A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud.

A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud.

The Navy has been in a yearslong struggle to modernize its critically important human resources computer systems that underpin a whole host of vital tasks like pay and promotions.

A first look at the Navy's new plan to drastically consolidate legacy IT networks by late 2027

The Navy and Marine Corps are poised to consolidate legacy and standalone IT networks into an enterprise information ecosystem as part of a large-scale modernization campaign that seeks to reduce the cyber attack surface, improve user experience and optimize technology investments. In an unclassified memo viewed by DefenseScoop this week, the Navy’s Chief Information Officer Jane Rathbun unveiled this policy change and overarching plan to overha…

Navy Sec: DOGE Cuts $900M in Redundant Programs, Streamlines 300 IT Systems

Navy Secretary: “DOGE has been very good to work with. We’ve eliminated almost $900M from redundant programs… we had 300 different IT systems, none of which were talking with each other. We’ve cleared that out and have started basically brand-new.”