Tailored Offsets and Total Readiness: The Navy’s Plan to Outmatch Any Adversary

At WEST 2026, Admiral Darryl Caudle makes a deliberate choice in how he frames his newest guidance to the Navy. He does not call it a strategy. He does not call it a concept. He calls it “Fighting Instructions.”

That wording is intentional. Caudle explains that he wants to speak plainly to the fleet—the sailors and leaders responsible for conducting naval warfare. His goal is to provide a clear-eyed understanding of where the Navy must go to meet future threats, using the resources it is given, while never losing sight of its differentiated value to the joint force and the nation.

Innovation in Government: The Future of Records in the Data Lifecycle

Federal agencies are moving rapidly toward fully digital operations, and records management is at the center of that shift. What was once viewed primarily as a compliance requirement is now a strategic function tied directly to data quality, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, transparency, and mission outcomes. Throughout this episode of Innovation in Government, government leaders and industry experts discuss how records are becoming dynamic data assets that must be governed, secured, and leveraged across their entire lifecycle. The conversations highlight how agencies are modernizing technology, rethinking workforce roles, and adopting automation to meet digital mandates while strengthening trust in government information.

The Intelligent Border: Fast. Agile. Secure.

The latest episode of Modernizing Government: The EY Insight explores how data, cloud, and emerging technologies are reshaping the mission of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the federal government at large. Francis Rose hosts discussions with George Kaczmarskyj, Principal for Government and Public Sector at EY, and Mark James, Executive Director of the Enterprise Cloud Services Division at CBP.

Filmed on location at the EY Center for Government Modernization, the conversations highlight lessons learned from commercial sectors like financial services, the importance of data governance and trust, CBP’s cloud migration journey, the adoption of AI and edge computing, and the future of secure, agile border operations. Together, they shed light on how a fast, agile, and secure intelligent border is being built.

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