Established in June 2022, the Department of Defense’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office is focused on laying the foundation for the development and implementation of AI technologies across the department. Since its creation, the CDAO has demonstrated success in a number of its objectives. The Potomac Officers Club will fea...
Open source software is code that is available for anyone to inspect, modify, enhance and share, and its accessibility and flexibility offers a wide array of options for users looking to meet specific needs. For the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, open source has inspired a mindset of “building once and reusing many,” opening new...
The military healthcare system is a microcosm for the broader general healthcare challenges and setbacks the U.S. is facing: a lack of unification and standardization, resources spread too thin and deficiencies in technical modernization. All of these challenges, in addition to the added urgency and geographical expansiveness of the mission, makes d...
Many technologists assert we are entering the Age of Artificial Intelligence and the U.S. government is taking steps to prepare for this revolution. President Biden issued the Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence in late October and the Department of Defense has been working to ...
Well-versed in the defense and intelligence communities, Tom Lash spent almost two decades at SAIC in roles such as senior systems engineer, chief technology officer and vice president of operations. He then became a part of Leidos when it spun off from SAIC in 2013. At Leidos, he helped administer engineering integration for the storied...
In October, the Department of Defense announced its intent to publish its first National Defense Industrial Strategy to lay out its plans for investment in the defense industrial base. According to Laura-Taylor Kale, assistant secretary of defense for industrial base policy, the strategy will center five key areas: creating resilient ...
The Potomac Officers Club is getting extraterrestrial: it will host the 2024 edition of its annual Space Summit on March 5. Registration is now open for the truly out-of-this-world event! Space is the fastest growing and most increasingly competitive domain in the defense realm. The Department of Defense is pulling out all of the stop...
In March 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order calling on federal organizations to strengthen their cyber practices to ensure the security of critical information. Since then, agencies have made strides in the adoption of modern cybersecurity practices, such as zero trust architecture, updated policies and more. For public sector heal...
Jon Rucker has occupied the CEO role at Ultra Intelligence and Communications for exactly a year now and he says the thing he’s proudest of so far is putting together a cohesive and collaborative team built for success. “We’ve had tremendous cultures at all the different locations, but this is now a team leading with one...
Homeland security officials are looking at ways to deploy artificial intelligence within the acquisition process — and within other aspects of their agencies — to drive efficiency and better protect the nation against evolving threats. Mario Wilson, assistant administrator for acquisition program management at the Transportation Security Adminis...
