Information Security News: Sorenson's plans include a focus on cyber ops and knowledge management

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http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46940-1.html

By Wyatt Kash
GCN.com
08/20/08 

A year into his role as the Army's chief information officer, Lt. Gen. 
Jeffrey Sorenson is pushing to sharpen and shift the focus of the Army’s 
information technology operations.

The new emphasis is on building the Army's enterprisewide information 
technology capabilities as quickly as possible, he said at the 
LandWarNet conference this week.

Although the 500-day plan he inherited from his predecessor, Lt. Gen. 
Steven Boutelle, remains a foundation for the Army's IT strategy, 
Sorenson is channeling energy and increasingly limited resources into 
four areas:

    * Building the Army’s Network Service Centers.

    * Putting a new emphasis on cyber operations and preparing for 
      cyberwarfare.

    * Enhancing knowledge management under the direction of a new data 
      chief.

    * Completing elements of the Army’s program objective memorandum for 
      2010-2015.

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