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Close-up of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sign outside its main headquarters in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

Bid protest could lead to ‘protracted fight’ over $11B DISA contract award

General Dynamics Information Technology has challenged the award of the Defense Enclave Services procurement.

Mar 22, 2022 By Jon Harper

Leidos, RSA 2019 — (Scoop News Group photo)

DISA awards $11B Defense Enclave Services contract to Leidos

Leidos will manage the Fourth Estate Network Optimization (4ENO) initiative — an effort to modernize and move the Department of Defense's 22 Fourth Estate agencies and field…

Feb 28, 2022 By Billy Mitchell

IT consolidation for military’s Fourth Estate agencies is coming next year, officials say

DISA is expecting to move at least 22 networks of the DOD's support agencies into a new DODnet in 2021.

Dec 1, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner, Deputy Commander of Air Force Space Command, speaks at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 6, 2018. Skinner discussed the command’s efforts to improve processes, develop personnel, and push technology forward in the cyber security field. The symposium is a national forum for industry and government to collaborate to help meet challenges of cyber security, cyber readiness, and national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dave Grim)

DISA’s new director cleared by Senate

DISA's new director cleared his final hurdle to take one of the top IT roles in the military.

Nov 4, 2020 By Jackson Barnett

The DISA and JFHQ-DODIN Headquarters Building at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Photo by Kevin Headtke/ DOD)

DISA to launch $11B, single-award Defense Enclave Services IT contract in September

The DES contract will be to support DISA's work to consolidate and modernize the IT networks of DOD support agencies.

Aug 26, 2020 By Jackson Barnett