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I am honored to recognize and

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congratulate this year's recipients of

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the Department of Defense Chief

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Information Officer awards . The

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recipients of this award have

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demonstrated how technology truly

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enables our nation to perform critical

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missions despite the cove in 19 global

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pandemic . Your accomplishments during

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this very challenging time are nothing

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short of extraordinary . While

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operating in a maximized tell a work

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environment , your commitment to

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protecting the nation's warfighters and

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enabling them toe win on the

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battlefield is the driving force behind

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the Defense Department's digital

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modernization strategy , which is

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underpinned by five components

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artificial intelligence , Cloud Command

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control communications known to see

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three data and cybersecurity .

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The D O D . C . I award program , now

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in its 20th year , recognizes

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individuals and teams within D . O D

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for exceptional achievements within the

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digital modernization portfolio . We

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are excited to celebrate these honorees

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achievements over the past year towards

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meeting our primary goals , innovate

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for competitive advantage by providing

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effective deterrence and enabling

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warfighter dominance , optimizing

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efficiencies and improve capability to

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reform and save resource is improve

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connectivity and ensure information

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availability to the tactical edge

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evolve cybersecurity for agile and

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resilient defense posture to thwart

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adversaries and hostile actors

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cultivate talent for a ready digital

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workforce that's inclusive and capable

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of delivering mission accomplishments .

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This year's award is demonstrated

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impressive accomplishments across the

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cybersecurity , the transition to

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Electronic Records Management , Cloud

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and I T efficiencies . I like to

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highlight six examples . One . Develop

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a rapid cyber response capability by

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customizing the cyber vulnerability

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assessment on 100 weapons systems into

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a condensed deployable tool kit that

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could be transported to remote radar

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sites unless the 24 hours number two

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guided the development , testing ,

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evaluation and fielding of eight

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machine learning applications in

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support of the F 16 F 35

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e three C five and two Army

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aircraft to enable predictive

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maintenance optimization and supply

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chain visibility within the Air Force

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Army and the D . O . D . F . 35 Joint

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Strike Fighter Program . Number three

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Modernized the precise time and network

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from a legacy Standalone server design

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to a virtualized D o D portal and cloud

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based compute storage architectures .

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The upgraded network plays a critical

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role in supporting real time navigation ,

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targeting and space tracking . Number

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four Greatly improved accessibility for

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users of assistive technology tools

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within Defense Logistics Agency

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Enterprise by developing and publishing

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14 instructional articles in training

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for over 26,000 employees that

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decreased incoming service tickets from

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3.75 million global customers by

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30% . Number five .

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Implementation of the largest Microsoft

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office . 3 65 rollout ever for

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private industry or federal government ,

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which enabled the department to greatly

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increase , tell a war capabilities and

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support the Cove . It 19 . National

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Emergency Declaration by provisioning

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over 3.2 million d o D . Users in only

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30 days . An unprecedented

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accomplishment and extremely compressed

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timeline . And number six successful

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transition to electronic records with a

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fully integrated , fully automated and

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cost savings record management solution

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that fosters rapid information sharing

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across the Defense Commissary Agency .

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We are living in an unprecedented times ,

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and the global pandemic has

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demonstrated the importance of robust

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and secure I t capabilities . Three .

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Accomplishments and dedication of this

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year's nominees and awardees provide

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critical capabilities to the warfighter

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and the department , and the work each

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of you is doing is crucial to our

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digital modernization strategy .

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Congratulations to all have our

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honorees and thank you for all your

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hard work and dedication to mission