The Department of Defense must create strategies to attract, recruit, develop and promote a “digital talent” workforce that will government compete and dominate the global software arena, according to a draft report released by the Defense Innovation Board.
The retired four-star admiral who once lead U.S. Special Operations Command resigned from the Defense Innovation Board four days after he posted a scathing op-ed in the Washington Post calling out Trump for revoking the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan.
A group of tech industry heavyweights believes the Pentagon needs to protect tech and cyber experts and innovators from the department’s traditional up-or-out career path if the department has any hope of keeping up with a wave of new technologies