--- title: A DoD/DHS comms makeover; gov/industry collabs; Navy CIO Weis departs description: A DoD/DHS comms makeover; gov/industry collabs; Navy CIO Weis departs image: https://fedgovtoday.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Wies_2k.webp --- [![logo-fgt-2026-white](https://fedgovtoday.com/hubfs/logo-fgt-2026-white.svg "logo-fgt-2026-white")](https://fedgovtoday.com/) ![2026-WebsiteHeaderAnimatedGIF](https://fedgovtoday.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2026-WebsiteHeaderAnimatedGIF.gif?width=728&name=2026-WebsiteHeaderAnimatedGIF.gif "2026-WebsiteHeaderAnimatedGIF") - [Home](https://fedgovtoday.com) - [TV Show](https://fedgovtoday.com/tv-show) - [Guests](https://fedgovtoday.com/guests) - [Podcast](https://fedgovtoday.com/podcast) - Topics - **TECH** - [-- AI](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/artificial-intelligence) - [-- Cloud](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/cloud) - [-- Cyber](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/cyber) - [-- Data](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/data) - [-- Emerging Tech](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/emerging-tech) - [-- Modernization](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/modernization) - **DEFENSE** - [-- Defense Tech](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/defense-tech) - [-- Intel / OSINT](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/intel-osint) - [-- Space](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/space) - **WORKFORCE** - [-- Pay & Benefits](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/pay-and-benefits) - [-- HR](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/human-resources) - **ACQUISTION** - [-- Acquisition](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/topic-index-acquisition) - **CITIZEN SERVICES** - [-- CX](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/customer-experience) - [-- Digital Government](https://fedgovtoday.com/topic-index/digital-government) - [Events](https://fedgovtoday.com/events) - [Industry Insight](https://fedgovtoday.com/industry-insights) - Shows - [-- Innovation in Government](https://fedgovtoday.com/innovation-in-government-0) - [-- Modernizing Government](https://fedgovtoday.com/modernizing-government) - [-- Four Futures of AI](https://fedgovtoday.com/four-futures-of-ai) - [-- DefenseTech TV](https://fedgovtoday.com/defensetech-tv) - [-- In Depth](https://fedgovtoday.com/indepth) - [-- The Federal Focus](https://fedgovtoday.com/federalfocus) - [About](https://fedgovtoday.com/about) Search - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 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At West 20-23, he laid out the interoperability challenge his office is working on.     ---   ![](https://fedgovtoday.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/usserman-300x225-1.png?width=300&height=225&name=usserman-300x225-1.png)The Defense Department’s Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) is just one example of how the services are trying to get joint right, technologically. [Chris Usserman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-usserman-39617813/) is Director of Security Architecture at [Infoblox](https://www.linkedin.com/company/infoblox/) Federal. At West 2023, he tells me there are several focuses he sees ahead for military technology.       ---   ![](https://fedgovtoday.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Wies_2k-1-300x225-1.png?width=300&height=225&name=Wies_2k-1-300x225-1.png)The Chief Information Officer of the Navy is leaving his post. [Federal News Network reports](https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cio-news/2023/02/navy-cio-to-depart-after-3-plus-years/) Aaron Weis’s last day on the job will be March 17th. 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