. Army...
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From the DACM: Bring your data
We have to know what we know, not what we think we know. Craig A. Spisak Director, Acquisition Career Management Above the door to my office is this expression: “IN GOD WE TRUST—EVERYONE ELSE BRING...
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Bridging The Gap
C-DAEM program maximizes industry innovation to expedite capability to the warfighter. by Lt. Col. Thomas D. Jagielski and James A. Sarruda Evolving threats, complex requirements and a wary industrial...
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Cyber Vs. Drone
Small drones are increasingly a threat to Soldiers. A new cyber-enabled system provides a key countermeasure. by Nancy Jones-Bonbrest In the desert of the National Training Center, Soldiers got an...
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ASA(ALT) at work: Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems
The second in a series, ASA(ALT) at Work, which looks into ASA(ALT) organizations, what they do and where they do it. Led by Chérie A. Smith and headquartered at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, PEO EIS is the...
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Automated Inventory Constraints
Automatic identification technology improves speed and accuracy of logging ammunition supplies, but Soldiers in forward theaters can’t use it. by Chief Warrant Officer 3 Michael Lima One of the...
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