The DISA and JFHQ-DODIN workforce and guests celebrated the 244th Marine Corps birthday at DISA Headquarters, Friday, Nov. 8. The official Marine Corps birthday is Nov. 10.

The Deputy Secretary of Defense signed the Fourth Estate Network Optimization Execution Guidance memorandum designating the Defense Information Systems Agency as the single service provider of common use information technology services.

The Defense Information Systems Agency’s present and future industry partners joined DISA for Forecast to Industry 2019 Nov. 4 at Martin’s West in Baltimore, Maryland.

Officials from the Defense Information Systems Agency visited with Missouri high school and university students, as well as faculty and staff, to highlight the Department of Defense’s mission in cyberspace and the boundless career opportunities available for cyber professionals.

The October edition of Vice Adm. Nancy Norton's newsletter, "The Drumbeat," highlights what's new and what's on the horizon regarding the Defense Information Systems Agency's services, capabilities and support.

This edition includes:
- Senior leader changes.
- DoD SAFE replaces the Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center’s, Safe Access File Exchange (AMRDEC SAFE).
- DoD modernizes authentication standard.
- Forecast to Industry 2019.
- We are hiring: Career opportunities at DISA.

The DISA and JFHQ-DODIN workforce and guests celebrated the Navy’s birthday during a cake-cutting ceremony hosted by DISA Director and JFHQ-DODIN Commander Navy Vice Adm. Nancy A. Norton, at DISA Headquarters Oct. 11. The official Navy birthday was Oct. 13.

Ameenah Ghoston, an information technology specialist in DISA’s Risk Management Executive, Office of the Chief Information Officer, received the Secretary of Defense Award for Outstanding DoD Employees and Service Members with Disabilities.

In an effort to reduce the number of redundant programs, the U.S. Air Force is collapsing similar information technology systems and selected Core Automated Maintenance System for Mobility to be the service’s single Maintenance Information System.

It has been two months since DISA’s newest chief of staff took office July 22, but in that time, she’ has been charting a clear path forward for DISA’s diverse workforce.

The Defense Information Systems Agency marked the U.S. Air Force’s 72nd birthday with a celebration hosted by DISA’s Assistant to the Director, Army Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee on Sept. 18.

In remembrance of the 18th anniversary of the most deadly terrorist attack in American history, several DISA staffers shared their memories of 9/11 and why we must never forget.

Classified mobile capabilities, assured identity, and secure access to data from anywhere at any time ensure information dominance for the department.
Agency representatives shared how these capabilities provide the roadmap to mobility Aug. 20 during a panel moderated by DISA’s Assistant to the Director, Army Maj. Gen. Garrett Yee at TechNet Augusta 2019.

The Defense Information Systems Agency’s assured identity initiative, which focuses on advancing how federal agencies identify and authenticate people and devices to provide a more secure computing environment, was featured on NBC News Aug. 15.

DISA issued a provisional authorization Aug. 15 enabling DOD mission partners and service components to host DOD Impact Level 2 data on Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Authorized, Moderate Baseline, Cloud Service Offerings, without waiting for an explicit, DOD written authorization.

In response to a DOD Chief Information Officer (CIO) directive, the Defense Information Systems Agency Services Development Directorate deployed Department of Defense Secure Access File Exchange (DOD SAFE) Aug. 15.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) granted a one-year Department of Defense (DOD) Provisional Authorization August 11 to the Oracle Fusion Cloud (OFC) by Oracle America, Inc. The OFC offers Software as a Service (SaaS) to the DOD Community and supports Impact Level 4 (IL4).

After taking over as Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) director in June, Gregory Wagner set specific goals for the organization he now leads – make DSO the Department of Defense center of excellence for electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) capabilities, services, and operations.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) granted a 12-month Department of Defense (DOD) Provisional Authorization July 20 for Hosted Collaboration Solution for Defense (HCS-D) by Cisco. The HCS-D offers Software as a Service (SaaS) and supports Impact Level 5 (IL5) data.

The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded its $7.5 billion Systems Engineering, Technology, and Innovation (SETI) contracts, restricted competition pool, to 23 small businesses to streamline critical engineering expertise to research, design, develop, integrate, and optimize Department of Defense (DOD) information technology capabilities, systems, and solutions July 8.

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) released a strategic plan for the years 2019 through 2022 via the agency’s website July 10.