Recent Posts by William Jordan

What is a Hypersonic Missile and Who's Using Them?

Hypersonic missile systems are highly maneuverable, travel many times the speed of sound, and allow for the destruction of targets anywhere in the world in less than an hour. Hypersonic weapons are a growing and extremely complex threat to our national interests. Potential targets range from leaders of terrorist organizations to a nation’s critical command and control facilities. Currently, 23 nations have demonstrated varying degrees of expertise in hypersonic technology…a number that continues to grow daily. Hypersonic is really about industrialization, not about science…Are we technically prepared?

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How to Use GoArmyEd to Get Credentialing Assistance

GoArmyEd is the Army's virtual gateway to education including the Army COOL credentialing lookup. The Army believes that education is the key to a soldier's success, both personally and professionally. GoArmyEd connects soldiers to Army education counselors, schools, tuition assistance, and your education records regardless of where you are stationed. Here's how to use the portal to find the best certifications for your career and get credentialing assistance related to your current Military Occupational Specialties (MOS).

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How To: Government Procurement of IT Training Subsidy via GSA

There are over 40 million government procurement options tied to over 17,000 schedule contracts through the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS) program. Eighty percent of these are dedicated to small businesses. While this may seem like a lot of work to uncover the right contractor, the MAS program is actually an easy and cost effective way to order services on the GSA eLibrary. To get a subsidy for IT training via Learning Credits follow these steps.

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How Secure is the DoD JEDI Cloud?

The JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) is an enterprise level, commercial Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution to support Department of Defense (DoD) business and mission operations. The Pentagon’s JEDI cloud will be designed to store the government’s most sensitive classified information, including nuclear secrets. The JEDI Cloud groundwork is a zero trust security framework, and with good reason.

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Robotic Process Automation Enters the DOD's JAIC

Robotic Process Automation technology has found a potential new home with the DOD's Joint AI Center (JAIC). Here's why. (From FedScoop | Written by Billy Mitchell) The Pentagon has never undergone a clean financial audit. In fact, prior to 2018, the Department of Defense had never completed a department wide audit — and in that first exercise, the military’s leadership was not surprised by the results. However, the head of the Pentagon’s new artificial intelligence capability believes AI could play a key role in helping the DOD shore up its accounting and make a clean audit more than just a pipe dream.

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