Army CIO: Policy Driving Agile Development; GenAI Plan Coming Soon
Summary
During an AFCEA NOVA online seminar on May 9, Army Chief Information Officer Leo Garciga outlined how a recently established policy is driving the adoption of agile software development practices. In early March, Army leadership released a new policy that is enabling the adoption of modern software development and acquisition practices. “Theoretically, that could open the door to new vendors, new commercial solutions, and to higher level needs.” Another key institutional process that the policy highlights is data management. In other news, Garciga gave a sneak peek at a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and large language models (LLM) memo his office is working on that would help guide the adoption of these new technologies into the service. According to Garciga, the upcoming memo will include guidance on data protection, AI guardrails, and industry collaboration.